Actresses are increasingly turning Film Producers.
Is it the myth that being a Film Producer is a glamorous job.
There are many reasons, though apparent reason to an observer might seem that a film producer, whether big or small, is seen with all the celebrities of the showbiz. The real reason however is, almost all the creative professionals in showbiz - be it established or aspiring - are in perpetual need of funding to give shape to their vision and this is a tad tedious job. Getting a producer on board to stand by a director’s vision is a hurricane task; so almost all producers, find themselves in huge demand!
Now being a film producer isn't easy - because the concept that a producer invests money in a film is passé, reason being production-costs of films are at an all time high; instead the concept of a producer is more dynamic today!
A producer can be any person who can put together a film project; right from script to actors to locations to release - with money or in kind – like securing deals that felicitate smooth completion of a movie.
May be for this reason, more and more actresses are turning producers like never before! At the 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival - a whopping 20% of the producers were actresses, established or aspiring, and almost fifty percent in their mid-20's! If we take an Indian view-point, 75% of the actresses are producers, an eye-popping number ain't it! Point is, producing today, is much more fun than it was ever before!
A reason for actresses turning producers could be the fact that an actress has an average career-span of 3 to 4 years; turning a film producer not only enhances their career-span, but also earn them the much needed respect and a clout in the industry, with more and more directors approaching them and writing heroine-centric films for them.
The real challenge however, as a Film Producer, is to churn out blockbusters which of course is an art of identifying potential hit films from the heap of scripts that any producer receives. Developing this art requires a lot of experience and time, which will be detailed here in length in follow-up articles.
