Teen Divas

The young and talented teenagers opting for a career in the small and big screens have become an ordinary sight these days. Most of them don’t even wait to be 18. Be it Prachi Desai, Deepika Padukone or Genelia D’Souza of Bollywood or Jennifer Aniston, Rihanna Fenty and Lindsay Lohan in Hollywood. At a tender age of 16 and 18 they decided to make it to the top. It was the way they carried themselves that had heads turning towards them with applause. These vivacious faces have become a part of the audience’s family. They are welcomed every day with eagerness and a lot of excitement. A bundle of hidden talent comes out when they take part in reality shows. Prachi turned out to be a dancing diva when she was a part of a popular dance show. Deepika’s modeling skills transformed her from a badminton player to an illustrious actress. Genelia’s ravishing and rapturous looks added her name to the list. Fresh faces are making headway with their struggles not proving futile.

The question which puts me in a dilemma is “Is getting into the film line so easy?” Can anybody with acting or dancing skills make it to the top?” The television puts out a glamorous notion amongst juvenile crowd. Who doesn’t want to be Aishwarya Rai or Abhishek Bachchan? Here the comparison is between a Miss World and ‘You’ and also between someone who has a Godfather in the industry and ‘You’. Are fresh faces always given the right kind of treatment they merit? Once they become renowned names, we forget the ordeal that they had to go through in order to become what they are today. There are thousands of young girls and boys dreaming of becoming an actress or an actor someday. They work as extras and get exploited from the so-called casting couch. Most of them come from very ordinary backgrounds with just a glimmer of hope of becoming successful someday. They see the harsh reality only when they step in and realize the glaring disparity between truth and perception.

Some are left shattered, some traumatized and some decide to go back, but there are some who get stuck in the muddle and realize it is too late to get out. So the silver screen has only a silver outline, but the cloud is dark and gloomy.