16 September, 2020
random thoughts
Borrowed from the book "INNER ENGINEERING" by SADHGURU
The simple life process is taking a toll on Humanity. Just to earn a living, to reproduce, to raise a family and then one day to fall dead-what a challenge !!!
It is amazing how human beings struggle just to do what every worm, insect, bird and animal does quite effortlessly.
31 October, 2011
sunset @ kothamangala village chettinad..
well..this picture i got by sheer chance, as the sun was setting i was generally driving around the village and lo behold i see this small water body at the end of the village., and then the magic happened.
me...
i travel to all places, visit the unseen wonders, meet the unknown, interact with all living things ever, but i am strung to this one cord of life which brings me back to a wakeful state every morning and my time on this earth is rapidly diminishing thereby taking me closer to my goal...unite with the supreme ATMA.
15 March, 2010
JK's writings
Truth can never come to the righteous man, for he is enclosed in his becoming. If you try to become merciful, generous then the emphasis is laid on becoming, on the self, the "ME".
The "ME" can never be merciful, it can enclose itself in righteousness but it can never be merciful.
A RIGHTEOUS MAN CAN NEVER BE A VIRTUOUS MAN.
Virtue is necessary for the freedom, but righteousness is an isolation process. Isolation and righteousness go together, virtue and freedom are co-existent.
Freedom must begin with the individual, which is a total process, a total process of MAN.
the understanding of the thought process is the beginning of MEDITATION, which is SELF-KNOWLEDGE, without self knowledge there is no meditation.
A CONTROLLED MIND IS NOT A FREE MIND.
to understand the creation we must understand ourselves.
To transform oneself - self knowledge is essential, because without knowing what you are, there is no basis of right thought and without knowing yourself there cannot be transformation.
The mind must not be tethered to any particular dogma or belief, to any particular pattern of action.
The understanding of what you are without distortion is the beginning of VIRTUE. Virtue is essential, for it gives freedom. It is only in virtue that you can discover, that you can live., where as if you cultivate virtue then you are just trying to bring about respectability to oneself and not understanding about oneself.
The "ME" can never be merciful, it can enclose itself in righteousness but it can never be merciful.
A RIGHTEOUS MAN CAN NEVER BE A VIRTUOUS MAN.
Virtue is necessary for the freedom, but righteousness is an isolation process. Isolation and righteousness go together, virtue and freedom are co-existent.
Freedom must begin with the individual, which is a total process, a total process of MAN.
the understanding of the thought process is the beginning of MEDITATION, which is SELF-KNOWLEDGE, without self knowledge there is no meditation.
A CONTROLLED MIND IS NOT A FREE MIND.
to understand the creation we must understand ourselves.
To transform oneself - self knowledge is essential, because without knowing what you are, there is no basis of right thought and without knowing yourself there cannot be transformation.
The mind must not be tethered to any particular dogma or belief, to any particular pattern of action.
The understanding of what you are without distortion is the beginning of VIRTUE. Virtue is essential, for it gives freedom. It is only in virtue that you can discover, that you can live., where as if you cultivate virtue then you are just trying to bring about respectability to oneself and not understanding about oneself.
18 February, 2010
16 January, 2010
27 November, 2009
RUDRA
GARBHA GRIHA SECRET
Its might appear very strange and intriguing that Shiva Lingas get unearthed at construction sites or any place when people dig the earth up. There have been remarkable moments in Indian History where the Paramacharya Sri Chandrashekar Swamigal Himself has pointed to location where there were sure possibilities of an ancient Shiva Linga within the earth. To name a few would be the Shiva Linga unearthed at Madhya Kailash, Taramani Chennai and at the Shankara Matt at Thiruvanaikkaval Srirangam.
The Shiva Linga at Shankara Matt is particularly beautiful. Its a Panchamukha Linga, though only four faces have been visibly sculpted into the shaft of the Linga, the fifth being more symbolic in nature. The characterestic features of the faces takes us way back to the late Pallava, early Chola era. The pointed features and benign appearance of each face, remarkably similar such that they seem to belong to the same person rekindles the imagination with the world of the ancients.
The question now is, how did these Shiva Lingas get past the ravages of time with endurance? Temples had a lot of thinking going into them before the very first stone was placed for its making, endless calculations not just based on how to build the temple, but to sustain it and keep it standing for the years to come. Decisions were taken to safe guard the main sanctum and more importantly the idol and its various elements from any danger of destruction.
