Harini Calamur's Writings
At one time Mumbai had a plethora of shooting floors – at Natraj, Navrang, R.K, Kamalistan, Mehboob, Mohan – floors that were linked to banners & great film makers. But over a period of time it became more commercially viable to construct…
After a few weeks of being immersed in Disaster Risk Reduction – thanks to the documentary, Farmer Suicides and the way out – thanks to our Marathi feature film “Jhing Chik Jhing”, and politics & elections – thanks to the elections; I…
One of the things that I do love about the world that i have chosen to inhabit is the kind of stuff that i get to do, occasionally. I am in Indonesia. To be precise in Java. To be even more precise…
the last 6 weeks have been a kind of blur. the visit to Orissa disturbed me more than i let on. i have nightmares about the place. of waking up, being stuck there with no way out. There is a part of…
all of us have lives that are footprints in the sand. but, each life has value. not just in the monetary sense but in the civilizational sense. each life has love, family, friends and experiences. and, their loss matters. this is the…
The New Year has been good. I haven’t had a single day off 🙂 January started with me traveling to Shimla for a shoot. The story is that of communities – and how they understand, appreciate and prepare to beat the effects…
We spent quite some time yesterday watching the rushes of our [tag]Marathi Feature Film [/tag] [tag]Jhing Chik Jhing[/tag]. I know I can never be unbiased as far as this film is concerned – but it is looking good. Normally when you watch…
Finally after a year in pre production, Jhing Chik Jhing went on the floors in Dhule on the 10th of November 2008. It is Cogito’s first foray into films. Shishir & Pushpank are on location in Dhule. Shirish and I are holding…
There is a film to be made…. am off to Kathmandu till the sixth….. a few predictions for when i return a) Bush will not be the President of the USA :). I hope that it is Obama, but i fear it…
diwali @ lonavala – used up a whole lot of candles, JD and i had fun fiddling with our respective cameras. the folks chilled, the dogess played … and i was at peace ! coming up next, battle stations ….