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Downside
Well-written scripts
are difficult to
come by rue most
hosts. Sajid therefore
says he works without
a script. "People
hire me because
they save on teleprompters,"
Sajid ribs. "I
can host the Oscars
better than any
of the hosts. I
was the first to
wear a tuxedo, sing
a song, walk down
from the stage and
talk to the audience.
I work for the viewer."
The genial Mini
storms, "My
angst is against
the perception of
TV presenters. They
are not given due
respect. They must
be accorded the
space of a TV serial.
Sometimes people
don't even know
our real names.
"
Abbas
says, "It is
unfortunate that
good avenues for
formal training
in TV anchoring
do not exist in
our country. I'm
trying to do my
bit on this front
through a series
of workshops. Besides,
nobody can deny
that luck plays
a crucial part in
your success or
failure over here."
The
bottomline
The
good ones survive
despite the onslaught
of a hundred others
who come to try
their hand at the
job. A Cyrus Broacha
is saluted by not
just his listeners
but by his contemporaries.
And he is no threat
to any of them…as
he is head and shoulders
above the rest.
And they know that.
As VJ Ranvijay has
said of him, "Thanks
to him, all of us
have careers today.
VJing wouldn't be
a career if Cyrus
Broacha wasn't there."
One
thinks it's about
time the Cyruses,
the Minis, the Shaikhs,
the Sajids opened
a school for wannabe
hosts. Its pay back
time folks!
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