Sea..Art and business!!

Disclaimer:- like this title , this is a very random blog!! Patience required.

Sea is mystic and beautiful. It looks different at different times all the same its magnetic!! I had the pleasure visiting the sea.. recently.. and god it made me nostalgic. It was almost three years since I left chennai!! how time flies!!!.. remembered my first rented ( I paid my own money!!) and then our beach apartment..( one of the best times I had).. and ofcourse not to mention the friends I made there.. people used to pamper me .. offering me food..( yeah yeah... chocolates, ice creams).. may be thats what that matter.. you look back after every phase .. you remember the good times you shared and the friends you made..!! ofcourse improvization matters!! speaking of which.. I know every relationship ends.. but at the end if we just feel.. yup I will miss this chap..may be we can meet again.. you made a friend!!

Lets jump to Art. Art is something I really love!! and yeah.. films are a part of Art.. the best part of art is .. it humbles you.. when you see great works you wonder will I ever make such a beauty.. and the best part is, it makes you to forget youself.. if you see a kid who can perform better than you.. you dont get jealous.. you just tell yourself .. bless this kid.. and assist him if you can!! thats the beauty of art.. it breaks the barriers.

Business.. we had some very interesting discussion on this. One of my friend started this discussion.. maama I am ready to invest money in business on anything that gives guaranteed returns and ofcourse more than the bank interest. I told him.. if there are guaranteed returns, every one will invest on the same thing.. why only you. after all business itself is risk, but we choose what we are good!! obviously there is risk in it.. and many factors should be taken into consideration.

so my point is.. invest in my films.. you wont get a hard working fellow like me.. lol..

Speaking of which, someone asked me.. sir, what is it to take a different path.. and struggle?.. well who said I am struggling.. i am more than happy with what I am earning and I never saw multiple paths before me.. it was always a single path.

keep rockin
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Srikanth

Jet.. Set.. Go!!

Happy to write something after a long long time!! No I am not busy, its just something that makes you unable to write for sometime.. things happen around you, you wish could write that all,but then you never actually write.. what ever .. its over .. here I am with a new one!!

The beauty of life is.. it’s a sine curve.. you reach your peak.. you tell yourself you know everything .. and then new questions arise.. you fall down.. you slowly learn and you reach you peak again..and this continues.. It’s a patient game .. all the same its worth every second of it. Some one was telling me that my ideas are messed up!!.. ‘no’ .. I have a big ‘no’ for this. Ideas are always floating.. and I learn n move on.. yes I know in a way I might be at mistake.. but I am willing to risk and try new things than to sit with fixed ideas.. I prefer to be a loser trying new things.. than to sit and follow anything that’s orthodox.

Past three months had been excellent learning days.. I am trying finding myself again.. both in terms of my work and thoughts. Best part is I am reading oraciously the most beautiful stories ever written.. it’s a like a dream world!! And the words make take you new ecstasy! I was telling myself “I want to write words.. that would stay with me for a life time!! words.. are pure as 'white'.. as cool as breeze.. and as true as love!!.

Excellent things are happening in life. We rented a pent house.. we bought a cricket kit and we are playing daily.. completed ‘bhagavatham’ and working on a treasure hunt story!! And icing to the cake is I am planning to travel now.. delhi.. sikkim, kerala and finally Himalayas!! What more can ask for!!

I would like to end talking about an incident that really happened. I came to know of it when I went to my college to take a workshop. Two students in an engineering college went to a dam nearby and died. Now the college administration became so strict that they are absolutely blocking the fun. No liquor in the rooms ( I wont drink).. no smoking, and you need to take permissions to go to any place nearby and you have to come back by 10.00 everyday to hostel!!

If I need to speak on this.. I will say that’s bullshit.. The best thing I got in my engineering is the freedom, It made me think for myself, it gave the strength to face the things. Take this away.. you are more of a vegetable than a man. And the counter argument is, what about the parents who lost their kids, what will administration tell to them. With due respect, I am sorry for their loss.. but then do you call this a life, if you just sit in room and tell yourself I am alive. I want those mid night strolls, I want those treks else I doesn’t even exist.. I am willing to risk that!!

