Words of Silence

Its always amazed me how some great actors can act without saying a word.

Take Charlie Chaplin as a first example. We used to roll over laughing seeing his short movies and not many people know that he acted seriously as well making people cry. Now that's amazing.

Take Amitabh Bachan. He has proven all those loud dialogues wrong with his own form of quiet acting. Over a period of many years we have seen his dialogues becoming less and less. Amitabh Bachan says less and facial expressions and body language say more. Just wonderful acting. I sometimes wonder what a treat it would be for the people watching the shooting. How many tears would fall on the set? How many people would get emotionally charged? Such a great talent.

Its old fashioned but true. When the eyes do the talking with not much said, that is the most beautiful romantic scene, one could create.

Kuch bhee na kaha aur keh bhee gay....
Kuch kehtay kehtay reh bhee gaye...

I tried translating that but it didn't bring the essence out. Words in Urdu just don't translate into the same feeling in English. Strange.

Anyway, have you seen Mimes? I think I have written about them before also but they just mystify me. It is absolutely unbelievable how they can communicate with just expressions. Not even a sound. They can make you cry and laugh with them. Salute to the talent.

Then lets bring in Classical dancers. Fasih-ur-Rahman, Nighat Choudhary, Sheema Kirmani... Oh my God, WOW!! See some stuff they can come up with. Search the names on Youtube. Yet again, nothing said yet so much expressed. Just beautiful. Plain, simple beautiful.

Body language is a more useful gift we have than our tongues. You can see your boss and if you concentrate well enough, you'll know whats he thinking. Is it a good day to talk about your promotion? Or is it just better to wait for that one more day? It could be a decision that could change your life.

What about the wife? Some people would say, "Yeah, so what about the wife?" People, watch out. Keep your eyes open. Just focus and concentrate and you'll know when to do the things you are supposed to do and what not to do the things you are not supposed to do. It all works out in the end.

We all can express so much without saying anything. Think about it.