The Garbhagriha is not constructed on the ground. It is built over another chamber which has enough sand packed into it. This chamber has four pillars that hold up the floor of the Garbhagriha over them. The floor hosts the main idol as well as its elements that constitute the idols "power". Once the Idol has been brought to "life" by consecration the temple is proclaimed a living temple and the main idol is put over to cover the secret within. Subsequently the idol is "appeared" to be worshipped while the actual worship is done for the idol as well as the elements below. The idol is a visual representation of a reality contained in the elements, today unknown to all of us, well almost unknown. The Shiva Lingam gets covered by the surrounding sand and then later by the rest of the rubble that crashes down rendering it buried safe till it is unearthed at a later date.
The Kumbhabhishekam is done to protect the temple and the idol from any natural disaster as well as those created by humans. Should there be trouble on a vast scale, and should the life of the "Worshipped" be at stake, the temple is designed to cave in. In cases of natural calamities, the main temple falls apart, pillars scattered after mandapas have crashed down.
At the Garbhagriha its a different story. The first to fall are the pillars right at the bottom, below the Garbha griha. They are designed to fall outwards such that they give room to the floor to fall downwards and out giving way to the Shiva Linga and its various elements to fallen through into the sand packing without being harmed or damaged. Once the Shiva Linga has fallen through it, it gets covered by the surrounding sand and then later by the rest of the rubble that crashes down rendering it buried safe till its unearthed at a later date.
A lot of thought and consideration went into the making and the prevention of any destruction to the Shiva Linga. This unique form of the Lord, subtly designed carries more to itself that what meets the eye. Thought went into safe guarding it, protecting it and leaving it within the lap of the earth to be dug up later for the world to see an ancient secret, alive and evergreen.
Mano Laya with Lord Shiva (Shiva Tandavas)
The nature of classical music brings out the emotions within, in a controlled self-contained way where the energy within is channelized into rhythm with slow delivery. The mind can lose itself into the notes as they spill forth, and appreciation and enjoyment of the forthcoming notes brings out the emotion in the highest form. It's witnessed in the difference between Ananda Tandava and Rudra Tandava in Bharata Shastra. Every emotion is a display of what the human being is capable of, and if surrendered, even the heaviest emotion can be enjoyable.
Ananda Tandava
Ananda Tandava is slow, a hand holding beat that dictates the next move. The body flows slowly, the emotions finding their way through mudra. It's like speech with the Lord Himself. The Lord dances, His eyes expressing the grace and essence of the dance as he performs in the stage of life. As the note rises He leads, moving gracefully from one emotion to the other. The back moves, swaying with the note, the echoing rhythm around the pillared hall, the chalangai(ghunguru) being the only connect to this realm. All feet locked within the notes, the rhythm rolls on. As the flames rise around His moving body, there is vigor in the air, even when he stands still. There is energy that is charged all around him even when he is in complete dhyana, there is purity in the space as his steps cut through the air. This is Nataraja, in true form dancing around a ring of flames waking the worlds of the dead and living to witness his beauty within oneself. It's a strange experience when the emotions find ways to explode through silent moves, so self contained that their potency needs to be experienced and not understood. Rudra Tandava, is a little wilder and faster in excitement adds more flavor to the moves.
A quiet world, where the eyes express the profound meaning of creation, the feet move together and the fingers bloom into mudra, each abhinaya as words in silence falling out. Such is the potency of classical music and dance, understood by few, experienced in silence, each experience a concentrate within the self brought out, felt, cherished, remembered.
Rudra Tandava
Rudra Tandava, is a little wilder and faster in excitement adds more flavor to the moves. The excitement within is a completely different emotion jumping forth uncontrolled. The flow of the emotion much faster this time, needs to be directed with more care for the emotions move faster than the body itself. It is an intense display of agitation, one that brings alive the pain and anger in Lord Shiva when Sati burnt herself at the sacrifice of King Daksha.
Rudra Tandava is a walk through the minefield of sprouting emotions each in a different direction as he expresses himself in different abhinaya to dance through in rhythm. The result is a vibrant move of the body, a sway so strong, that the world stops to look at this display of high emotion. The eyes speak in intensity so strong, the expression reflecting on the face, as the charge spreads across this fiery stage. The feet rise and fly into the air as the chalangai(ghunguru) clap to the wild swing.
