Logbook of a Screenwriter
Personally, I am not a big fan of adventure shows; they are too realistic for my comfort. But then, when a show featuring a superstar anchor and a super-busy guest breaks all previous records, and it’s shot in India, one has to sit up and take notice. Ever since I saw the Discovery Episode of Man Vs Wild, I was…
Leave a CommentSometimes you feel so good that you want to break things; resolutions, for instance!!! Like me, I promised myself that I won’t do more than one blog post a week. But what to do? When I spotted these films made by ‘special’ young adult filmmakers at the FTII Pune Facebook page – I just had to bring them to your…
Leave a CommentI always thought Naseeruddin Shah looks like my father; it’s just that he looks about 10 years younger, which is understandable, as he happens to be ten years younger. I have never seen Naseer sahab in person. So when I heard his play ‘Einstein’ is coming to Delhi NCR for the first time – I booked the tickets, just to…
Leave a CommentAviva Field is true to her words. She took my question rather seriously, and has shared a response, which could probably be called the first step to a long journey. Now, by storytelling, one is normally inclined to think fiction; more specifically, feature films. Syd’s books, whatever I have read, are replete with a strong focus on cinematic storytelling of…
5 CommentsThis day of freedom, feel free to write. Make your voices heard; about anything that does, or doesn’t excite you. For them who write for their rights are always right, and those who write the right things are never left out. Balderdash!! Why am I fencing with words… Let me come straight to the point. Precision and simplicity, my friend,…
Leave a CommentI have never been to Kashmir. The only Kashmiri’s I knew were the smiling shawl sellers who used to come with the advent of winter, even 10 years back. At least in my Delhi neighborhood, I don’t see them anymore. They too have disappeared. I also don’t get to watch much of news, unless someone pays me for it,…
Leave a CommentWhen I first heard about the Film and Television Institute of India conducting a smart-phone film making course for young adults with special needs, I was pleasantly excited; and somewhat frustrated. Not because they are doing something kick-ass, which they often do; but because I wanted to be the person to come up with such an idea. There has been…
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