Forget Passion, It’s the Talent

Every day more than 2000 people land in Mumbai to try their luck in Bollywood. Few go back to their home within a few weeks or months but a lot of them continue to struggle for years altogether, waiting for a “chance” to be in the front or behind the camera. These strugglers eat, dream and sleep “films”. They have “passion”, probably “talent” but yearn for a chance.

A young lad with the next neighborhood boy looks lands in a “reality show”. He does not win the show, however, gets an opportunity to sing a song in a Bollywood film which had newcomers. The song becomes an instant hit and movie a blockbuster.   

The movie was “Aashiqui2” and the singer “Arijit Singh”. Arijit won the “best male playback singer” award by “Filmfare”. Arijit never looked back after that.

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We all are “passionate” about something or the other. We all work hard or smart to get our dream home, car, position, holiday and what not. Why do we not get it, even when we are so crazy for it? Are we not passionate? Our psyche has been attuned to what some “self-help gurus” preach - “passion” is the means of acquiring whatever you look out for. Their reasoning: If you have passion, you will work hard to get it. Period!!

What do you think? 

All of the 2000 people who land in Mumbai every day or lakhs of participants in the reality show lack “passion”. No, I don’t think so. I feel somewhere they did not have that kind of talent to become a “shining star”. Talent can be acquired by constant practice but more importantly, it’s innate. It’s what you get as “God’s Gift” when you are born. You work on your talent to reach to the glory.

Next time whenever somebody says: You lack Passion. Tell him: You lack the talent to spot my talent.

Move ON………….. 


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