‘K’ – it bags all the privilege in the film & television
industry. Call it astrology, pseudopsychology, sheer luck or mere coincidence,
the letter K is auspicious for its beholders. The K serials are money minters,
the people born with the K surname do hold higher brownie points for future
stardom than the non-K holders, the people having had their surname changed to
something from the premier K list have
earned their share of fame, awards and money from the industry. These are facts, stated as well as observed.
‘So are you telling me a letter can actually contribute a
certain percentage to success?’ I asked one of the stars who was born with the
K surname, who also coincidentally is a good friend. I’ll address him as K for
now.
‘It’s more about convincing your mind’ K told me. ‘Once your
mind knows it’s a part of the K – Gang, it does feel accepted; even be it
solely a connection or similarity of the surname.’
‘So once the mind feels
accepted, it would work better towards the goal, right?’ I asked K.
‘It’s like all the ingredients are in the bowl, now you just
need to make a good dish out of it.’ K told me as his phone rang. He had to
leave.
How could a single
letter motivate somebody so much towards success? After all it is said what's in a name? (I say, A LOT! But what's in a surname?) I wanted to understand more of this. I decided to go and meet an
astrologer who helps K with the naming and mahurats
of the films he works in.
I finally got an appointment after a fortnight. With a
lighter pocket, I asked the astrologer ‘How does the letter K contribute to the
success of people in the film and television business?'
He opened his orange booklet and pointed at few geometrical
figures embedded with text. ‘The planets support the letter K, and deem it as
most auspicious for the people in this line.’ He told me with a smile on his
face.
‘What happens to remaining twenty-five letters?’ I asked
him. He removed a massive red box file. He flipped through a few pages before
he continued
‘In business, it’s A, H, B.
W, K, R and J get its footage in real estate.
M, W for educational institutions.
But it is subject to change depending on various traits of
the individual.’
Here I had two
viewpoints about the letter K; the astrological one and the one sans the
‘astro’ element , the logical one. I had to pick one to answer my query. You
know how unanswered queries can literally haunt you and make you go restless as
if a mosquito has pinged you.
I once again thought about both the viewpoints. I was
stalking every word said by both – the astro and the logic. I was recollecting.
I needed an answer. I decided to text K to know more about this letter game.
The reply helped me place the full stop.
‘I would have been a star even if my surname didn’t bear the
initial K.
But the guy who changed his surname to bear an initial K few years
back,
is also a great star today.
Goodnight
K’
So yeah, I got my answer;
‘a letter can actually contribute a certain percentage to
success, if you think it can…’
It’s not a letter game, but a hardworking mind game.