It's just a world of pure emotion, a vibration in the mind, ripples cutting through the air as He rhythmically move, in the light of the dancing crescent moon among the jatas that form silent black waves enveloping Him into complete mano laya. Complete emotional experienced!!!
The essence of Shiva Bhairava
Look up to the bright sky and train your eyes to see the brightness in it, you will notice the faint clouds that glow even brighter in that light. Look up to the sun for a few seconds and maintain the gaze even in the brightness, you will notice it is round and glowing even more. Keep silent and close all your sense faculties and kill all the noise around you and you will realize the primordial sound OM grows within you.
This is Bhairava, This is Shiva, This is prana.
Prana, as beautifully described in the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra, is not the breath that goes in and out, but the eternal space that can be felt between any two breaths. Prana is not the air we breathe but it is the energy or life that is generated by the constant vibration between any two breaths. This is where OM is felt.
This is defined as Bhairava, This is defined as Shiva, This is Prana.
The human self is described most poetically; we are but a lotus plant, whose stem is blue on the outside and red on the inside. We are but a lotus plant whose stem is the channel through which Shakti flows upwards to meet her Shiva at the seat of consciousness. We are but a lotus plant immersed in the waters of Maya but enlightened at the epitome of our consciousness - the thousand petal form.
This consciousness is Bhairava, this feeling of bliss is Shiva.
When your senses shiver and your mind becomes still, and when you quiver, feel this bliss. When you practice love in the ritual of union feel the quivering of your senses like the wind in the leaves. You will feel ecstatic love. At the start of this union, be in the fire of this energy released by intimate sensual pleasure. Merge into Shakti, burn in this space but avoid the ashes in the end. Feel your substance, your bones, your flesh and your blood saturated with cosmic energy.
This is Bhairavam this is Shiva, this is supreme bliss
There is beauty in the emptiness of space devoid of trees, hills or dwellings. There is poetry in the fire of life that burns all illusion to death. I see the entire world burn as a blazing inferno and when all turns to ash, I feel this space that envelopes me, I feel the entire universe dissolving into subtler form until it merges into pure consciousness.This is Bhairava, Thihs is Shiva, This is prana.
Waves are born in the ocean and dissolve in the ocean itself, flames are born out of fire and dissolve in this fire of life. The sun appears in the sky and fades into the sky itself. The self rises in the realm of knowledge and energy and slowly being deprived of it, dissolves into itself revealing to us our true being.
This essence of subtle life is Bhairava, is Shiva, is Prana.
Its might appear very strange and intriguing that Shiva Lingas get unearthed at construction sites or any place when people dig the earth up. There have been remarkable moments in Indian History where the Paramacharya Sri Chandrashekar Swamigal Himself has pointed to location where there were sure possibilities of an ancient Shiva Linga within the earth. To name a few would be the Shiva Linga unearthed at Madhya Kailash, Taramani Chennai and at the Shankara Matt at Thiruvanaikkaval Srirangam.
The Shiva Linga at Shankara Matt is particularly beautiful. Its a Panchamukha Linga, though only four faces have been visibly sculpted into the shaft of the Linga, the fifth being more symbolic in nature. The characterestic features of the faces takes us way back to the late Pallava, early Chola era. The pointed features and benign appearance of each face, remarkably similar such that they seem to belong to the same person rekindles the imagination with the world of the ancients.
The question now is, how did these Shiva Lingas get past the ravages of time with endurance? Temples had a lot of thinking going into them before the very first stone was placed for its making, endless calculations not just based on how to build the temple, but to sustain it and keep it standing for the years to come. Decisions were taken to safe guard the main sanctum and more importantly the idol and its various elements from any danger of destruction.
The Garbhagriha is not constructed on the ground. It is built over another chamber which has enough sand packed into it. This chamber has four pillars that hold up the floor of the Garbhagriha over them. The floor hosts the main idol as well as its elements that constitute the idols "power". Once the Idol has been brought to "life" by consecration the temple is proclaimed a living temple and the main idol is put over to cover the secret within. Subsequently the idol is "appeared" to be worshipped while the actual worship is done for the idol as well as the elements below. The idol is a visual representation of a reality contained in the elements, today unknown to all of us, well almost unknown. The Shiva Lingam gets covered by the surrounding sand and then later by the rest of the rubble that crashes down rendering it buried safe till it is unearthed at a later date.
