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Everyone has become a doctor and has started questioning the vaccine: Karan
Recently, actor Karan Tacker took to social media to share a rather important poem on the current health crisis. Along with spreading awareness about Covid-19, he outlined the issue of false information doing the rounds on social media and urged everyone to get themselves vaccinated.
“The reason for writing the poem was that we’re all aware of what’s happening in the world. There’s a lot of news that we read on messaging platforms these days. Every morning, my parents come and ask me whether it’s verified news or not. I’m a part of media in a certain way and not everything that we read or see in the news is authentic,” he elaborates.
Tacker stresses on the ‘misguided information’ surrounding vaccination in the country. Commenting on the need to bust myths and rumours about vaccines, the actor feels that everyone should try and be a responsible citizen and help break the chain. “Everyone is allowed to voice their opinion and it is up to them if they don’t want to take the vaccine. But the risk of them being carriers of coronavirus is much higher,” says the Special Ops actor, adding, “Today, everyone has become a doctor and has started questioning the vaccine and in the process, they are misguided, which results in a sense of misgiving, too.”
Tacker also believes that it’s important to keep ourselves occupied by doing something productive amid the lockdown. “An idle mind will make you worried. We all need to be in a happy space. People underestimate how important it is to be happy. The idea has to be that when all this gets over, one doesn’t need to start from scratch and rather, pick up things from where they last left them,” he opines.
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Ican’t hide and wait for the pandemic to end,” says actor Shruti Haasan, who admits it’s tough to shoot amid a health scare, yet important to do so once things restart after the ongoing lockdown. “Being on set without a mask is very scary. I’m not going to lie. But we’ve to get back to work because I have financial constraints, just like anybody else,” notes Haasan, adding, “When they’re ready to shoot, I’ve to go out there as I have shoots to complete and other professional commitments I need to finish.”
Calling herself an “independent woman who pays her own bills”, the daughter of actor-politician Kamal Haasan shares, “I have my limitations. I don’t have my daddy or mommy helping me.”
And she’s very proud of the life she has built over the past 11 years, ever since she moved out of her father’s place. “I’ve made every decision — good or bad — for myself, by myself. There were some smart people who didn’t buy any big things like a car or a house before the pandemic, but I bought a house just before this all started, and I was like, ‘God damn it’. So yes, I have financial constraints,” she says.
In fact, these limitations make her realise her privileges. “It has made me very thankful for the fact that ‘Oh, I’m just trying to pay my EMI’, when I know that there are people who don’t have food and don’t have money for medicines. It just puts everything in perspective,” says the actor, 35.
Before the shutdown, Haasan was working on a web series and her upcoming film, Salaar. And the present situation reminds her of 2020, when the shoot of her film, Krack, was stalled mid-way and could only be completed after the lockdown. “Last year, we didn’t understand what was going on, it was a very indefinite, long amount of time,” she says, hoping for things to get better soon.
Once work resumes, the actor says she’ll be most cautious on the set. “Because this virus has taught us something which we should have learnt 100 years ago… that individual behaviour does affect the collective,” says Haasan, advising everyone to follow all guidelines. “It’s not like we have a choice... We should be staying at home,” she signs off.
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Shruti Haasan says like anyone else, she also has financial constraints, so she has no choice but to get back to work as soon as it resumes
s the second wave of Covid-19 affects every industry and profession in some way or the other, many from the film fraternity are facing financial strains, too.
According to actor-director Seema Pahwa, as shoots have come to a halt, many are out of jobs and struggling to make ends meet.
“Every day, I call as many struggling actors as I can. Main zabardasti unko poochti hoon ki unko kuch zaroorat hai ya nahi. I ask them to tell me if they need anything, without any hesitation. Even though I do understand that it must be embarrassing for them,” she says.
Pahwa adds that this is not the time to shy away from asking for help. “This time is crucial to help each other. One must not be ashamed to ask for help. There should be no ego and no shame,” she asserts.
The Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi director adds that often, there are people who want to help, but are unable to, as they don’t know who needs help.
“I want to request friends and junior actors, technicians and others who are struggling, who are away from home, to reach out. They should seek help from their seniors and other established people. We want to help as many people as we can, but if we don’t get to know who needs help, how will we help,” she asks.
Pahwa, therefore, insists on the urgent need to set up a relief fund in aid of all those struggling without work. “This is the time when we must create a fund to help small-time actors, technicians and others from the film industry. This fund will help us overcome such trying times. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and I hope that we all can come together and set this up soon,” she concludes.