But this was a non-film program that was called 'Actor's Studio' Basically this program brings aspiring actors, directors, writers and all other people who work in the industry face to face with a famous personality.
And this is a question - answer session which is not moderated at all. Imagine Amitabh Bacchan doing such a jig on some channel in India, the response would be terrific to say the least.
During the course of the interview a person in the audience asked Martin Sheen whether he has had a first hand experience that has touched him and how he has been able to bring that into his acting.
Martin Sheen related an incident where being unable to attend his father's funeral, he was suffering untold mental misery. During this time, he was asked to do a scene which wanted him to shout, cry and generally get very upset. He told the director, I will give it just one shot and that's it. Martin then proceeded to let go his emotions keeping in mind his failure to attend his father's funeral.
Continuing in the same vien, he talked about his visit to Agra where he happened to listen to a poem. This poem so moved him, that he was completely transported to another world. He talked about the high regard he has had since then for India and its people who produced such a poet.
Do you know who he was talking about? He was talking about our very own Noble Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore. And the poem he was talking about was 'Where the Mind is Without Fear'.
Martin then asked the audience whether they would like to hear the poem, to which they responded in the affirmative. He narrated the entire poem extempore! When he did so, the hair on the back of my head were standing at their ends.
Now how many Indians do you know who can repeat this feat? Not many I believe.
For all those who do not remember, here is the beautiful poem reproduced for you.
Where the Mind in Without Fear
Rabindranath Tagore
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls
Where the words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary sand of dead habit
Where the mind is lead forward by thee into ever widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, My father, Let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls
Where the words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary sand of dead habit
Where the mind is lead forward by thee into ever widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, My father, Let my country awake.
I just found a link to this wonderful program on wikipedia. Have a look!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Actors_Studio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Actors_Studio
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