The Kumbhabhishekam is done to protect the temple and the idol from any natural disaster as well as those created by humans. Should there be trouble on a vast scale, and should the life of the "Worshipped" be at stake, the temple is designed to cave in. In cases of natural calamities, the main temple falls apart, pillars scattered after mandapas have crashed down.
At the Garbhagriha its a different story. The first to fall are the pillars right at the bottom, below the Garbha griha. They are designed to fall outwards such that they give room to the floor to fall downwards and out giving way to the Shiva Linga and its various elements to fallen through into the sand packing without being harmed or damaged. Once the Shiva Linga has fallen through it, it gets covered by the surrounding sand and then later by the rest of the rubble that crashes down rendering it buried safe till its unearthed at a later date.
A lot of thought and consideration went into the making and the prevention of any destruction to the Shiva Linga. This unique form of the Lord, subtly designed carries more to itself that what meets the eye. Thought went into safe guarding it, protecting it and leaving it within the lap of the earth to be dug up later for the world to see an ancient secret, alive and evergreen.
Mano Laya with Lord Shiva (Shiva Tandavas)
The nature of classical music brings out the emotions within, in a controlled self-contained way where the energy within is channelized into rhythm with slow delivery. The mind can lose itself into the notes as they spill forth, and appreciation and enjoyment of the forthcoming notes brings out the emotion in the highest form. It's witnessed in the difference between Ananda Tandava and Rudra Tandava in Bharata Shastra. Every emotion is a display of what the human being is capable of, and if surrendered, even the heaviest emotion can be enjoyable.
Ananda Tandava
Ananda Tandava is slow, a hand holding beat that dictates the next move. The body flows slowly, the emotions finding their way through mudra. It's like speech with the Lord Himself. The Lord dances, His eyes expressing the grace and essence of the dance as he performs in the stage of life. As the note rises He leads, moving gracefully from one emotion to the other. The back moves, swaying with the note, the echoing rhythm around the pillared hall, the chalangai(ghunguru) being the only connect to this realm. All feet locked within the notes, the rhythm rolls on. As the flames rise around His moving body, there is vigor in the air, even when he stands still. There is energy that is charged all around him even when he is in complete dhyana, there is purity in the space as his steps cut through the air. This is Nataraja, in true form dancing around a ring of flames waking the worlds of the dead and living to witness his beauty within oneself. It's a strange experience when the emotions find ways to explode through silent moves, so self contained that their potency needs to be experienced and not understood. Rudra Tandava, is a little wilder and faster in excitement adds more flavor to the moves.
A quiet world, where the eyes express the profound meaning of creation, the feet move together and the fingers bloom into mudra, each abhinaya as words in silence falling out. Such is the potency of classical music and dance, understood by few, experienced in silence, each experience a concentrate within the self brought out, felt, cherished, remembered.
Rudra Tandava
Rudra Tandava, is a little wilder and faster in excitement adds more flavor to the moves. The excitement within is a completely different emotion jumping forth uncontrolled. The flow of the emotion much faster this time, needs to be directed with more care for the emotions move faster than the body itself. It is an intense display of agitation, one that brings alive the pain and anger in Lord Shiva when Sati burnt herself at the sacrifice of King Daksha.
Rudra Tandava is a walk through the minefield of sprouting emotions each in a different direction as he expresses himself in different abhinaya to dance through in rhythm. The result is a vibrant move of the body, a sway so strong, that the world stops to look at this display of high emotion. The eyes speak in intensity so strong, the expression reflecting on the face, as the charge spreads across this fiery stage. The feet rise and fly into the air as the chalangai(ghunguru) clap to the wild swing.
It's just a world of pure emotion, a vibration in the mind, ripples cutting through the air as He rhythmically move, in the light of the dancing crescent moon among the jatas that form silent black waves enveloping Him into complete mano laya. Complete emotional experienced!!!
The essence of Shiva Bhairava
Look up to the bright sky and train your eyes to see the brightness in it, you will notice the faint clouds that glow even brighter in that light. Look up to the sun for a few seconds and maintain the gaze even in the brightness, you will notice it is round and glowing even more. Keep silent and close all your sense faculties and kill all the noise around you and you will realize the primordial sound OM grows within you.
This is Bhairava, This is Shiva, This is prana.
Prana, as beautifully described in the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra, is not the breath that goes in and out, but the eternal space that can be felt between any two breaths. Prana is not the air we breathe but it is the energy or life that is generated by the constant vibration between any two breaths. This is where OM is felt.
