Last week, there were eight releases (Hollywood, Bollywood and independent film) and not that critic like me reviewed all the films but the stress from all the PRs and the production houses and the emails in the inbox and what’s-up messages was killing! Call it the side-effects of covid but it is raining content in cinema halls and on OTT platform.!! The speed at which all the channels are churning shows and movies, I don’t think any actor or technician of merit will be without a job for a long, long time. The question is are all those engaged in the entertainment getting paid for their services or is it the same old waiting game?
A TV actress I bumped into shared that the positive of the covid was that all auditions now happen online. The casting agency contacts them, sends them a brief and they shoot their videos accordingly. “No matter how brilliant you think you are in the audition there is a likelihood that the filmmaker will never see the shot because it is always the casting director who has the final say”.
A normal shift for a daily soap or even a film shoot is 12 hours a day but payment for both is released only after 90 days and there is a possibility of further delay from both. “This means if you are not having regular assignments, you are going to be without money for three months because in the current assignment money will start rolling only after six months. This is why actors are forever insecure,” concluded the actress.
To be continued