March 2009
34 posts
Day 341
Sopaan, New Delhi March 30, 2009 11:49 pm Mon
Convergence New Delhi is the call of the day !! I perform the ‘tika’ for Abhishek and Aishwarya as they leave early, mine is done later by the senior most staff in the kitchen, as I catch a later flight and through summer thermals and high wind turbulence at beyond 37, 000 feet, land in...
Day 340
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 29, 2009 11:47 pm Sun
” One cannot discover new oceans, unless one has courage to lose sight of the shore “
” You can win life by all means.. yes… by simply avoiding two things… comparing and … expecting “
” If people start criticizing you, hurting you, shouting at you.. don’t be...
Day 339
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 28, 2009 9:01 pm Sat
Darkness !! All around !! Switched off the lights in keeping with the campaign to preserve the usage of power and thereby repairing the environment. Promptly at 8:30 we put out the light. For an hour !
‘Put out the light and then put out the...
Day 338
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 27, 2009 11:04 pm Fri
” SHAANT NIVAANT SHISHIR SARALA
SALSALTA HIRWA VASANT AALA, KOKILECHIYA KUHUSANGE, CHAITRA PADWA DAARI AALA.
GUDHI PADVYACHYA HARDIK SHUBHECHA “
A very happy Gudi Padwa.. Today is the first day of the lunar calender… it is also the initiation of Vasant Ritu, or...
Day 337
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 26, 2009 11:58 pm Thu
What is it they say about things happening in three’s…
Tonight another moment with children, physically challenged. Shiamak, that innovative and progressive choreographer, that affable and loving human, that talented and unique individual has invited us over for an evening when he ties up with...
Day 336
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 25, 2009 11:15 pm Wed
Pramod, another young lad in his teens is terminally ill with cancer and in a desperate state. He is being looked after by kind and considerate Christian souls at a facility on Mount Mary Road in Bandra – Vedna Sadan. A volunteer who works there had been to the exhibition by Shobhit...
Day 335
Jalsa, Mumbai March 24, 2009 7:52 pm Tue
Shobhit Kaushal, a young man of 19 from Kanpur had his exhibition of paintings and poetry in Mumbai a couple of days back. Jaya was asked by a common friend that was organizing this exhibition, to come over and inaugurate it. She did and was asked for a special request...
Day 334
March 23, 2009 6:00 pm Mon
There have been some very interesting responses to the question under debate on the last post and I am grateful to those that have come in and participated. It is endearing to know that so many feel and express views. It comes across as an issue being discussed on the dining table of the family as they sit and talk. Such a delight to find...
Day 333
Penang, Malaysia March 22, 2009 9:05 pm Sun
When you were young Sundays meant so much. You waited patiently for it. It meant not having to get to school at an unearthly hour. When you got older and started earning a living by doing an office job, Sundays had a different meaning. No office and a day off for extended lunches and extra...
Day 332
Penang, Malaysia March 22, 2009/ written for March 21 6:10 am Sun
O ! Dear !! O ! Dear..
I lag behind and am deeply disturbed that I have not been able to put down my post in time. Apologies and seeking forgiveness !!
On return from work the system just collapsed and a lethargy set in. Sometimes in the course of a day or a...
Day 331
Penang , Malaysia March 20, 2009 10:30 pm Fri
Ominous clouds dark and full of lightening and thunder suddenly engulfed the region we were working at and everyone was asked to take shelter to avoid the imminent rain. And as we waited for it to blow over instructions came that we would shoot in the rain. Some brain wave of the director. So...
Day 330
Penang, Malaysia March 19, 2009 12:30 am Thu/Fri
A long and exhausting drive through lush green forests of palm, gentle hills, the odd thunder cloud lightening and rain and smooth broad clean countryside highways, has brought me to Penang after almost 4 hours.
The shooting is in Taiping an hour and a half away from here, so keeping distance and...
Day 328 (i)
A correction :
My Father named my daughter Shwetambara, not Shwetambari as mentioned in the DAY 328
Day 329
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 19, 2009/ written for March 18, 2009 7:30 am Thu
Time constraints and stress on the eyes after removal of the prosthetics caught up and kept me away from the EF, beyond the customary evening post. I have been up for a while and felt I should first write to you before getting down to enjoying my day off.
So, I must at the outset express my...
Day 328
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 17, 2009 8: 50 pm Tue
Its my daughter’s birthday today, 17th March. Shweta was born today. Late evening. Seems like just yesterday that I was informed in Bangalore, where I was shooting for Sholay, that Jaya was going into labor. I had rushed back straight to the Breach Candy Hospital in Bombay to be with her and to...
Day 327
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia March 16, 2009 6:30 pm Mon
” Actooor Indinsky !! Da .. da .. da .. ! Ameeeta Bacchhaaaan !!!
