The Taxi Driver
July 18, 2007There was a time when a taxi ride was a treat. I have chlidhood memories of travelling by taxi between Churchgate and Colaba. The taxi driver was invariably a Sardar in a white outfit with a great turban. As a child, i…
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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…
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…
Review – Bheja Fry
May 7, 2007Imagine spending an evening with a man who is the verbal equivalent of Mr.Bean. That is essentially the one-liner of the film Bheja Fry. In the film, Vinay Pathak plays Bharat Bhushan, an Income Tax Officer with a passion for Hindi films…
Labour Rights?
May 2, 2007In the 60th year of being Independent and the 57th year of being a Republic, a different kind of May Day Story – 27-year-old Ratnamma, a garment factory worker, was forced to deliver a baby on the streets of Bangalore because her…
Gems from Students
May 2, 2007Part of the last week or so has been spent at the University Of Mumbai – Kalina – correcting BMM papers. One of the good things about this years lot has been the number of students who seem to have understood the…