THERE IS NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW-BUSINESS – RAZA MURAD

Extolling the film & television personalities, the well known character actor Raza Murad said that the three cornerstones of any professional work are the talent, hardwork and the fate.Conceding that only the fittest can survive in the highly competitive film & television industries , he added that perserverance does pay rich dividends. Raza Murad was addressing the students of Asian Academy of Film & TV. Tracing his career graph in the film industry he become quite nostalgic and fondly remembered the time he had spent working with late Raj Kapoor and the film director Hrishikesh Mukherji. In his highly inspiring address he advised the directors and actors in the making to observe the life from close quarters for portraying the characters properly. It is only when the viewers can identify themselves with the actor on the screen that the performance can be said to be believable and good. Earlier welcoming the distinguished visitor, the director of the academy Prof. Sandeep Marwah mentioned that after graduating form Film & TV Institute of India in 1971, Raza Murad had acted in more than 390 feature films including Namak Haraam and Ram Teri Ganga Mailee. Answering one of the many questions put to him, Raza Murad said that as a measure of abundant precantion he neither smokes nor chews pan. Feeling quite at home in the company of the students of the academy, Raza Murad agreed to personally conduct a workshop on verbal communication in the near future for the students of the acting and presentation course of the academy.