Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually,speaking or singing the written text or play. Most early sources in the West that examine the art of acting (Ancient Greek: hypokrisis) discuss it as part of rhetoric.[1]
Definition and history
The first actor is believed to be an ancient Greek of Icaria. An apocryphal story says that Thespis stepped out of the dithyrambic chorus and spoke to them as a separate character. Before Thespis, the chorus narrated (for example, "Dionysus did this, Dionysus said that"). When Thespis stepped out from the chorus, he spoke as if he was the character (for example, "I am Dionysus. I did this"). From Thespis' name derives the word thespian.
Acting requires a wide-range of skills, including , clarity of speech, physical expressivity, an emotional facility, a well-developed imagination, and the ability to interpret drama. Acting also often demands an ability to employ dialects, accents and body language, improvisation, observation and emulation, mime, and stage combat. Many actors train at length in special programs or colleges to develop these skills.
Mumbai: Bollywood.
Mumbai (previously Bombay) is the commercial hub of India. If India is a body, Mumbai (previously Bombay) can very well be termed as the face of India. It is here that dreams are dreamt, achieved, shattered and lived past. Mumbai (previously Bombay) is also the entertainment hub of India, with almost the entire film industry being based in Mumbai, (again,previously Bombay). Bollywood, as the film industry is coined, lives and breathes in Mumbai .
Bollywood and its Stalwarts
Mumbai is sometimes called ‘Mayanagri', which in Sanskrit means ‘the land of magic and illusions'. And Bollywood is all about weaving magic on the big screen. There are some magicians of the film industry who claim that they can infuse their magical touch into the aspirants. These veteran actors have their own acting schools in Mumbai that cater to anybody who comes to Mumbai with a dream in their eyes and, of course, ample money in their pockets.
There are more than a few film acting schools in Mumbai . A quick look through Mumbai's (previously Bombay) yellow pages or even the evening daily will have many ads screaming in your face about how they can make you the next big star – provided you pay them a fee.
And the names behind these film acting schools are not small. Big names in the film industry have understood that there is big money in small town people chasing big dreams in Big Bad Bombay (now Mumbai). There are various reasons why these film school work
The biggest reason that film acting schools work in Mumbai is the city itself. Mumbai has this virus in its air that makes one believe that anything is possible and everything is achievable. You just have to run a bit faster, jump a bit higher, and survive a little more.
One major reason is that almost everyone in this world has a secret and a not so secret fantasy. That is to either become a writer or a rock star. Of course, there are more than a few aspiring writers and in Mumbai, India and all over the world who have turned out to be better accountants, programmers and housewives (now homemakers).
Another reason that Mumbai is swarming with film schools is that anyone can act. Or sing, or dance or paint, or weave. But that does not mean that everyone should act, dance, paint or weave. Taking my example, I can sell good enough, I can explain (some call it teaching) tolerably, and I can manage satisfactorily. But my best talent is writing. So I write. In a nutshell, this paragraph is telling you to do what you do best, and not do it because there is more money or fame in it, but because you have a love for it.
Probably the best bet of joining a film acting school in Mumbai is to check who owns the acting school. And while some may take it as a joke, but please heed this suggestion, if you are getting all starry-eyed about the name of the school – ensure that the person after whose name the acting school has been named is alive and teaches at the school. Now, there is this Ashok Kumar's Acting School in Mumbai, which is named after Ashok Kumar, one of the most sparkling gems of the film industry. Of course there is every chance that Ashok Kumar's acting capabilities may have rubbed off on a talented aspirant, but the operative words in the previous sentence are ‘may have'. Simply because Ashok Kumar has been dead for a couple of years now.
Definition and history
The first actor is believed to be an ancient Greek of Icaria. An apocryphal story says that Thespis stepped out of the dithyrambic chorus and spoke to them as a separate character. Before Thespis, the chorus narrated (for example, "Dionysus did this, Dionysus said that"). When Thespis stepped out from the chorus, he spoke as if he was the character (for example, "I am Dionysus. I did this"). From Thespis' name derives the word thespian.
Acting requires a wide-range of skills, including , clarity of speech, physical expressivity, an emotional facility, a well-developed imagination, and the ability to interpret drama. Acting also often demands an ability to employ dialects, accents and body language, improvisation, observation and emulation, mime, and stage combat. Many actors train at length in special programs or colleges to develop these skills.
Mumbai: Bollywood.
Mumbai (previously Bombay) is the commercial hub of India. If India is a body, Mumbai (previously Bombay) can very well be termed as the face of India. It is here that dreams are dreamt, achieved, shattered and lived past. Mumbai (previously Bombay) is also the entertainment hub of India, with almost the entire film industry being based in Mumbai, (again,previously Bombay). Bollywood, as the film industry is coined, lives and breathes in Mumbai .
Bollywood and its Stalwarts
Mumbai is sometimes called ‘Mayanagri', which in Sanskrit means ‘the land of magic and illusions'. And Bollywood is all about weaving magic on the big screen. There are some magicians of the film industry who claim that they can infuse their magical touch into the aspirants. These veteran actors have their own acting schools in Mumbai that cater to anybody who comes to Mumbai with a dream in their eyes and, of course, ample money in their pockets.
There are more than a few film acting schools in Mumbai . A quick look through Mumbai's (previously Bombay) yellow pages or even the evening daily will have many ads screaming in your face about how they can make you the next big star – provided you pay them a fee.
And the names behind these film acting schools are not small. Big names in the film industry have understood that there is big money in small town people chasing big dreams in Big Bad Bombay (now Mumbai). There are various reasons why these film school work
The biggest reason that film acting schools work in Mumbai is the city itself. Mumbai has this virus in its air that makes one believe that anything is possible and everything is achievable. You just have to run a bit faster, jump a bit higher, and survive a little more.
One major reason is that almost everyone in this world has a secret and a not so secret fantasy. That is to either become a writer or a rock star. Of course, there are more than a few aspiring writers and in Mumbai, India and all over the world who have turned out to be better accountants, programmers and housewives (now homemakers).
Another reason that Mumbai is swarming with film schools is that anyone can act. Or sing, or dance or paint, or weave. But that does not mean that everyone should act, dance, paint or weave. Taking my example, I can sell good enough, I can explain (some call it teaching) tolerably, and I can manage satisfactorily. But my best talent is writing. So I write. In a nutshell, this paragraph is telling you to do what you do best, and not do it because there is more money or fame in it, but because you have a love for it.
Probably the best bet of joining a film acting school in Mumbai is to check who owns the acting school. And while some may take it as a joke, but please heed this suggestion, if you are getting all starry-eyed about the name of the school – ensure that the person after whose name the acting school has been named is alive and teaches at the school. Now, there is this Ashok Kumar's Acting School in Mumbai, which is named after Ashok Kumar, one of the most sparkling gems of the film industry. Of course there is every chance that Ashok Kumar's acting capabilities may have rubbed off on a talented aspirant, but the operative words in the previous sentence are ‘may have'. Simply because Ashok Kumar has been dead for a couple of years now.
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