Human trainer, best-selling author and life coach, SURYA SINHA’s life has come full circle. Leaving the Hindi entertainment industry 16 years ago, he now returns with added strength and positivity. He talks to VIRAJ SAWANT about his new chapter in life.
We have heard you were a part of the entertainment industry few years back and now you are coming back. How were you related to the industry?
Till 2000, I was working in the film industry. I worked as an editor and several of my serials were on air ‘Ranjish’, ‘Supriya’, ‘Rishtey’, ‘Star Best Seller’, ‘Saturday Suspense’, ‘Director’s Cut’ and many more. I entered the industry in 1987. I have been a film distributor also. I was the distributor for films like EENT KA JAWAB PATTHAR and HEROINE NO. 1. I am the sole proprietor of Cine movies. In 2000, I faced a major financial crisis. All my films flopped at the box office and I almost became bankrupt. So I left the industry and I left Mumbai as well.
After a crisis like this, how did your life change?
I started my new life with meditation. It became a part of my daily routine. In that phase of life, I realized that I needed to do something for society. I used to blame others for my failure. I used to think that others betrayed me in business and hence I failed as a distributor. Then I realized that I made wrong choices in life and I was to be blamed for my failure and no one else. The truth was that it was I who couldn’t win their hearts. Had I won their hearts in those days, they would have helped me in life and supported me. There were many who I helped grow in the industry but during my bad days there was hardly anyone standing by me. When I became bankrupt all of them turned their faces away. But I am really happy for a fact that all the people I helped have reached new heights today.
From the setback you faced, what lesson did you take back home?
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