This one has been a long time coming. Its like one of those Vidhu Vinod Chopra movies whose trailers are released two years before the actual release as if its that one-of-a-kind movie that you would kill to catch a glimpse of... and the best part is you almost kill (yourself) when its finally released. Hopefully this one doesn't turn up like one. This blog that is.
So we are talking about my debut video out here. To start with, my buddies DeboNair B, Chatty V, BraveHeart A, Dr.R and others feel I am the best Camera-Man to Inhabit Planet Earth. No sarcasm here, right friends?
This admiration society was formed on our trip to Revdanda, a beautiful silent coastal village near Alibag. Well as is my style (an anti-JOHN WOO-slow-mo images), visuals are captured fast (there is so much to cover and so little time), shakily and hard to understand. There were videos of trees, leaves and the air as well. Obviously, nature can't be sacrificed... so what if there were hardly any pictures of Debonair, Chatty, BraveHeart and Dr. Of course they got their share of limelight when they would jump in front of the camera hoping they would get a celebrity status soon.The best part was when we found a dead snake on the beach and Smarty Debonair - oh, we all know he is good in mimicking and vocab - thought he can pull off a Steve Irwin. So there he was, with his "Crikey" comments, running up to the dead snake and howling into the camera. And he thought he would become the next Steve Irwin of our generation. For all my respect for Steve Irwin and love for his big, curvy, loaded...ahem...beautiful wife, I cannot see anybody replace him. And of course the sand between the snake and Debonair was much more attractive so it had to be caught on camera. THERE IS ALWAYS REASON BEHIND EVERYTHING I CAPTURE. But these guys will never understand and i pay the price of their ignorance. So they had my future "bread n butter" parted from me and Dr. - as is the wont of their species to practice on everyone else except themselves - decided to practice his hands on it.Ummmmm,his work was pretty simple, easy on the eyes and even more easily understood. The Dr. needs some help, guys. But that's another story.
As usual, after every great work, appreciations and bouquets follow.My work never faces any criticism or brickbats even though half of the critics, including those who found mention here, didn't understand the work and the effort put into making such a marvelous piece of work. Here i would like to make special mention of one of my very close buddies Mr.US. He feels what I already know. That I could make it big in the Big H and my debut video can easily be nominated as the most difficult piece of work (Obviously it was, being surrounded by all those loonies). It will be a piece of cheese for me to win the Razzies - the first Indian, not only to be nominated but actually go on and win it. Oh what an achievement.
Mr.Fantasist, take a bow!!!
P.S.---B,V, A, R and others, i know you all will be overcome with gratitude for being mentioned here and apologies for exposing your ignorance to the world.