Show Up or Stay Invisible

In the film industry, one truth is brutal and simple...
Nobody is coming to promote you.

No one will announce your arrival.
No one will carry your story for you.
If you don’t learn how to speak for your work, your work will stay unheard.

Self-promotion is not arrogance.
It’s survival.

Cinema is called show business for a reason. Talent alone doesn’t move the needle. Visibility does. You have to show up—again and again—with your voice, your ideas, your intent.

Waiting quietly for validation is the fastest way to disappear.

You don’t need noise.
You need presence.

Talk about your work. Share your process. Own your journey. When you show up consistently, the right people start noticing—not by accident, but by design.

In cinema, invisibility is a choice.
And so is showing up.

Choose wisely. 

- Manohar Chimmani