Monday, July 16, 2007

Making of Black & White...

It isn’t that BnW is a masterpiece and I must share the art of making legendary cinema with Budding Film-makers. Neither is it that BnW is a part of critically acclaimed movies.
For me BnW portrays work of some crazy committed people who are too passionate about film-making. Of course, it’s full of technical glitches; for the paanch orkuteshwar’s has left a wide (wide-r than anyone can imagine) scope of improvement for our future productions. Although, being my first ever film will always remain close to my heart can’t comment what others believe.
The story behind its making is more than interesting: a) I have to tell you how the crew of BnW came together.
b) The story-telling session…with time and date.
c) Decision making about who’s playing who.
d) Yeah…The Judgment Day, though we had days.
e) Editing sessions…Dubbing sessions and finally
f) First screening…

Writing requires loads of patience…I have limited. Let me still try it for my readers.

Okay…So most of us including me believe orkutting is a pure waste of time…Agree.
However, its one in a million times that something like this could happen.
I found my several friends on orkut even a junior from school who enquired about how my theatre thing is going…I humbly replied fine…He repetitively asked if I can come and see him as in his group. I was home sick, alone and sad. I opted to visit him and waste my evening at ansals. Guess what my humsafar was'nt working i took a blue-line bus.
I was there not exactly on time but just 5mins late…which is acceptable. He introduced me with his theatre-mates Swati, Shalini, Jojo, Ritu-Raj, Kartikya.
Kartik my junior from school also told me as to how these guys met…on orkut and to put it rightly in Shalini’s words “A little effort for a big dream...hidden somewhere deep inside our heart...came out of the blue one day.. with a small scrap...and see the magic has started.. Welcome comrades, to the world of "Rukawat ke liye 'KHEL' hai"”. They were all there to discuss a story for a film by Swati.
The reading-session progressed and we had a few late-comers joining us though I don’t remember their names apart from Naveen’s.
We even had few improvisational exercises…Swati called of the meeting for the day...we exchange numbers and I was home.
I quickly search them all on orkut through kartik’s profile…send them friend requests got it approved. After such a long time I was finally doing something…exciting?

To be contd…