GolaBerij - Unwanted Movie

Dear Kshitij Zarapkar,

We didn’t know who you were before the movie. And henceforth we don’t want to know you. Though people know you now, they will remember you for all wrong reasons!

I saw a movie which had an intent to gain publicity… sorry I didn’t see PuLa in it! All the characters ( except Babdu - Played by Sanjay Narvekar, Narayan played by Anand Ingale) in your film were not characters scripted by PL.

I doubt anyone of you have really READ and LOVED PL literature, otherwise you wouldn’t have attempted such a disaster!

I understand you not understanding the emotions which all literature lovers share with PuLa, but you don’t understand cinema! Poor editing, super incorrect dubbing and failure in script makes you Kshitij Zarapkar!

Regards,

Soham Sabnis


Film: Golaberij
Director: Kshitij Zarapkar
Cast: Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Dr NehaDeshpande-Kamat, DilipPrabhavalkar, Anand Ingale, Sanjay Narvekar, Mohan Agashe and others
Rating: *

'Tuned' to Office...

Right from swipe in to swipe out, life is full of music. Early in the morning, I hear clock ticking, hanging on my floor wall, irrespective whether it is showing IST or EST! This fades away, when I start typing, , often hitting backspace key (yeah, that’s the key to type a speckles document). I hear high heel shoes punishing the floor, making loud noise which is a BIG No! Attention seekers are huge market for shoe manufacturers! Coffee vending machine is on a song today, steamy noises along with the refilling timeouts, made me run away…(obviously, without making any noise).

A Cell phone rings--- should I describe variety of ringtones? Right from Shridevi-Rushi kapoor songs to Bryan Adams, we have it all! Message tones vary from a temple bell to toilet flush sound. People are so creatively notifies about calls, messages, and emails that they receive. Since I don’t enjoy a separate cabin, it is compulsory to hear, comprehend and be updated about what people talk about! Girls are busy convincing their boyfriend for a nice dinner in the evening or a weekend outing, guys flirting around or planning for a booze party, married women bitching about in-laws! We need to note that this isn’t called ‘eavesdropping’!  Desk phone- this device serves a different menu altogether, right from useless personal loan approval calls, to calling on wrong extension numbers, it assures you will relish a 4 course meal. One thing common for this phone, is the ringing tone, which can’t be customized! As I write this, my cell rings…Thank God! It is on silent mode, or else my DUCKTALES ringtone would have made my team nostalgic.

There is a place in office, which is a damn silent place---conference room---only when no one is there. Otherwise, it is worst than a parliament. During the meetings apart from discussions, sound of & chairs, dial tone while login on to a bridge (before conference calls), and a sweat attractive voice saying, “please state your name after the beep, and press hash or pound sign”, gives me a breather. Silence heard between two sentences, when people search for answers (which they don’t have) provides me the ‘kick’ to be inside such meetings/tricky calls.

What is an office with no quarrels, which start off on illogical points and end at even more illogical conclusions! These quarrels are coupled with very creative background score of giggles, careful whispers and a visual effect of weird expressions nicely weaved with clever winks! This is more fun to see, through a glass; with a thin sound (read yelling), which helps us understand the subject of ‘strategic discussion’ (read appraisal meetings!) Just be careful to hide intelligently, or else keep this proverb in mind ‘People living in glass houses, shouldn’t throw stones at others’.

And here arrives my favorite time in office, post lunch hours! Right from yawns, lazy walks to blissful (?) snoring, trance music isn’t required at all! But curiosity, to learn and experience new genres of trance music, keeps me awake! Tea time makes the day more cheerful, as 6 pm is couple of hours away. Humor cooks up, and roars of laughing sessions hit hard! Just like a Mexican wave during a soccer match! It becomes necessary to acquire a skill of identifying ‘teams’ based on their laughing patterns. No doubt, I am an expert!

Amongst all the interesting audio inputs, one sound is royally neglected, delicate sound of a mouse click! Another pattern is kind of, remains untouched, is the rhythm while typing, when we browse, chat or while we create a word document. Opening of doors, closing of drawers (driven by our mood) spice up musical journey. Evening grows louder when machines shut down, making us thank Windows shut down tune! More happy voices calling the day off, bid adios and swipe out- beep! Music in office doesn’t ONLY mean the sweet music that we face, from our BOSS!

Crude Lighting techniques can be Creative!

Had this concept in mind for a long time. Was waiting for some lights, but didnt happen. On the SHOOT day too, me n my friend did a quick hunt for some basic focus lights and couple of stands, but luck turned other-way round. Hence, decided to go ahead with whatever we had!

Here are the pics of the setup used.

I am not saying the lighting used is perfect, but just want to pass on the message that, despite of the crude setup,the results were not that bad .All I used was a yellow light spot focus, and a CFL, tried mixing both the sources, but dint work well. For more correct exposure and to have better control over the light,  focus light with a regulator must be used ( flashes are recommended )
Its just that creative eye needs few photons to expose the talent!

Apart from this, table lamp can be effectively used. For product shoots, portraits etc.Also, a simple light box can me made at home, will be doing that soon. Will share the write-up and the photos soon.

Here are the results of the CRUDE lighting attempt...

Happy Clicking!

BRAND----"Save Tigers"

CATS gaining attention…isn't new…eh? But this time, everyone is 'pretending' to be serious…and thus are very keen on SAVING THE ROYAL CAT…TIGER!!! Various campaigns, banners, and GROUP DISCUSSIONS are the tools (visible for save tiger movement). Celebrities are expressing their concern about the tiger-NATIONAL PRIDE and constantly the magic number is displayed…1411 left..!!!

BEFORE WRITING THIS…I got myself updated and the COUNT SO FAR IS 1215!!!!!!!

Encouraging!

A huge investment by AIRKEL (read between the lines…don’t want to rope in any controversies) for the SAVE TIGER campaign, strong initiative by a renowned TV news channel---NTDV, Super launch of the campaign in presence of BIG 'B', some experts in wildlife (I was really delighted that these people were invited, and were given a chance to speak---atleast on that day). BIG B instantly extended his 'voice' and 'face' for the campaign…(created a BUZZ!), CEO AIRKEL was busy in justifying the company's involvement and was striving hard to catch media's attention. The NTDV hosts were using their ORATORY skills to make the launch look 'concerned'. Emotional intelligence was flooding in that room, and further it was transferred via media, nationally. (Globally too…might attract foreign investors!)

Every effort that was visible had a result- Brand Creation…for the time being, TIGER was left alone in the clips that were played on huge screens, in that hall. Here, I am not being a pessimist but trying to look at this entire effort in a distorted way, so as to understand and convey what I have understood.

Support from politicians, huge corporate contribution, celebrities endorsing the campaign, media channels, everything looks good to start with, but the question is, is it going to help the BIG CAT ?

Who is going to look after their natural homes-forests?

Is anyone keeping a check on the activities taking place in national parks, sanctuaries?

Poaching, selling tiger skins… who is the watchdog???

Are we really concerned on saving this beautiful creature?

When so much money is spent, Government grants are used…why the campaign just limits itself to the ads, concerned messages?? Why can’t the organizers publically disclose the Line of Action (If any...) and how the campaign is going to SAVE TIGERS???

Nature is very strong, I feel tigers will live forever if nature decides so… Homo sapiens sapiens must CLEVERLY use their highly evolved BRAINS and shouldn’t interfere with Natures Law and Order.

The royal beauty is under threat; we must save it from cruel EXTINCTION…as the coming generations then, will see it in FILMS, SNAPS and DOCUMENTARIES!!!

#Note: By writing this I am not 'Branding' my Blog!