There are nine emotions that are important to acting, so today we’ll talk about those emotions. Nine emotions are Shringara (love/beauty), Karuna (sorrow), Raudra (anger), Veera (heroism/courage), Bhayanaka (fear/terrification), Bibhatsa (disgust), Adbutha (surprise/wonder), Shantha (wonder/surprise) ( peace or tranquility). So, we’ll tell you in detail what emotions are and how you can act them out.
- Love is beauty (shringara) – Shringara Emotion means love and attraction. For example, we love someone from birth because they find us very attractive. The second thing I’d like to know about a person is: Let’s fall in love again. This is what the shringara emotion is all about.
Hasya (laugh): Our lives aren’t totally empty if we don’t laugh. It’s easy for a new actor to make fun of what other people say. Still, laughing is just as hard. I’m a new actor, so I’m dealing with this problem right now. Being able to laugh is an important part of being an actor, because laughing is like watching a story or a movie. Laughter and emotion would be similar if we were talking about a movie. For example, Rajpal’s comedy acting is different from Akshay Kumar’s. This means that laughter can separate us from emotion. - Karuna (sorrow): I feel sad because I care. It can be hard for an actor to make people cry with his acting sometimes. For this, the actor needs to think of a terrible time in their lives whenever they are alone. This will make them see themselves crying, which is a good way to practise.
- Raudra (Anger): Anger is a strong emotion that makes you feel hostile and restless. Your body’s fight can be affected by things like frustration, fear, and anger that make you dislike other people.
- Veera (heroism/courage): Physical courage is being brave in the face of physical pain, hardship, or even death or the threat of death. Moral courage, on the other hand, is the ability to do the right thing even when there is a lot of opposition, shame, scandal, discouragement, or personal loss.
- Bhayanaka (fear): Bhayanaka is the feeling of panic and dread that comes from knowing that something bad is going to happen.
It means you have a weak heart and aren’t a strong person. The Natyashastra says that the Bhayanaka Rasa is caused by the same kind of rude behaviour toward elders or kings or by any of the following: a horrible noise, seeing ghosts, seeing a battle, going into the forest, or going into an empty house. Fear makes you move your arms, legs, face, and eyes, feel stunned in your thighs, look around nervously and uncomfortably, feel sad, have a tired face, a dry mouth, a pounding heart, and be horrified. - Bibhatsa (disgust): Hateful facial expressions, which involve moving the levator labii muscles on the nose, make it harder for an organism to take in potentially unpleasant stimuli by closing off the air cavities in the nostrils and slowing down the rate of air intake.
- Adbutha (surprise/wonder): There are many types of ads, but Emotion is like seeing someone we didn’t expect to see. He walks up to us out of the blue. At that time, we’re surprised, which is a type of emotion for surprise. In other words, surprise is also how we feel when someone gives us a gift.
- Shantha (peace or tranquilly): Shantha is the feeling that comes from a mind that is at peace and doesn’t want anything material.
This rasa is best shown by the emotion of detachment. Shantha is a state that comes from being free of desires and not caring about the material world. It also comes from having a strong faith in God.
To play the part of Shantha, the actor keeps his eyes on the tip of his nose, keeps his eyelids still and half closed, and keeps a calm expression.
