London
(ANI):
Bollywood
is
all
set
to
open
its
doors
for
many
aspiring
artists
from
Britain
and
all
over
the
world.
The
world's
biggest
film
industry
will
soon
make
its
presence
felt
more
strongly
in
the
international
arena,
thanks
to
the
first
official
Bollywood
acting
school
in
Britain.
The
school
will
open
in
the
West
London
borough
of
Ealing
in
September
this
year.
The
idea
behind
the
institute
is
to
improve
the
quality
of
the
performances
in
Bollywood
films
and
represents
the
next
step
in
the
growing
association
between
Britain
and
the
Hindi
film
industry.
Ealing
Institute
of
Media,
where
the
school
will
be
based,
and
Heathrow
City
Partnership,
a
not-for-profit
company
with
responsibility
for
development
in
the
area,
are
positive
that
the
promise
of
tuition
from
visiting
Bollywood
celebrities
will
help
to
stimulate
demand
for
places,
despite
the
2,000
pounds-a-month
course
fees.
Apart
from
acting
on
camera,
the
curriculum
will
teach
pupils
the
arts
of
martial
arts,
yoga,
dance,
music
and,
if
the
need
arises,
Hindi,
as
well
as
diction
and
improvisation.
The
idea,
according
to
anupam
kher,
the
school's
chairman
and
a
noted
Bollywood
actor,
is
"to
breathe
and
smell
only
acting".
The
school
is
the
first
international
by-product
from
Actor
Prepares,
the
academy
founded
by
Kher
in
Bombay
three
years
ago.
Kher
is
hoping
that
his
international
venture
will
improve
the
cliched
Bollywood
acting
in
Indian
films.
"The
standard
of
acting
in
Indian
films
was
mediocre
generally
but
in
the
last
few
years
audiences
have
become
much
more
educated
towards
cinema
because
of
the
onslaught
of
satellite
channels
[showing
Western
films]
and
the
arrival
of
multi-plexes
in
India.
I
am
trying
to
kill
off
a
certain
style
of
cliched
Bollywood
acting.
It's
already
dying
so
it
is
the
right
time
to
do
this
international
school," Times
Online
quoted
him,
as
saying.
He
added
that
though
the
school
is
in
one
of
Britain's
largest
South
Asian
communities,
it
is
intended
to
be
open
to
all
races.
"There
are
Britishers
who
want
to
act
in
Bollywood
films
as
well,"
Kher
said.
"Of
course,
the
Bollywood
section
of
the
course
will
be
prominent
but
it
won't
be
the
only
thing
we
teach.
There
is
a
film
tradition
section,
where
we
will
show
them
great
films
from
world
cinema.
Acting
is
becoming
universal,"
he
added.
About
60
students
will
be
admitted
in
the
first
year
and
will
pay
6,000
pounds
each
for
a
three-month
course.