This is defined as Bhairava, This is defined as Shiva, This is Prana.
The human self is described most poetically; we are but a lotus plant, whose stem is blue on the outside and red on the inside. We are but a lotus plant whose stem is the channel through which Shakti flows upwards to meet her Shiva at the seat of consciousness. We are but a lotus plant immersed in the waters of Maya but enlightened at the epitome of our consciousness - the thousand petal form.
This consciousness is Bhairava, this feeling of bliss is Shiva.
When your senses shiver and your mind becomes still, and when you quiver, feel this bliss. When you practice love in the ritual of union feel the quivering of your senses like the wind in the leaves. You will feel ecstatic love. At the start of this union, be in the fire of this energy released by intimate sensual pleasure. Merge into Shakti, burn in this space but avoid the ashes in the end. Feel your substance, your bones, your flesh and your blood saturated with cosmic energy.
This is Bhairavam this is Shiva, this is supreme bliss
There is beauty in the emptiness of space devoid of trees, hills or dwellings. There is poetry in the fire of life that burns all illusion to death. I see the entire world burn as a blazing inferno and when all turns to ash, I feel this space that envelopes me, I feel the entire universe dissolving into subtler form until it merges into pure consciousness.This is Bhairava, Thihs is Shiva, This is prana.
Waves are born in the ocean and dissolve in the ocean itself, flames are born out of fire and dissolve in this fire of life. The sun appears in the sky and fades into the sky itself. The self rises in the realm of knowledge and energy and slowly being deprived of it, dissolves into itself revealing to us our true being.
This essence of subtle life is Bhairava, is Shiva, is Prana.
05 November, 2009
24 June, 2009
29 March, 2009
20 November, 2008
10 October, 2008
well !!! i just came back from the audio launch of the film AVAKAI BIRIYANI directed by my friend Anish and produced by Sekhar Kammula , and this is how the members of the fourth estate behave, they blocked the entire view and this is how they do for all the functions they come to and then the moment the compere announced lunch it was chaos, looked like they had come from some famine struck area in the country.
03 October, 2008
02 October, 2008
24 September, 2008
, instead of going to school these kids are carrying a load of a different kind, i wish our health minister take a note of the plight of millions of kids like these all over india, than try to bring out laws to ban smoking. if smoking and alcohol are bad for health then why manufacture them in the first place, shut down all the industries which manufacture them., though which the government cannot do as they are the major source of revenue. it is so hypocritical you let these thing made available freely in the market and then put a ban on their consumption.
23 September, 2008
11 September, 2008
10 September, 2008
03 September, 2008
jim morrison's FAN atic
"I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then- whoosh and I'm gone...and they'll never see anything like it ever again...and they won't be able to forget me- ever." -- Jim Morrison
17 July, 2008
where are we headed
people, everywhere are crying hoarse about the rising population, prices, temperatures, traffic and what not, but what are we doing to make any kind of change.
who is to be blamed, long back a politician's son was black listed for trying to enforce family planning, but he was very much right in what he was advocating and trying to practice., what we see today is a total failure of all the plans implemented.
but we still have not learned.
though the buying power of people has gone up from buying two wheelers to four wheelers the driving attitude of people has not changed, people think that they are still driving two wheelers and try to negotiate their newly bought cars on the road without giving a thought to any kind of traffic discipline, thereby they cause traffic jams, in the process burn more fuel and energy.
28 June, 2008
yet another trip on my beast of a bike !!!
in between my tight shooting schedules i could manage to pull off yet another long ride to the seven hills of TIRUMALA, man what a ride it was, took me 14 hours one way on this 600 km stretch and the day temperature was somewhere around 44 degrees celsius.
21 May, 2008
lovely pair !!!
we were getting ready for our shoot at 630 am in the morning i happened to capture this beautiful couple who had just finished their morning walk and stopped for a quick tasty bite from the friendly neighbourhood IDLY Bandi !!!
25 December, 2007
COMPLIMENT FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC LOS ANGELES!!!
Where do I begin to laud you all for that you have accomplished --- the tireless hours, the unending struggles, the sighs of relief…..! And not the least of all, a completed film in the cans …… an accomplishment that many strive for and few complete.