A loud cry from a host of Russian tourists that emerge from the lift in the Hotel as I stumble in on my way up to my room after the day’s work. As the elevator doors shut I get a quick glimpse of some of the...
Day 326
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 15, 2009 7:00 pm Sun
The day endeth.. and another begineth tomorrow…
Such be the modalities of life..
Abhishek came in early, took a shower and reported immediately for work as I sat in for my prosthetics. It was a warm humid day and ominous clouds started forming by the end of the afternoon. Abhishek finished...
Day 325
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 14, 2009 9:00 pm Sat
The God’s of thunder, lightening and rain prevailed upon us with great ferocity. They came over late afternoon after we had been through most of our scheduled scenes. They were angry loud and continuous. The air suddenly became dark, a few lights shafts followed by their earsplitting sound...
Day 324
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 13, 2009 11:00 pm Fri
Passed out on arrival at the Hotel and have just woken.. to pass out again after a shower !! Its going to be gruelling again here. The light leaves us early, the day is short, the work is mostly out door and the rain and clouds are not helping at all. So this means make up on prosthetics...
Day 323
Changi Airport, Singapore March 13, 2009/ written for March 12, 2009 8:55 am Fri
Apologies for the absence of yesterday’s post. As you may have noticed I have travelled through land and countries and oceans and my journey is still incomplete. It will end at Kuala Lumpur later today. I transit now through squeaky clean Singapore and the...
Day 322
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 11, 2009 Wed 11:57 pm
First things first ! Thank you all for the greetings for Holi and all the colors that came pouring through the blog to the family and me. My wishes are to you in great abundance, for health and prosperity, for peace, for all that is bright and beautiful and for all that...
Day 321 (i)
Hello all.. Happy holi.. Will be with you shortly.. Love
Day 321
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 10, 2009 Wed 12:30 am
The first set of ‘Paa’ is over. The unit leaves for KL and we follow. Holi will be celebrated tomorrow, though not at our place and Aishwarya surprised us by coming over for the night to Mumbai and to join us for the Holika pooja at home. After what seemed an eternity all of us...
Day 320
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 9, 2009 Tue 12:11 am
“A strong and positive attitude creates more miracles than any other thing. ‘Coz life is 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it. “
“Self respect increases when one learns to converse positively to the self.”
“The one who wins over situations with the power of ones own stage is a...
Day 319
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 8, 2009 Sun 11:25pm
Phew !! Just finished the day ! And even though it was meant to be off, it went on. No regrets. The entire day was constructive and fruitful in more ways than one would imagine.
The server BigAdda came in with some surprises that shall hopefully bring greater joy to the world...
Day 318
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 7, 2009 Sat 11:38 pm
The make up lady with the excellence and dexterity of a well run machine, has shown concern over my condition. Codes of prosthetic make up stipulate that the face must never be subjected to more than 4 continuous days of this silicon treatment. That rest is essential for the skin to...
Day 317
Jalsa, Mumbai March 6, 2009 Fri 11:31 pm
The morning was painful and distressing. The body refused to respond to normal signals, the face burned with the stress of extended sessions of prosthetics. The head whirred as though it needed gallons of oxygen and the eyes, refused to focus even a few feet away.
So, I cancelled my morning routine,...
Day 316
Jalsa, Mumbai March 5/6, 2009 1:50 am
HOLA !!
The day has just ended. Or has it started.. The shooting was exhausting and strenuous. Several scenes had to be completed to keep the schedule in tact and so we just went on working till past midnight.
Herewith first an interview I recently did for The Mint. And no the intention of posting this is not to...
Day 315
Jalsa, Mumbai March 4, 2009 11:59 pm
O ! The benefits of instant communication ! They sit in your hand, in your car, at the sets ; traveling, moving, catching wave upon wave of the invisible signals that carry billions and billions of high band width material, sifting aligning adjusting and finally through some magical...
Day 314 (i)
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 4, 2009 9:41 am
Damn !! Forgot to put post from private to public. Sorry !! Just saw it and have rectified.. Very sorry !
love
Amitabh Bachchan
Day 314
Jalsa, Mumbai March 3, 2009 11:59 pm
Another hectic day on the sets and around..
The prosthetics took a while longer, mainly because we did it in parts. Some part of it that was not visible was not put so that we could work around it. And when that was over had to go into another sitting to complete the entire job. But the...
Day 313
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 2, 2009 11: 29 pm
A woman shall suffer the pain at giving birth and the man in earning his bread ! For centuries this reminder has lived with us, generation after generation. We live in the times and marvel at the wisdom of those that came before us. Who through time and experience formulated...
Day 312
Prateeksha, Mumbai March 2, 2009/written for March 1, 2009 8:18 am
BLOG 312
March 1, 2009
Early gym again and happy to be catching up with the routine so dearly missed. It is remarkable how the body responds to a controlled regimen.
I am busy again in domestic chores – one of the drawbacks of being home and not at work.. Ha Ha..
But am quick to...
