While filmmakers are focussing on making realistic films, what is lacking today is a good story that is just for entertainment, says Indian model, life coach, and influencer Priya Paramita Paul. She adds that it’s been a while since she has seen a good comedy on the big screen.
“I agree that the audience is very unpredictable. But I also believe that right now, especially in Bollywood, what is missing is a great story. There are a lot of stories that are very real based on true stories, realistic stories, and any agenda, something that has happened in society. But what I feel is that the audience is still looking for a good story, which is mostly entertaining. Audiences watch movies, or plays, to entertain themselves. Nowadays, a good story can be a typical love story, or it can be a great comedy, or it can be a drama. Most of the movies are based on realistic stories, and true stories, I don’t see a lot of comedy movies, which are entertaining, like Hera Pheri. So I think adding this will definitely engage the audience,” she says.
Meanwhile, she is very happy with her career graph. “I am satisfied with the way my career has shaped up, it’s only because whatever I am dreaming, whatever, wherever I’m working towards I have, I am getting it starting from someone who was into BPO. And then being a business analyst in IT, then a project manager, then a beauty queen, then into acting, also, conducting workshops as a life coach, I think I’m pretty much satisfied with how my things are shaping up. And I’m very sure that in acting as well, I am working towards that and I’m going to achieve my dreams,” she says.
Ask her what helps her be passionate about her work, and she says, “I need to make sure that I’m progressing. It can be learning a new skill, it can be doing something new, it can be inspiring someone, it can be adding value to my life or to society. I need to make sure that every day I’m at least moving one step ahead. If I’m giving one audition per day, I know that I am progressing. Before doing theatre when I joined the training, I knew that I was moving one step ahead. When I shot my first theatre and gave my first theatrical presentation, I knew I have progressed. So, these are the things that make me passionate about my work, my aim in life and my daily life as well.”
She adds, “I do not feel monotonous. I make sure that my life is not monotonous. That’s why I have a wide range of careers in my life. That’s why I’ve worked towards adding skills, I work towards meeting people doing something which I love, especially for me, my life is not monotonous and I think everybody should work towards it. There’s no point in just saying that my life is monotonous until and unless you take action to make it exciting. For me, I work on my IT work in the mornings, during the evenings, I work on adding skills.”