A shout-out to Aravind is the first and most important thing for all of us --- for without him, where would we all be ----- rhetorical I know, but true nonetheless --- he has become a brother to us through these weeks --- yes, and that meant, bearing with the bitch sessions, the petty nags and sulks as well J the glue that bonds, the family that sticks, the team that wins! He came through on every single occasion that was called for and made the impossible happen – a true trooper, a true friend and above all, a true team player. So, from the bottom of my heart to my brother, SALUD!14 November, 2007
OUR TEAM !!
PM's Prabaka and Srinivas
Production Managers - We've got two - Here are Prabakar and Srinivas hard at work. They act as our location managers, vehicle coordinators, translators when necessary and have found us some great locations. Prabakar is also a very "stylish" guy. His fabulous Indian cotton shirts are legendary on our set…
Production Managers - We've got two - Here are Prabakar and Srinivas hard at work. They act as our location managers, vehicle coordinators, translators when necessary and have found us some great locations. Prabakar is also a very "stylish" guy. His fabulous Indian cotton shirts are legendary on our set…
COMPLIMENT FROM AN AMERICAN LINE PRODUCER
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Bolly Blog 9 - My Kick @*ss Team!
Let me introduce you to some of my fantastic crew, who are making this whole wild experience a pleasure...even though it's long hours and often difficult times…India Line Producer - Aravind
This is my life-line and my rock after only 2 weeks - Aravind has 10 years of experience in the film business and most importantly 10 years of personal relationships here in Hyderabad. He is very well respected in the Indian film community…It's a marvel to watch him in action, zooming around on his motor bike to locations and being the calm but firm leader of our crew. You can ask him a question and he pulls out his cell and has the answer in about 20 seconds every time…and believe me these are often very HARD questions to answer….He's got this awesome Zen thing going on and all here on the set adore Aravind….
12 November, 2007
30 July, 2007
Production Services
hello to all,
we, a group of friends have planned to launch a web site for one and all who are interested to work in the film / TV / Advertising / or for that matter say anything or everything related to pure entertainment and do get in touch for any kind of help from us.
we, a group of friends have planned to launch a web site for one and all who are interested to work in the film / TV / Advertising / or for that matter say anything or everything related to pure entertainment and do get in touch for any kind of help from us.
Phone: K.Aravind +91 98851 71003 / + 91 94405 14564
Prabhakar Reddy +91 98855 63692 / +91 93920 46567
K.Srinivas +91 93911 46964
Email:70aravind@gmail.com / aravindrfc@yahoo.com / aravindfilms@yahoo.co.uk /aravind70@aol.in / prabhakar_rfc@yahoo.com / prabhakarreddyhyd@gmail.com
01 June, 2007
at last we are done!!!
finally the principal photography of FM- 100% fun aur masti is finished, we now go into the post production, it is really turning out to be really good., hope the people like it.
very plain comedy track, one can watch it with entire family and friends.
i badly needed to unwind, so today i took off on a 225 km, one way ride at 5 in the morning, came back home by 5 pm., man what a ride it was, actually i had gone to see a temple on the banks of the river TUNGABHADRA, it is know as the NAVABRAHMA ALAYAM, and is also know as DAKSHINA KASI, cause, just like in varanasi, the river flow up north and there is a krishna and tungabhadra sangam here.
very plain comedy track, one can watch it with entire family and friends.
i badly needed to unwind, so today i took off on a 225 km, one way ride at 5 in the morning, came back home by 5 pm., man what a ride it was, actually i had gone to see a temple on the banks of the river TUNGABHADRA, it is know as the NAVABRAHMA ALAYAM, and is also know as DAKSHINA KASI, cause, just like in varanasi, the river flow up north and there is a krishna and tungabhadra sangam here.
01 May, 2007
TRUST
wow, its been a long time i put a post., been real busy of late, cause i'm working a comic film called FM - 100% FUN AUR MASTI, we got another ten days of shoot left out.
basically the factor called trust is so slim that it can break anytime but if it strengthens nothing in this world can break it, but we indians are so adept in even breaking the unbreakable.
let me quote an example, for the current project, i managed to convince an artiste based in london to come over and act in our film, it took an effort for me to build a trust with her, had to vouch for the entire nation that nothing untoward will happen, but lo behold, just one week into the shoot with her, someone flicks 40 pounds from her bag a couple of days back, if converted into indian rupees it will be 3500/- thats it, and we had it, we lost two golden hours of work yesterday.
but i am not saying that we are bad, there is a fault on her side too, one has to be careful when in an alien place.
had i been in her place, i would have locked up all my things in some safe place or hand them over to somebody i really TRUST
09 March, 2007
the BRITZ
Guys, i just finished working on a british film project, man it was really awesome, the way things are planned, meticulous in every aspect., and then things are really so smooth during the shoot.
dunno when our indian film production companies will reach that style of working, out here everything is crisis management., we create crisis then try to solve the problems rather than think ahead and be prepared for the problems.
anyway lets hope for the change.
here is a picture of the core indian production team.
