8. There is lots of bad blood among the fans associations and among the actors themselves. The actors and their cronies are up to all tricks to see that their opponents do not steal a match over them. So that could include flooding the market with pirated copies of their competitor’s latest movies. The fans associations take off where the actors leave things. Fighting is quite common among the fans. They wield so much power that Krishna’s fans prevented his daughter’s entry into films. Her entry they thought would harm his image as a top hero. Likewise the fan associations give funny titles to their heroes. Chiranjeevi is the megastar, Pavan Kalyan is power star and Ram Chran Tej is Mega Power star. So what happens when another star emerges? Likewise Krishna’s fans were enraged when Rajanikanth film was released and the poster said Super star. To Krishna’s fans the only person who can use the title is their beloved hero.
9. The film industry functioning is very unprofessional. They joke saying that a love story, 4 comedy scenes, 4 fight scenes and a rain song is a sure typical formula for a film success. It is no wonder that the only two movies that are said to be classics by all sections of the people are Mayabazaar (made in 1957) and Shankara Bharanam (made in 1980). The directors are laid back, repeat old formulas, and copy glibly from famous Hollywood movies. The coping is so blatant that they even coined a term for it. Copying is termed “Inspiration”.
10. The web of deceit runs very deep. The film industry does not honor its own words. An appointment given is usually not honored. The film industry deals with brilliance in a suspicious way. What is puzzling is the people who make it to the top braving all odds and beating the system behave in the same illogical and professional way as their predecessors. May be in Telugu film industry the system is very difficult to beat! Things have come to such a passe that the entire film unit including the junior artiste association, actors, actresses, character artistes, dubbing artistes, distributors, Directors and all other people involved in the making of the movie have to sign a release letter before the final prints are sent from the studio for the release. Once a movie is released one can kiss goodbye to any dues from the makers of the movie at least till the next film is made. Some of the comedy actors have devised a new system. They do not charge for the entire movie. They charge per day. It is up to the director to extract as much as possible from them. Needless to say if that day’s payment is not released the concerned actor would not appear for the day’s shooting.
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