Film Maker
Film Maker
I started off as an AD going to many directors' offices using the cinema directory...But opportunity doesn't knock your door, you should only knock others' door . Likewise, a random person got me an opportunity to work with my mentor Milind Rau sir and later Milind Rau sir joined me with R Kannan sir. I am what i am today coz what my two mentors taught me.
Put your effort. Rest will follow. But believe one thing, Cinema is a journey and never a destination. When you are a job seeker or an apprentice or an AD, or a Director, it's still a journey. Daily put your effort in this journey. Your effort should be sincere, consistent and maximum. Do this in a loop daily. Thats it but that's not it. It takes more than "That's it".
Job Seeker
I had finished my filmmaking course ages back and to be honest I never thought it will be easy finding the way in this world. At the outset it looks easy but as you step in it is Alice in wonderland where one can easily lose himself on his way. You want to be a film maker but you will become anything just to keep in touch or stay in this wonderland a little longer forgetting your purpose itself. The connections are there but none reliable to give you that break even if you are ready to compromise along it’s way.
i just want to say keep that dream alive and hope as stated in the film “ THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION “ believe that “Hope is a good thing; probably the best thing” and someday you will fit in this place to complete yourself and bask in its glory.
Vaibhav
Film Maker
I joined
Tamil Nadu's top director KS Ravi Kumar to work for his film. I was on cloud
nine. Imagine when I came to know that he was making a period film with the Mr
Rajnikant himself. We started shoot with a romantic waterfall scene with
Deepika the princess. Life was set for me. I was getting so much experience and
was sure to gain much.
That's when Luck struck!
Rajnikant got ill and the film was shelved after a long wait. We
did the script for Kochadiyaan a prequel to Rana hoping some portions at least
we would shoot live with Mr Rajnikant. But that was not to be as his health
would not allow it.
We soon started working on Policegiri, a Hindi film. I saw
promise here too because I wanted to make Hindi films in the future and this
would be my entry. We started work with Sanjay Dutt and Prakash Raj.
Bang! One day Dabangg 2 released. They had not only parts of the
story but even dialogues and the same villian, not to speak of other actors. We
had remade a Tamil film but they were inspired by it. We barely stood a chance
but we carried on and completed the film. A sword had been hanging above us all
along and just when the film was planned to be released MR Dutt was sent to
jail. This did not help our film it hampered our promotions. Without our hero
we could not do promotions.
So the point I am making is when things go wrong they will go
wrong and in the film industry it is more true than ever. So if you wish to
become a film maker do keep your patience handy.
Our only consolation later was that the film did manage decently
in rural sectors.