Do u remember the smile of Vidya Balan as she wished Mumbai Good Morning???
Who doesn’t!!!! See how she’s smiling….
Ok this blog isn’t about Vidya Balan… Nah Isn’t abt Munna Bhai either and nor abt Smile and its value to a human being… nah nah…. This blog is all about yippieeeeeeeeee….. :) MUMBAI…. I’m cominggggg…. :)
Hazaron Khwahishein aisi ke Har Khwahish pe Damm Nikle, Bohat Nikle Mere Armaan lekin fir bhi kamm nikle…
It was 2 am at night when me Suneet and Tarun were sitting with eyes wide open in bedroom of latter, watching a movie on lappy. Before you get any filthy ideas I should mention that the movie we were watching at 2 am in the morning, it was our movie. Ok! by OUR I mean that the movie we were making…. the story of which started just 32 hours before this bedroom conference…
Failing to recall the date I’ll start with the late in evening of Aranya’07 when I saw some great minds sitting idle in the lawns of F – Block. Sorry it was ideal minds sitting great… They were thinking abt script for a movie when the blogger hopped popped in to sit idle among the great minds. I really can’t forget the wonderful sight of 8-10 people raring to start with the movie making. But, there was no script!!!!
Lights Camera Action!
Here’s the script for the movie…. The idea adapted late. But it worked… :) I’ll quickly go through some of the events after the script was finalized.
2 Hours Later… we’re at my place searching for a ‘diya’ in a corner where I’ve always hesitated to step into fearing some mice and lizards. But there were none this time to my pleasure. Neither the mice, nor lizards and nor the diya :|
2 and a half hours later… Munching Lays, we started shooting the first scene of the movie in a dimly lighted room, and then a hand comes in to light the candle, with a lady sitting on the table…. Ok.. No filthy ideas please.
4 hours gone. Satisfied :) We certainly have great actors in our team…. (Readers who know the hidden secrets are ‘requested’ to keep their MOUTH SHUT)
4 and a half hours gone… no progress with the movie. I guess it was some rock show in college which we went to attend…
6 hours gone. 2 am we’re trying to sleep (separately at our places). When an idea strikes. (An idea can change your wife…. errr…. Life)
“Hello… Hi tarun, can we go to some school tomorrow if we can request to shoot the infant and school going stage of the baby girl”
“That should be great”
“Ok ask Suneet, Swati etc. if they have any contacts where we could be let to shoot the kids” (please don’t take it literally)
10 hours pass by…
“bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”
That was my cell vibration … I don’t usually keep it ringing :)
“Haan kithey hai? Ok, comeover to my place, we’ll leave from here”
12 hours gone… Pursuing the school authorities is really a tough task. I and tarun are at a school near to my place while Suneet is at some other school. I’m trying to get some lifetime shots with teacher Tarun Gupta teaching the students C.A.T... cat.. B.A.T…. bat… and ending the class with.. “eh tussi kall yaad karke ana, kall sunanga tuhade ton”….. Wonder if the students really learned their lesson to blah it out to their new teacher the next day :)
14 hours… We’re back at my place, I’m a little disappointed with the clips I shot. Nuthin Awesome. But the best was still on its way in Suneet’s camera. And that’s what changed the look of our movie. :)
“Roz nahakar baal banakar hasskar padhne jaatey hain… aise baalak hi jagg me achey bachey kehlatey hain”
16 hours… Together in D-Block with lappy, showing some new participants the clips we’d shot and thinking about WHAT NEXT…
16 and a half hours… Swati along with her frnds is being made to do Cat Walk in the corridors. She’s gonna be a star soon :) Just practicing? Nah… that’s the next sequence of the movie.
18 hours… The sun is shining and the café is the best place for us to shoot. Of course the girl won’t be studying all the time.
19 hours.. Amongst the shadows of the lawns. Congratulate the girl, she just Got Scholarship :)
20 hours… will whole of the movie go with just one dress.. nah, the lead actress is made to change the dress for one last 2 mins shot. I say it last coz that’s the last where she is seen. Not the last shot of the movie. The best is still to come :)
22hours.. at my place again, all jumping and exited… for the Movie? Nah… it was the jassi nite I guess. Jaldi karo Jaldi karo…
Haan bhai kar rahe hain jaldi, chaye paani to piyo.. My mom is confused as to what are 14 ppl doing all of a sudden at her place. “Deepi is that some party?”
Nah.. That was the last shot of the movie and we’re back to college enjoying the Nite…
23 hours…. Thanks to tarun for his amazing dialogues and Archie for her voice she lent to the movie :)
“Waqt bhi hath me rakhi ret ki tarah kaise nikal jata hai pata hi nahi chalta”
Ok, we had soft copy of everything now… BUT….
“Mere dost picture abhi khatam nahi hui hai”
25 hours… The nite is bakwas .. I wanna get outaa here…. Movie banana hai yar… and Tarun has his consoling words.. “ajj ratti asin mere ghar a rahe haan.. saari rat baith ke movie banavange”
28hours… Tarun chah banayin yar…
28 hours 15 mins… mainu adhey ghante takk utha deyin…
28 hours 30 mins… uth.. ikk dialog reh gaya..
28 hours 45 mins… yar gaaney select kar lao…
29 hours… “yar oh clip shoot tan kittio si ^%@^#%^ kithey reh gayi”
29 hours… “ok see this… looking good”
30 hours… “hunn bass do songs add karne ne”
30 hours 15 mins… haan this song will look good
30 hours 30 mins… its looking good :)
30 hours 45 mins ….. Climax…. Hey where did u save the movie? Ethey hi si yar…
31 hours…. (chorus) SHIT!!!!!
“At least we should’ve saved the copy of the movie… How could we save a blank file over the made up movie”
“Don’t worry I’ll do that again I know where is it to be placed”
“Yes, let Suneet do it, he knows it and we are still amateurs at editing”
“Mummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy”
32 hours…. Yawns…. Its coming out good…. Tarun chah banayin yar…. “Maii niii.. appey bana lai”
33 hours… Sleepi Deepi…
34 hours… Suneet Sleeping…
36 hours… Traun and Suneet Sleeping…
37 hours.. Deepi wakes up, Oye utho Saaleyon… kamm karna hai…..
38 hours… F**K… where’s the first dialog of the movie… Oops.. I guess I overwrote it yesterday… God! First thing in morning, call up Archana that she has to come to college early morning to record the (1 min) dialogue.
40 hours… Recording on “Maa meri ki kokh me ek bar aayi thi khushbu…. “
41 hours… Ok im going to buy the CD’s and DVD’s
41 hours 15 mins.. here’re the CD’s and plz add the xyz pic in end…. “Deepi hale time nahi hai”
41 hours 30 mins.. ok lets c the final one now…
41 hours 37 mins… write the CD…
42 hours.. Whom do we need to make the submission… ok…
42 hours 1 min… I’m going home to sleep… cu guys in afternoon..
50 Now comes the role of Vidya Balan junior…. Junior coz the senior has to come as this blog ends…
Yippieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……………. WE WON THE SHORT MOIVIE COMPETITION!!!!!
Ok we have to give a copy of the movie to the schools, that’s utmost important (has not been done till date), we need to edit the movie a bit before that (just did it last month)
Ok, now Vidya Balan has to be invited…
The movie was sent as university entry to UNFPA-Populations Fund for a contest, and the same has been shortlisted for the final round to be held in Mumbai. Pray that you people see another blog entitled the "Mumbai Victory"
“Itni Shiddat se maine tumhy paany ki koshish ki hai, K har Zarhe nay tumse milane ki saazish ki hai.."
Mumbai... I'll c u soon :)
