The Artists: Arts, Culture, and Cinema with Suchita Bhhatia

How would you feel like living in a town where there is Shakespeare parked in every corner, staring at you!!! And how would it feel to be surrounded by actors who only play Shakespeare and his characters all the time!!
Dr Darren Freebury-Jones is a Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. He is the author of multiple books, all having a relation with Shakespeare.

In this fun chat, we talk about not just the 400-year-plus legacy of Shakespeare, but also the strong influence of his work that keeps inspiring, filmmakers across the globe. And why?
What makes Shakespeare this genius- his deep understanding of the human mind and the human condition, or his belief in something beyond what we see?

To be or not to be? Is that the question for you? Or as Darren puts it Let it be.

I do not know if there is any writer, for me who comes closer to Shakespeare- not just his multidimensional character but also how he thought about his acts and plot points and structuring - literally being the innovator of what we are following as a template. It is complex, yet it is simple- to be or not to be, or just let it be.

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What is the taste of audiences in small towns of India? How different it it? OR is it not after the arrival of OTT? How do they think? What do they enjoy? Why are filmmakers and content creators not including them in their creation? or is it OK to include them?

Some of these pertinent questions and more with our guest Akkshay Rathie.
Mr. Akkshay Rathie is a film exhibitor & distributor with operations spread across the central Indian states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh. While carrying forward a 70 years old legacy in the show business, Akkshay has been a pioneer in the process of consolidation of the film exhibition sector by orchestrating a first of its kind alliance between single screen cinemas of his chain with the Cinepolis, one of the largest exhibition chains in the world that operates from Mexico.

A few tidbits that we got was: When Gadar 2 trailer came out- there was nothing expected out of it. In fact the word of mouth was complete opposite to the final results of the film - it broke all the previous records, myths and understanding of boxoffice in India for everyone including the makers.
Movies like Shubh Mangal Svdhan a small town story, did well not in small towns bur urban india.
Did you know that 45 percent of the screens in India are in the South- with north India having comparatively lesser film screens.

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How does Aamir Khan think?
What makes him stand out as an actor and a producer?
What are his choices of people around him?
Because your collaborations define you and your work.
We try and dissect Aamir through Christina Daniels, the author of the book- I will do it my way- the only book written on the actor's journey- currently running on top of the book charts.

Digs:

1) How much of the truth comes out when writing any biography, and
why is it a difficult process?
2) Looking at the larger perspective from actor to filmmaker
3) The values, and thinking process of Aamir- putting the interest of the film before anything
4) Meaningful cinema with commercial success
5)Ability to learn from failures
6) Brand Aamir- building yourself
7) Connecting with the audience
8) Something Interesting facts about Aamir not in the public domain.

It takes a lot of time to build your career- it is a process of resilience tenacity consistency n self belief - a process that will define you.

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Shardul Bharadwaj is an actor you would have seen in the film Kuttey, produced by Vishal Bharadwaj, or in the film Eeb Aalay oo which is running on Netflix. His most recent work is getting screened at the Busan Film Festival starting in October; some very hands-on pointers for actors in this episode of THE ARTISTS podcast with Suchita.


1) Why be an actor?
2) Falling in love with the medium n the process
3) Strategizing your acting journey.
4) Independent cinema doesn't pay anywhere in the world
5) the audition practices n conditions
6) an actor prepares- how?
7) unlearning film school vs ground realities
8) Fears as an artist.

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This is our first Hinglish podcast episode- HINDI ( LOCAL LANGUAGE OF INDIA) AND english mixed.

Our guest is Ankur Mishra:Entrepreneur By Day, Writer by Night! Traveler, Tea Lover! Building Kavishala. Kavishala is a platform for poets and writers, with no age bar- and they have provided the platform to even 80 years plus poets with 10+ million monthly users. 2 lakh plus content creators.

1) Building 10 million plus user base
2) opportunities in arts n culture space.
3) Providing stage even to an 80 yrs plus artists.
4) Challenges on monetising arts
5) Audience for arts, poetry..
6) The free culture- perception.
7) How do techies talk about arts- :)
8) Why do we need Arts?

