Mumbai, India, February 11, 2010: Whistling Woods International (WWI), Asia's largest Film, Television, Animation & Media Art institute promoted by Mukta Arts Ltd. and Filmcity hosted yet another sensuous actress of the industry - 'Vidya Balan', to conduct a Master Class for their students.  

This session was moderated by Mr. Subhash Ghai himself and Mr. Rob Reece, HOD, Actors Studio, Whistling Woods International.  

The students barraged Vidya Balan with a lot of questions about her experiences while working on movies like Parineeta, Ishqiya & Paa. When asked by one of the students the secret behind looking real in her movies, she said, "Always be yourself and you will create space for yourself. Leave yourself to open experiences." 

"I have learnt one thing that while acting "Small is big".  For one to look real, the emotions portrayed should not be too loud. Acting is not just about emotions as it is believed to be. It is all about feelings. When you realize that, things happen naturally", said Vidya.   

While moderating the session, Subhash Ghai, Chairman, Whistling Woods International said, "Whistling Woods International is proud to have actors like Vidya Balan sharing their real life experiences of working on successful films like Parineeta, Paa & Ishqiya. They are the ones who inspire the young filmmakers to go out and make a mark and contribute to the Indian film industry".

She kept saying that she was very nervous yet excited about coming to WWI and sharing her acting experiences. This one hour of Master Class was an interesting experience for all the students at WWI.  
 

About Whistling Woods International

 
Promoted by Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts Limited & Filmcity Mumbai, Whistling Woods International is Asia's largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute, providing world-class education in all technical and creative aspects of Film & Television, offering courses that vary in duration from 10 months to 30 months, in the areas of Acting, Animation, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Producing, Screenwriting and Sound. Whistling Woods International also offers, in association with Manipal University, India's first MBA in Media & Entertainment.

 
The full-time faculty of Whistling Woods International is a body of academics and industry professionals with regular guest lectures by leading Indian & International filmmakers, actors & technicians like Rakeysh Mehra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Farhan Akhtar, Ashok Amritraj, Shyam Benegal, Farah Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Ratna Pathak Shah, Danny Boyle, Rajkumar Hirani, Nagesh Kukunoor and several more. 

 
Whistling Woods graduates are currently working with several leading media organisations like Balaji Telefilms, Channel 31 Australia, Dharma Productions, Excel Entertainment, 20th Century Fox India, Mukta Arts Limited, Paprikaas, Prana Studios, Red Chillies Entertainment, Spice Entertainment, Walkwater Films and several more. 

 
Whistling Woods' continues strongly on its path to be the institute of choice for media education globally. For additional information, please visit www.whistlingwoods.net.