10 January, 2007
i me and myself
Name: You Know it already
Date of birth: still alive !!!
Address:
Temporary look below!!!
Permanent catch me here on this number or these mail ids'
Ph # 9885171003
E-mail: 70aravind@gmail.com
Experience:
Worked as a film production coordinator at Ramoji Film City 1997 – 2001.
Worked as a Freelance production manager for the film “Three Walls” directed by Nagesh Kukunoor during Feb – Mar 2002.
During my tenure at Ramoji Film City I have worked on about 5 Hollywood films 25 Hindi films, 20 Telugu films, 15 regional language films and about 20 ads. And 4 documentaries on RFC.
The major projects I had worked on are:
‘Nightfall’ Directed by Gwyneth Gibby and Produced jointly by Ramoji Film City and Roger Corman.
‘Crocodile’ Directed by Gary Jones and Produced by M/s Nu Image.
‘Air Panic” Directed by Bob Misirowski and Produced by Nu Image.
‘Quicksand’ Directed by Sam Firstenberg and Produced by Ushakiron Movies International.
‘In The Shadow of the Condor’ Directed by Ted Nicolaou and Produced by Ushakiron Movies International.
‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ Directed by David Dhawan and Produced by Vashu Bhagnani.
‘Hari Bhari’ Directed by Shyam Benegal and Produced by NFDC.
‘Gharwali Baharwali’ Produced and Directed by Tutu Sharma.
‘Bollywood Calling’ Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and Produced by Satyam Entertainment.
‘Joru Ka Ghulam’ Produced and Directed by Shakeel Noorani.
Apart from which I worked as a freelance Production Manager for “Three Walls” Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and Produced by Metalight Production Pvt.Ltd.
“Kids Zindabad” a T.V. Series for children which was directed by Ms.Pearl Ganta and Produced by Frontal Media for telecast on DD Metro.
Worked as production manager for “Hyderabad Blues -2”, Produced and Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor.
Worked as the Production Manager on the surprise hit of 2004 “ANAND” produced and directed by Sekhar Kammula.
Worked on Nagesh kukunoor’s award winning film “Iqbal” as a Production Manager.
worked with Mr. Sekhar Kammula from the scripting stage of his film “Godavari” co produced by Amigos Creations (P) limited and SSC Arts. from October 2006 to February 2007 I simultaneously worked with M/s Utopia Entertainers and for M/s Kriti Productions for a UK based project.
September 1, 2001
– March 31, 2009
As a FREELANCER, I handled an international
assignment as a HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT and as a LINE PRODUCER for the
children’s film “SEVEN DAYS IN
SLOW MOTION”,
which was Produced and Directed by the well known animator, Mr.Umakanth Thumrugoti,
from Walt Disney and also worked with Mr.Nagesh Kukunoor on three of his award
winning projects, TEEN DEEWAREIN, HYDERABAD BLUES -2, and
IQBAL, during all these projects I was
handling the entire production works, as a Production Executive, in tandem with
the Producers and line Producer.
While working for Mr.Shyam Benegal on his
project “WELL DONE ABBA”, I
was handling the entire shooting along with the Producer Mr.Raj Pius.
April 3, 2009 –
March 31, 2011
April 4, 2011 – September
5, 2011
Telugu feature film:
Worked as a production controller for the film titled KRISHNAM VANDE
JAGADGURUM, it was directed by Mr.Krish Jagarlamudi and the lead cast were
Mr.Ra’Na Daggubati and Ms.Nayanatara.
October 1, 2011 –
July 1, 2014
Telugu Feature Film:
Worked as a Production Executive for BAAHUBALI.
July 20, 2014 – July 27, 2014.
AMLOR: Worked as a Production Executive with the noted film director
Mr.Basu Bhattacharya’s son Mr.Aditya Bhattacharya, I handled the production and
also helped in finding a typical Hyderabadi house which could be related to the
erstwhile Nizam period.
