How about making Acting as your career?

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent | Mumbai
Acting in India comes with brashness, jinx and above all celebrity status. We through the times have heard of many names enshrouding with fame yet a few. A skilled profession which requires acme of creativity.

One needs to transcend all the pre-requisites of thespian art, in order to become an actor. He/She should be resilient enough to put life in the character keeping their personal grudges aside.

Experts believe that theatrical art is a long term process. An actor needs to work hard and should carry eagle's eye on human emotion and psyche. Young aspirants should bear apex imagination to feel the character, sensational visage, and should be a great reader of human mind.

Raju Pandey, who has been showcasing his thespian skills from last 15 years asserts, "An actor's satisfaction is only achieved when you depict your histrionic art. Although, it is quite tough for a rookie but when you move to the state of the art in acting, the struggle is minimized."

He does not even deny the fact that with the grown number of channels telecasting various shows, there is a lot in store for a professional actor, but one needs to have mammoth caliber and talent.

Scope
Not only is the silver screen but there an explosion in the number of satellite channels. These surplus channels have provided with copious opportunities for an actor to perform in reality shows, television serials, game shows, count down shows.

However the boulevard of Bollywood is the final terminus. Yet there is always a thin line which distinguishes an actor to an entertainer. This is something which clearly depicts when we talk of actors like Shah Rutk Khan, Om Puri and Nasserdudin Shah.

Need
Acting is a vivacious line of work. Nowadays acting is not limited to celluloid, but an actor can perform in theaters, television serials and other creative arts. Acting colleges in India carry a great amount of reputation for serving this art with finest of actors and technician.

An acting school ventilates those histrionic skills which a student carries. It offers hardcore training which ameliorate the thespian art and nurtures him with every important aspect of this profession, thus leaving no stone unturned.

There are different types of long term, short term and certificate courses available in various institutes which program you to this profession. Generally you can avail these courses after your graduation but there is always a chance for you to take an active part in theaters around you.

Remunerations
In spite of having heard of those big numbers being credited to the bank accounts of an actor of silver screen, there is always ample sum of money waiting for the skilled actors of small screen. It completely depends upon the talent and the ability to showcase it at the right point of time in order to fetch handsome salaries, which are always in store for you.

Institutes
National School of Drama, Delhi; Asian Academy of Film and Television, Film City, Noida; Whistling Woods, Mumbai are few of the leading acting schools.