Archive for March, 2005

Dear Diary: Dating, Gujju Thali & Holi

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005
Dating affirmations do work; I lay there thinking with “C” resting her head on my shoulder while watching the live comedy standup. I think affirmations of any kind work as long as they are done with passionate intensity. What next? I have no idea, perhaps the attraction “C” and I have towards each other will fizzle out in the next couple of weeks, or on the other hand it will grow stronger. Last Friday was fun and I’m glad “C” enjoyed it. “So what are you doing tomorrow?” she asked. When I mentioned I was busy most of the day, but would be free in the evening, she asked if I would like to have Greek ...
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Mukul Anand, master craftsman (Part 2)

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005
The Bachchan – Mukul Anand venture was off to neat start as seen in Part 1 (Who is Mukul Anand Part 1). Fresh from the critical success of Agneepath, MA had at last made his mark. With unique shot taking and breakup techniques, amazing visual onscreen creations and intoxicating scenes painted with his trademark white brush, MA moved on to make the second movie with Bachchan in their trilogy venture… Hum (1991). Ok I’ve been blabbering about MA’s beautiful sense of drawing images on screen. The top of the line example of this is the song picturization of “Jumma Chumma”. Now, if there is a better way to shoot this song – do tell, I’m all ears. Very few songs (up ...
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Who is Mukul S. Anand? (Part 1)

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
Who is Mukul S. Anand? Tragically, this is often asked when I put out his name as one of the most creative visualizers and one of the best known painters on a cinema canvas. The Indian movie industry (Hindi, Southern, Eastern et all) today has a fistful of talented craftsman who can capture beautiful, breathless shots on the big canvas. But Mukul Anand (MA) was one of the first few who pioneered the art of telling a story captured with strong pictorial and mouth watering images, scenes, shots and concepts. Tragically Anand died very young in 1997 while working on his last movie Dus. A tremendous loss to Bollywood cinema, we had just started to see ...
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Shock treatment: from Love clouds to Therapist’s couch

Thursday, March 3rd, 2005
Received an email this morning from, Doctor Z. An invitation to her party. She, without fail sends me this invite every year, even though I have never been able to make it. It’s been 4 years since the last time I met her. Perhaps I’ll make it this year….maybe she’ll laugh and crack jokes at my rudeness 4 years ago……. “So how are you feeling today?” goes my psychotherapist – Doc Z. Ok…………maybe I mumble. “That’s better than your reply last week” I try hard to give her back a faint smile. My seventh month into therapy. Over the last seven months, three therapists, no results and lots of money, I am still sitting there on the same couch in ...
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My Experiments with Alcohol

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005
Alcohol! The desire, the hate, the temporary nirvana, the stupidity, the behavior, the so many more things it offers or takes away from you, all rolled into one – Alcohol. Sometimes I want to divorce it forever, at times I want to drown myself in it, and at times it serves as the ideal companion in an event of happy get-togethers or even in moments dipped in sorrow. Alcohol, and my journey with it started in August............... – Of the late 80s. My first year degree college results have just been declared. Pune rains. It is late evening. It’s dark and hard to read the results declared on the notice-board. Using a match, I and a few ...
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