Harini Calamur's Writings
The first schedule of shooting a “power Trip with Shobhaa De” finished last friday. I have been too pooped to blog. The show carried the who’s who of India. In the first schedule we shot with – Yash Birla – the poor…
today – October 5th – is Shishir’s Birthday. For the second year running his wife managed to surprise him with a party. Last year was an elaborate affair in a bunglow in Madh Island. Shishir resembled a gawking gold fish. Today was…
…In addition to being Gandhi Jayanti is my mothers’ birthday. Jayadev organised a surprise birthday party for her. I think what surprised her the most was me landing up for lunch – I was supposed to be shooting. Rani went bonkers at…
My company, Cogito TV, has been commissioned by Sahara One to produce a 26 part series for them. The series is called Power Trip with Shobhaa De and it is a show in which she converses with some of the most powerful…
To say that life over the last one month has been hectic, would be an understatement. College early in the mornings. Consulting with Sahara One from mid morning to evening. And, brainstorming with my partners at Cogito TV in the evening. By…
Cogito TV’ s former client’s TVC – trust value and committment – owed us around 10.5 lakhs (rs. one point five million) for films that we produced for them. And they weren’t paying. Atleast not for the last six months. We have…
….is not as difficult as I thought it would be. I am managing a more than decent level of output on all three. Infact, I think that I have not just become more effecient and effective in terms of managing my time,…
Today i went into viewing the rushes from the shoot. All you can see is dry heat and warm tones. And viewing the footage made me realise that no matter what the fuckups the story that is going to be told is…
“It costs Rs.3 lakhs – Rs.300,000 – to get into the army. About Rs.1 lakh to become a teacher and something inbetween to get a job as a pune in a college. where do we get that kind of money from?” is…
“we need books” is the answer. The question is ‘what can be done to improve the situation of Dalits in rural Maharashtra.’ Gyaneshwar Suryavanshi tells me that students from Dalit backgrounds who have graduated high school (12th) or even graduation with high…