Keep rockin
3 cheers

Yours
Srikanth

Serenity!!

It occasionally happens; you enter into such a serene mood; and you feel that this life is a

bliss!! I am in of those beautiful moods..!!

I wrote somelines few days back " You need not worry about health if you play daily, you need think

of survival if you have knowledge and you need not worry about others if you understand

yourself!!".. loved these words..

makes me to remember few words I spoke when we we got induction when we were at IBM. I was supposed

to speak something.. before that we were made to play some games.. I just said " be the same as you

are now!! take this work as if you are just playing a game and be the same as you are now!! you

guys will rock".. loved those words.. I wonder if language is the greatest invention of man!!

which again reminds of the very first documentary I made!! its about street kids we ISMites used to

teach in evenings.. "they say knowledge doubles by spreading it".. rana sir translated it as "

kehte hain ki gnaan baat ne se badthe hain!!"..

For me its all about stories.. i just love them.. I think i can listen stories all my life. Gimme a

job which earns me a lakh for a month or gimme job of 10k where I need to work only 3 -4 hours a

day.. I will choose the later.. time matters and its very important.. I just wanna read .. read .

and read.. travel.. travel.. and make fims!! I am absolute love with my work and my efforts!!

Speaking of which.. I was reading about a man.. who happily tilted his farm and wrote poetry at nights!! Wish I could become like that.. nothing to worry..just write and fall in love!!

.. let me end with a joke.. there was this guy who came to me and told.. i am very depressed .. tell me what to do.. I seriously told him, read bhagavadgeetha.. that would help!! he gave me a crazy look and left.. god bless!!

here are few lyrics of a song I fell in love with.. Afterglow!!

Here I am, lost in the light of the moon that comes through my window
Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you and the roses

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Here I am, lost in the ashes of time, but who wants tomorrow?
In between the longing to hold you again
I'm caught in your shadow, I'm losing control
My mind drifts away, we only have today

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way
I will sacrifice 'til the blinding day when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

When the veils are gone as I let you go, as I let you go

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way, I will sacrifice
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you who is closest


hope you guys loved it..

keep rockin
3 cheers
srikanth

Few thoughts and conversations!!

I am getting restless again and the itch to do something has started.. which is a good sign.. so I started to write again after a break.. here we go!!

1) A friend of mine pinged me and told me “ buddy , you better start making some short films.. it was a long time since you did something.. we have great expectations on you.”

My answer was simple.. I have nothing to show someone.. I have no expectations on myself.. so I have nothing to prove myself or for you. I have my plans.. I learn.. I learn.. I unlearn and think of something new and start up again..!! the way you understand you should do something.. but you think you cant.. you very existence comes under question!! Cheers..

Speaking of beauty ; I am reading Bhagavatha now a days, must say I am on cloud nine!!
I wonder are these the most beautiful books ever written.. they explain seasons in a very beautiful way.. summer, winter, autumn.. my favourite season Spring!!.. I mean who doesn’t love spring.. new leaves and new hopes!! I cherish it the most..!! When I read of baby Krishna.. I just fell in love.. believe me It can be applied to any kid.. running around his Mom, pulling her saree and asking food!! I just fell in love again..
Reminds of what famous music director Ilayaraja said!! “ For me music is like a just born kid.. innocence . love and beauty.. nothing else”..

2) A friend of mine came to me recently and told that he is getting depressed a lot recently.. I told him to read bhagavad geeta.. he gave me a weird look and left ..lol.. I am getting weird day by day.

And someone was complaining few days ago!! , Srikanth .. you write good , but why do you use derog words in between.. though I have no offense for this question.. I have to answer it..
I write what I really feel, may the situation needs a mockery ( according to me).. and ofcourse I use disclaimers.. for readers.. that this is not for family people.. lol!!

3) I feel I am enjoying the best days of my life.. I read vigorously .. and watch movies when ever I wish.. thanks to the fast net in office.. I am downloading a movie a day!! And indeed the time is getting hectic!!

Ofcourse I wish for another trip through water, greenery , mountains and snow!! ( Himalayas) and ofcourse new treks to be covered..