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PART OF ARTISTS N MENTAL HEALTH SERIES:: This cross over episode is part of THE ARTISTS & THE SOS SHOW.

Can you define your ambition? What is your edge? Where do you want to go? Who are your friends, your family, your support systems? Do you have one or you are lonely, trying to make it in a cutthroat world and dying fast without you even knowing about it !!

Our guest for this episode is Bhawana Somaaya, prominent film critic, broadcaster and Podcaster. She writes on Cinema and has authored 19 books. So glad to have her back- and don't forget to check out our earlier episode with her- episode 26 for some more nuggets of wisdom.


DIGS:
1) Do we understand our ambitions/ goals and how it impacts our mental health?
2) OVERLOADING- of ambition- a generation victim of it's own direction-less-ness.
3) Loneliness and vacuum disguised as independence and empowerment
4) We are busy texting and posting on instagram.
5) Measuring your ambition with a realistic check.
6) DEFINE your reasons to be on Instagram etc
7) Stop comparing your life to others.
8) Sprawling of Spiritual Gurus
9) Handling the hustle culture.
10) The cut throat culture.
11) A balanced living-
12) Need for support systems.

Don't forget to have fun and travel light!

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Konstantin Stanislavski, often simply referred to as Stanislavski, was a Russian actor, director, and theatre practitioner. Stanislavski was one of the co-founders of the Moscow Art Theatre and directed many of its early productions. He is best known for his pioneering work in the field of acting and for developing the Stanislavski system, also known as the method of physical actions or method acting.

This snacky episode of the artists podcast is dedicated to the master.

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In this cross pollinated episode between #THEARTISTS N #THESOSSHOW,
we have actor Abbas Ali who was the face of Late 90's and early 2000's cinema in Tamil and Telugu having worked with the likes of Kamal Hassan and Rajiv Menon, and also with actors like Tabu and Aishwarya Rai.

In this Artists and Mental Health Series, we discuss some of the potent questions on what makes an actor and also Abbas had such an open mind and open heart in letting himself be known, in becoming vulnerable and coming from a place of acceptance.

1) Being one of the top stars in 2000's to taking a divergent route to work out of the industry doing various odd jobs.
2) What attracts people to this industry- that is actually non glamorous on the inside.
3) A Period of ; no films working.
4) Strength and mental health during tough phase.
5) Learnings for other actors and artists.
6) Mindset and support systems. 

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INSIGHTS: A special section in THE ARTISTS PODCAST that we will keep dropping in between our main episodes; INSIGHTS is aimed to give an insight into where the future is heading in terms of arts, culture and cinema and perhaps course correct. These will be under 15 minute episodes- let us know what you think.

If you have an insight- and would like us to talk about it on the podcast, you can connect with us on our social media handles- or follow us for regular updates on THE.ARTISTS PODCAST.

Digs:

1) Barbie n Oppenheimer: What is the hype?
2) Character n IP.
3) A female filmmaker helming a big budget studio film.
4) Getting the economics right
5) Box office down by 40 percent
6) Dependency on saleable stars- big budgets n independent.
7) A balanced perspective that everyone in the ecosystem should take
8)Film culture n Patriarchy.

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Most of us if not all of us are fans of DC, MARVEL, and of course the DARK KNIGHT.
We own the merches, we have watched the films. The journey of graphic novels began from comic books around 1927, before transitioning to Graphic novels; How have they influenced our culture.?

As comic con begins next week in the U.S we try and understand this journey from the CEO and President of the iconic brand Amar Chitra Katha., Preeti Vyas ; we dig on how comic books stay afloat in a fragmented and over saturated content market and more importantly designing characters for todays 7 year olds ( this looks tougher than a start up and making movies) and creating content when all are creators.

Digs:

1) Journey from a Comic book to a Graphic Novel.
2)India at Comic Con- where are we internationally?
3) Quality and strategy in an oversaturated content market
4) Creating content for audience that is a creator.
5)creating characters for todays 7 year olds- the tiktoking generation.
6)A cultural shift influencing storytelling.
7)Did Marvel swallow Hollywood- a gentle mention.:)
8) Future of comics in the content space.

Enjoy!!!

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