How to be a successful Producer in the Entertainment Industry ? - Ft. Ms. Nivedita Basu
“People
love gossip. It’s the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going” –
Ellen DeGeneres.
Producers in the entertainment industry tend to the business
and financial matters involved in making a movie, television show, or stage production.
They oversee production and are responsible for the budget, timeline, and
quality of the finished product.
Ms. Nivedita Basu, a Television producer
and creative director of the Bollywood film industry, shared her beautiful
journey as a Producer with our viewers, in the 12th Episode of
Season 4 of TuriyaTalks.
Ms. Basu started her journey from ground zero,
initially worked as an intern with Channel V for an year and then joined Balaji
Production house in the year 2000 at a runner level, with no stipend. She gave
credits to Ekta Kapoor, who was always there for her as a Mentor. Ms. Basu is
grateful to Ekta and claims that ‘Without her she wouldn’t have learned
everything and achieved the success. She worked with the Balaji for 15 years.
She also shared her experiences of working with Smriti Irani on the sets of
“Kyoki Saans bhi Kabhi Bahu thi”.
Ms. Basu is fond of the professionalism of the
actors she had worked with, be it Tulsi, Parvati or Prerna of different Soap
Operas. She talked about working with Anil Kapoor on the sets of “24”, and
considers it to be the best experience after working with Ekta.
She talked about the challenges and
difficulties faced while starting her own production house “The House of
Originals”. She explained how different it was working as a producer under a
production house and having a production house of your own.
With the coming up of the OTT platforms, Ms.
Basu believed that it is easy for anyone and everyone to make a good content.
Social media platform has helped people to keep themselves busy in various
fields. It has also played a vital role in imparting education to the mass and
adds value to oneself.
Relevance of television has been for specific
types of contents and OTT has been for all types of content. But this doesn’t
mean the presence of television will die. People are habituated and connected
to television and thus for the next 20 years, it’s gonna stay with us.
(Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF9O2XGlz-4&ab_channel=TuriyaTalks)