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11 WEEKS

admin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:16:56 +0000

11 WEEKS is part of the official selection 2010 at Heartland Film Festival to be held at Indianapolis from Oct 14th-23rd.

’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-2

admin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:51:57 +0000

…The crowd seems to have taken a softer line. I was back and we were taking random shots. This success filming continued till we ran into a fresh lot of people who shared the same language and expression of speech-making as the previous one…

Cont. on Filmmaking – ’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-2

Kasmir Pics

storyinframes — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:47:24 +0000

trying to get through a really slow connection to upload pictures of Kashmir.

refer ‘photography’ page

’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-1

storyinframes — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:44:56 +0000

Srinagar greeted with a dry autumn and deserted streets. The tourists who thronged the markets and shikaras a few months back were missing. As a photographer I felt like the streets, the landscape too was barren, with a veneer of gritty yellowy dust all over compared to the lush greens three months back.

to read more click on the page – ’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-1

Qutubdinpura, Srinagar

storyinframes — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:37:00 +0000

’11 weeks’ – divinity divided

storyinframes — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:42:25 +0000

Divinity divided

I am waiting for a divine intervention for an end to all the problems in J&K that has been raging on and off for last 60 years. Just two months back when I was on location reccee with my Director, things seemed hunky dory. There were so many tourists in the Valley that we had to wait for our turn at the famous Vaishnav dhaba near the Dal Lake. Pahalgam and Gulmarg were teeming with tourists queuing up at the ropeway to reach the snow clad mountains. There was something festive this summer. Now, there is chaos abundant.

I am unable to shoot a film which promotes harmony and peace. What irony! I feel sad as a DoP; the director feels worse.

Like mortal human beings we are just waiting for the people to get tired with their anger so that peace gets a chance again. Just wait.

Kashmir location reccee – “11 Weeks”

storyinframes — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:23:25 +0000

Kashmir Diary

As twilight approached the scene became more intense – a dull bluish grey light engulfed the surrounding and there were small fires in many fields. Their smoke hung low in the air like a parasol. I took a seat on a milestone and watched for few minutes. There was something strange about this twilight – it just refused to go away and hung with me like a companion.

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