Wats your role???

Wats your role???                                                           June-08 (bangalore)

Well, here’s a thought.
Every movie tells a story and every story has a lead character. Either it is his story that is told or the story revolves around him. Either way, it’s always all about Lead. Have you noticed people around the lead whom we call Support…

Be it Hollywood or Bollywood I have found a common link. In most of the cases it is the Supporting actor- (lead’s best friend, mother, sister etc) who the director would not even take a minute to wipe off the big screen. Even we as audiences emotionlessly watch Support getting sick, getting killed or simply getting shadowed in each in every scene. Think of any movie where there are a bunch of friends and you would notice that the support characters are only there to give more importance to the Lead.

Now, the thought is even the Support must be having his own story… but who tells their stories. I mean does anyone ever notice when a support is heart-broken or dies. Things must be happening even in a support’s life, maybe not that relevant or important and even he must be having special people around him. But noone cares.

So what am I trying to get to with all this Lead Vs Support funda? It makes me think- Whats my role? If ever a movie is made on my life who would I play in it? Is my life important / interesting enough to be a Lead or will I be playing someone’s support…