June 14, 2014 – June 29, 2014.
Advertisement film: Worked as a Line Producer and arranged for the
right kind of shooting related equipments and technicians and also scouted for
the right kind of location, as it was a motorcycle related film wherein the
director, Mr.Farukh from Malayasia, needed a wide span of road with the vast
expanse of the sky and nature in the background.
July 1, 2014 –
December 31, 2014
Worked as incharge for the HYDERABAD ACES tennis team for CHAMPIONS
TENNIS LEAGUE.
January 1, 2015 –
December 31, 2015
Telugu feature film: worked as a Production controller for the film
SIZE ZERO, starred by Ms.Anushka Shetty.
It was directed by Mr.K.S.Prakash and produced by PVP FILMS.
January 1, 2016 –
August 25, 2016
Telugu feature film:
Was the Line producer for the film titled NAKSHATRAM, which was
produced and directed by Mr.Krishna Vamshi.
September 1, 2016
– August 17, 2017
Telugu feature film:
Handled the film titled MANASUKI NACHHINDI, which was directed by
Ms.Manjula (Mr.Mahesh Babu’s sister) and jointly produced by ANANDI-INDIRA
PRODUCTIONS.
September 5, 2017
–June 30, 2019
Telugu feature film:
Worked as a Production Controller for the Telugu feature film titled
SYERAA-NARASIMHA REDDY, directed by Mr.Surender Reddy, the main star cast are
Mr.Chiranjeevi, Mr.Amitabh Bachchan, Ms.Nayanatara and Ms.Tammanah Bhatia.
July 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019
Worked as an Executive Producer for Suresh Productions Pvt.Ltd
03 January, 2007
stink mouth
thats the name of *****, from some supposedly brain.com, man you seriously need to get ur mouth to be checked, cause it stinks, bad breath and bad thoughts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
02 January, 2007
real hypocricy
oh man !
today i was involved in handling the audio launch of the Telugu version of the songs of gurukanth,
real ****heads, thats what i call the media or so called media, cause, they are such an indisciplined pack that the moment a celebrity walks in these so called updaters of the news clamor for a vantage position, even when an aged man, a lyricist and a celebrity too,is around.
adding to this is when a bimbet walks, cleavage revealing, followed by her mom and another LADY, the so called press forgets everything else around them and are salivating to catch a glimpse of what ever their eyes can lay on, disgusting lot.
yeah my friend anish is very right about the so called Telugu industry, cause, a star who promised to attend could not come, whereas his dad, a producer, could make it to the function.
reason given, BABU GARIKI FEVER, b*******d, he was shooting till 6 in the evening.
another personality, who is addicted to alcohol after 7 pm,and failed to make it to the function, and did not even have the least courtesy to call and apologize.
today i was involved in handling the audio launch of the Telugu version of the songs of gurukanth,
real ****heads, thats what i call the media or so called media, cause, they are such an indisciplined pack that the moment a celebrity walks in these so called updaters of the news clamor for a vantage position, even when an aged man, a lyricist and a celebrity too,is around.
adding to this is when a bimbet walks, cleavage revealing, followed by her mom and another LADY, the so called press forgets everything else around them and are salivating to catch a glimpse of what ever their eyes can lay on, disgusting lot.
yeah my friend anish is very right about the so called Telugu industry, cause, a star who promised to attend could not come, whereas his dad, a producer, could make it to the function.
reason given, BABU GARIKI FEVER, b*******d, he was shooting till 6 in the evening.
another personality, who is addicted to alcohol after 7 pm,and failed to make it to the function, and did not even have the least courtesy to call and apologize.
01 January, 2007
hangover
man,
today the entire city of hyd looked like it was having a massive hangover after the extended weekend and year end., maybe i was a bit sober today!!!!!!!!!!!
cause i spent a lot of time with my family! ( wife and kid) yesterday!!!!!!!!!!
happy new year
guys after that fabulous year 2006 ending with such a picturesque sunset, let me begin this year with this gorgeous sunrise., and i wish all a happy and prosperous new year.
31 December, 2006
new year eve
guys sunsets happen everyday, but to capture these kind of images is really tough and rare, i thank Sekhar kammula for giving me an opportunity to work on GODAVARI and helping me to click a picture like this.
P.s:- i took about 950 such photos.
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