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…
A link across the Sea
July 1, 2007The [tag]Bandra Worli[/tag] sea link. When i sometimes take the worli sea face route – i get to see the work in progress. Each time i am there – the link seems to have inched ahead. Aah if only the rest of…
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…
Review – The Reluctant Fundamentalist
June 15, 2007I approached the book with some trepidation. I am not particularly fond of authors from the sub continent who write in English. I often find their narrative overtly lyrical, pretentiously mystical, and deliberately desi. But, so many people had told me so…
Out
June 6, 2007There is a nasty bug going around and I have caught it. symptoms – dry cough that racks your body and hurts your ribs, shivers, fever that leaves you drenched in sweat when it breaks, extreme weariness All in all very uncomfortable….
Back
May 29, 2007My earlier hosting service, the excellent Weblleyou is in the process of winding down their service. And there i was, happily settled into my home – and had to move all over again. Given that in my childhood i moved 8 homes…
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…
Excellent Advice
May 21, 2007From somewhere on the net, words of wisdom ! Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Happy new week !!