Go behind the scenes

Go behind the scenes

Remember the warning, which is shown before every movie begins saying that the plot and characters depicted are fictitious having no resemblance to reality? Guess what? Nobody reads it and those who do, forget it the minute the movie starts. The perils of choosing a career depicted quite often in movies hit home one day when I returned from office. My sister welcomed me with the song ‘Aali re...’ and the lyrics describing the journalist character essayed by Rani Mukherjee suddenly stopped being funny. Being termed an empty-hearted person who has a brain filled with chopped salad (bheje mein katchumber bharke dil ka pinjra khaali re) isn’t how anyone would like being welcomed home. Moreover, being a journalist I know for a fact that not all females in this profession use four-letter words indiscriminately but people expect it of me nevertheless. Similarly, journalists are not easily manipulated puppets who dance to the tunes of an unknown caller like the character portrayed by Deepal Shaw in the movie ‘A Wednesday’. Nor is reporting an unending trip in the glamour world as shown in ‘Page 3’ where the lead character attends constantly attends parties. In reality, reporters have to chase after experts to get quotes on flooding during the rains and air pollution during Diwali!