March 2011
32 posts
Day 1076
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 30, 2011 Wed 11 : 50 PM
INDIA beats PAKISTAN in the World Cup and goes to the finals ! What a day and what a culmination of events ! At last India breathes normally ! I shoot through the entire game for ‘BBUDDAH’ and yelps and screams of delight as each Pakistani wicket falls greets us at regular...
Day 1075
Jalsa, Mumbai Mar 29, 2011 Wed 11 : 56 PM
I am amazed at the response that comes from most of you on the plight of the ‘junior artist’. Your own conclusions and opinions on the matter and your reflections at times have been even deeper than mine. For me it was a simple occurrence during the course of the...
Day 1074
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 28 , 2011 Mon 10 : 55 PM
There was a certain bounce within, the entire day. Particularly so in the early hours of the morning. At the gym and then thereafter at the shoot. The energy was good and there was speed in communicating and movement. Sometimes I wonder why every day cannot be so. Is there something different that...
Day 1073
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 27, 2011 Sun 11 : 09 PM
I have just re read last nights post and I have to admit that there is need to make a sincere apology to all my EF .. the text the thought, the writing is just such a jumble of obscure and incoherent thought that it would require the most abstract and...
Day 1072
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 26, 2011 Sat 11 : 56 PM
I am but reticent to express through my words today. At times there comes a moment when all you wish to do is remain silent, within yourself, by your essentials – your chair, your books, your thoughts – and remain so for a while !
I mentally try and work out a...
Day 1071
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 25, 2011 Fri 11 : 57 PM
The daughter and the grand daughter left for their home in Delhi and already there is a silence of absence ! To hear the bustle and noise of their presence is such a divine feel. May all families forever cherish this most valued possession. One episode comes to...
Day 1070
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 24, 2011 Thu 11 : 56 PM
The daughter and grand daughter are in for the evening ! And suddenly everything starts to rotate around them. Timings, shootings, meetings everything on the back burner. Ladies have the ability to be able to get the men of the house to do just that ! And the men, are more than willing...
Day 1069
alsa , Mumbai Mar 23 , 2011 Wed 10 : 59 PM
I shudder at having caused more than what was intended in my post of the previous day. I was in context, but for reason that shall remain within and not exposed to the general, I shall become incognito. At times, and times are indeed not always conducive to expression, it is sufficient for to...
Day 1068
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 22, 2011 Tue 9 : 21 PM
I present to thee in most humbling form, my gratitude to those that came aboard this fragile yet enduring ship of sails. This vessel of enormous proportion, that weathered storm and wave. That provided the sturdy calm by its large volume of displacement. That swung from bow to starboard,...
Day 1067
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 21, 2011 Mon 11 : 35 Pm
At Tanishq, the jewelry business of the Tata Group for their AV for endorsement. Jaya and I doing it together. Will be in front of cameras after Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. Tried looking up if Tanishq had meaning from dictionary. Could not find any. But it sounds like a name that should have one. For some...
Day 1066
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 20, 2011 Sun 11 : 30 PM
Amidst the frenzy of colors and the enthusiasm of Holi revelers on the street, a quiet family restricted celebration, stunted due to certain factors personal in nature, at Jalsa. Normally its at Prateeksha and in its vastness and large open house gaiety. The guests, the entertainment by various folk bands, the...
Day 1065
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 19/20 , 2011 Sat/ Sun 12 : 49 AM
By the afternoon came across the sad news of the demise of Navin Nischol, colleague and fellow artist of a cardiac arrest ! So sudden and so young ! Was driving to Pune with some friends, Dabboo Kapoor, for Holi and passed away while on the road.
Was my leading man in ‘Parwana’ where I played...
Day 1064
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 18 , 2011 Fri 11 : 45 PM
I sat down to write this around 10:30 Pm and am finally getting down to it around midnight ! Reason ? Once you open the net you just keep spending idle time in visiting a number of sites without any purpose or meaning. And then you suddenly realize that the real value of it is here amongst all the FmXt and...
Day 1063
Jalsa , Mumbai Mar 17, 2011 Thu 11 : 13 PM
First off … thank you so much for your generous wishes to Shweta. I have insisted that she reads the blog and all the responses to get a gist of how much she is loved. Else I threatened her that I shall copy all of them and email it to her … which would be an exercise in itself … but then …
And tonight I...
Day 1062
Jalsa, Mumbai Mar 16/17 , 2011 Wed/ Thu 12 : 42 AM
I needed to wait till it struck 12 midnight and the day changed from the 16 to the 17 th , my daughter’s birthday !!
Yes … Shweta born in 1974 on March 17, celebrating her birthday with her family in Delhi, now a married woman with two children of her own ! Difficult to imagine that this podgy little...
Day 1061
alsa , Mumbai Mar 15 , 2011 Tue 10 : 34 Pm
There is a desperate attempt to get to bed early and bring some timings in order. The next film is exertion personified. Not that every film is not, but I get the feel that this one would. So the tread mill and the weights and the stretches and bends increase substantially. And if night is late, the effort...
