In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy, master craftsman Vikrant Massey talks about her journey in the entertainment industry, dealing with trolling, preparing for roles in films like the recently released ‘The Sabarmati Report’ , Netflix’s Sector 36 and more. Edited excerpts from the interview: How do you deal with criticisms from unqualified critics, especially YouTubers putting up rubbish on social media and claiming to be journalists? We are far more susceptible to extreme criticism and most of them are unqualified. They don’t realise the effort that goes into making films.
Criticism is fine, in fact it is more than welcome. I see it in a way that it helps me get better. But when it gets personal and comes from a place of bringing you down with lack of awareness and this comes from mostly unqualified people who just have access to the internet.
They are just so harsh and below the belt. I mean there are ways to say the same thing. But you cannot stab someone in the heart and expect them to pat you on your back.
It never works that way. There are two types of journalism..
. extreme right and extreme left as you mentioned in my previous interview and then there is a balance too. What do you have to say about that? Balanced journalism t oday is rare.
And if there is something like that then we should latch on to it, but I don’t see much of it. There are few, I am not disagreeing. But news channels and YouTube channels, I don’t see any balance .
