A New Language
September 3, 2007Every generation has its own short code … And the old code makes way for the new. OMG and LOL are now officially passe. The NYT has a whole set of new acronyms that are replacing words in language. * GI —…
Category: Media
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
Ouch
August 6, 2007This, a headline from the ET – India's most widely circulated business broadsheet : Some SC/STs too made it on merit replace the word SC/ST with any other ethnic/religious/gender grouping and tell me what is right/ wrong with this headline. [tag]media bias[/tag]…
Speed Jamming 2
July 23, 2007[tag]Coca Cola Speed Jamming[/tag] – connect ho jao. produced by us for Zoom. As always – the behind the scenes was a closer photo finish than the contest. Good fun – all in all. I really miss the process.
Lights – at Film City
July 10, 2007I love the shoot floor. The activity. The entropy. The sense of something being created. The feeling of building something. And there is nothing like the day before the shoot.
Speed Jamming
July 9, 2007Control Room put up for the Show at film city The show – "[tag]Coca Cola Speed Jamming[/tag]" The venue – Studio number 15, Film City The Date – 7th July (yeah! we actually shot on 7.7.7 and that was by default, not…
Of Southies and Mossies
June 20, 2007the ToI – the world’s largest selling English paper – puts out a supplement where a South Indian – to be precise superstar Rajnikant – is referred to as a Southie. What next? a Muslim referred to as a Mossie, a North…
Universal Truths :)
May 25, 2007Raymond Chandler on Hollywood, quoted in the Guardian “Its idea of ‘production value’ is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that any good writer would throw away. Its vision of the rewarding movie is a vehicle for some glamour-puss with…
Weekend Viewing
May 21, 2007Most TV people I know consume very little of the medium. And, I am no exception. Partly it is the hours that I keep, and partly is the fact that [tag]saas bahu[/tag] has no appeal to me. And the thought of watching…
Anniversary
May 16, 2007Today is Cogito TV’s fourth anniversary 4 years of being an entreprenuer. What have I learnt? Humility – possibly, Patience – definitely. Above all, the sense that i have to do my best to succeed because going back to work in an…
Day 1 FICCI Frames – impressions
March 29, 2007The first day at [tag]FICCI Frames[/tag]. I attended most of the television sessions that took place. The first was on the "Regulatory Freamework in the Entertainment Industry" – an interesting topic given the government’s desire to regulate, various Public Interest Groups deciding…