Day 1060
Jalsa, Mumbai Mar 14/ 15, 2011 Mon/Tue 12 : 19 AM
“In the hustle and bustle of life, where was the time to sit and think, that what I did, said and believed, was good or bad ! “
Taking off from Bhopal and ‘Aarakshan’ early in the morning was a heart wrencher ! Suddenly no urgency to be up and gym and be...
Day 1059
Bhopal , MP Mar 13, 2011 Sun 11 : 29 PM
It is a moment that most of us who live in isolated comfort, that remain aloof from the reality of the common man, that consider it below dignity to get our hands wet or feet dirty, that never ask or indulge in how and in what condition the common man lives and survives, that has the...
Day 1058
Bhopal , MP Mar 12, 2011 Sat 8 : 36 PM
” That strain again …. ” was it not Shakespeare ! I think yes .. What a delight when that strain of music you suddenly hear, and stop everything to listen to it again, then again … and again ….
Heard something that had remained in my iTunes account while tinkering around with the computer and...
Day 1057
Bhopal , MP Mar 11, 2011 Fri 10 : 55 pm
The horrible visuals of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan are just unbearable to watch ! The fury of the devastation and the helplessness of those that suffer is petrifying. In this hour of grief our heads bow down in prayer and hope, for those that face this trauma and wish that we can through our thoughts give...
Day 1056
Bhopal , MP Mar 10 , 2011 Thu 11 : 09 PM
I have realized eventually that my extended family consists of many that are far more conversant with philosophy and many other aspects of life, than me. They are also more intelligent, astute and literate and have that great capacity to be able to take on any debate on any subject.
This comes about after a quick...
Day 1055
Bhopal , MP Mar 9, 2011 Wed 10 : 36 PM
Idleness can become a most devastating tool of self destruction. When there is nothing, it will beget nothing. Being occupied even in a state of solitude can be a savior, but never when there is nothing. This is merely cautionary. It does not in any manner describe or narrate any particular state of a person. It is just...
Day 1054
Bhopal , MP Mar 8, 2011 Tue 8 : 52 PM On the sets of ‘Aarakshan’ playing with Prakash Jha’s daughter’s little cross breed dog – Diva .. a mix between a spaniel and a poodle !! Such an affectionate little lady .. Embracing with the pathos of an elder the men in my life in the film ‘Aarakshan’ – Prateik and Saif ….....
Day 1053
Bhopal , MP Mar 7/8, 2011 Mon/Tue 1 : 59 AM
Its going to be another red eyed heavy headed day tomorrow, so might as well enjoy it while it lasts. It is late and somewhat rushed, but having just finished my shoot for the day, I have only just returned after getting wet for a rain sequence for the past two...
Day 1052
Bhopal , MP Mar 6 , 2011 Sun 11 : 42 PM
The recovery on a good nights rest is to be slept to be believed … the red eyes cleared, the body got activated, the head cleared up and I missed my call sheet timing for the shoot … But all went well within time and space and schedule …
The two games of the World Cup kept company with...
Day 1051
Bhopal , MP Mar 5 , 2011 Sat 2 : 33 PM
These should have been up yesterday but the problem of up grading the system that I write this blog on and the subsequent disappearance of the site, prevented it. Pictures were not loading up and so went back to the technicians and they resolved it so there … Just the 3...
Day 1050
Bhopal , MP Mar 4, 2011 Fri 11 : 28 PM
When I recite my Father and after, the elation of its after, does not have comparison. Worldly wiseness, truths unspoken of, romanticism hitherto without experience, fulfillment on life looked differently but mostly correctly, an exuberance of modesty, the acknowledgement of reflected glory,...
Day 1049
Bhopal , MP Mar 3, 2011 Thu 9 : 59 PM
Immersed in the words and feelings of my Father for most of the day … and then suddenly to switch gears to talk about Indian Cinema is like leap frogging backwards ! Father’s literary genius will live for thousands of years, my very mediocre contribution to the arts of cinema will be...
Day 1048
Bhopal , MP Mar 2, 2011 Wed 10 : 30 PM
The day lingers on and on and on …
And when it comes to the time when the brilliance of the sun fades, giving way to the gentleness of the moon, then do the instincts of our connection bloom in great anticipation. And till the time the location and the date and time are registered for...
Day 1047 (i)
Bhopal, MP Mar 1/2, 2011 Tue/Wed 12 : 21 AM
I cannot believe this … somebody from the Twitter family actually found my lost post and here it is .. thank you Gupta …
Goodness ! What a day ! Millions of reactions on the topic of discussion and millions of such interesting inputs coming in from sources one would never have imagined. Its been an...
Day 1047
Bhopal , MP Mar 1 , 2011 Tue 11 : 47 PM
Ohhh ! My goodness gracious ! Got my site back ! Thank you Lord ! Thank you Bigadda …
Pressed a button which said upgrade your page medium that you write on and by error it got pressed after I had written my blog for the day… AND … the entire site disappeared .. gone...
February 2011
29 posts
Day 1046
Bhopal , MP Feb 28 , 2011 Mon 11 : 56 PM
The Oscars were on last night in LA and its relay direct was on by 6 am here in the morning. Assuming that they would be on at about 3 am, I kept awake till then and then got informed that its indeed being relayed a few hours later. Result. A limited number of hours of sleep and two red eyes,...