4) I had the pleasure of listening some very good words.. regarding Alchemy!!
It’s about converting base metals to gold.. he told me.. inner alchemy is all about converting your negative energies to positive.. then you are Gold!! Indeed .. I concur

I sign off
Keep rockin
3 cheers
srikanth

People!!

lets start with a quote "
Through out the centuries, there were men who took first steps down the new roads armed with nothing but their own vision-- ayn rand "

People are basically funny, and thats the reason why I always keep laughing!!

We are so scared and yet we love each other so much... My Mom called me and told me that she watched my movie today.. she watched it somedays back but couldnt complete .. its definitely not her genre yet she watched it completely, obviously I asked , how was it? and she told me its 'ok'.. but we should have shot better!! I said " Dont worry I will make it better next time!!".. and she said an 'Ok'.. with reluctance..

Its a beauty you know; both my parents doesnt want me to enter this field; they are scared I might not go anywhere and yet they wish me success..they want me to leave everything and take up a job .. as i dont do that.. they wish me success!! Love of parents!! nothing more to say!!

Well.. well lemme narrate another story!!


I along with some friends had the pleasure of visiting our college recently ; we visited the Samosa and chai shop where we used to sit for hours.. funny thing he still remembered most of the guys ( I was not a frequent guy , he didnt remember me though). he served us chai and samosa and offered some sweets.. we rejected sweets first.. but looking at his enthusiasm.. we couldnt say 'no' so ate everything. One of the guy offered a 500 note and he propmptly reected it. I goddamn couldnt believe that a chaiwala didnt accept a 500 rupee note and he said he served us tea as a token of friendship he served us tea.

and lets get serious!!

I seek.. I seek!! the truth.. of life!! End of the day.. nothing matters.. your parents..your Gf's may be your spouse and your kids.. none of them matter .. its always about you and yourself.. not in terms of materials but in terms of experiences.. if its tough, you fight and work hard, if its easy enjoy like hell.. but what you remember are tough times and the lessons you learnt!! Thats what I am seeking now; trying to minimize my expenses and spending less time in earning and trying to spend most of my time reading and learning!! May be, I just love to read..dont tell you you bought an Ipad, tell me you listened to music all day!! dont talk about things.. tell me your experiences!! WTH ..what I am talking about..lol!!

Keep rockin
3 cheers
srikanth

Beauty!!

Guys writing something with great energy!! be prepared to keep on reading .. till you can regard and rest.. lol

Sometimes you really feel lucky!! you just feel glad.. that you are here, you really lived and enjoyed some things!! pure art .. nothing else!! thats what beauty is all about!!

I had the pleasure of Chaganti sir's 'Gajendra moksha'.. Story is pretty simple .. An elephant enters a pond and is attacked by a crocodile.. elephant prays for Narayana .. he comes and kills the crocodile!!

but read in between the lines!! Elephant is our life and the crocodile is the time..!! and then follows the sequence of narayana rushing to help the elephant.. the way 'Pothana' translated 'Vyaasa's' Bhagavatham in telugu is just amazing .. my mind went blank. Narayana in a rush to save the elephant.. holds his wife saree.. and she has to run after him.. and the way she explains ' Meenakshi'.. ( lady with the eyes of a fish ) is just amazing!! not an ordinary man can explain such beauty with great reverence!! A must Read.. Legend Rama himself wrote those poems when Pothana was farming!! god bless!!

anyways the year is going to end; and technically nothing happened as most of the projects didnt end up the way I expected,but in a way.. this year taught me what not to do.. hope this experience in the near by future and hoping the very best In the new year!!

And the best part is the way I ended the year in a high note!! Visied ISM after 2 years for a bachelor party!! and it seems none of us ( good old idiots ) changed. We kept discussing about Capitalism and communism.. existence of god!! in the same way .. in between crude jokes!! what more can a man ask for.

Met a professor , who emotionally told us, he was really glad that we camre and asked him , how he was doing!! there is a tone of sadness in him!! Of all the things he was a great inspiration for us.. he used to cycle in the campus.. though he owns a posh car!! we just loved it for him.. and it was indeed a pity, he hurt his leg and couldnt cycle anymore!! pray for him guys!!

and this followed by a night out in the freaky cold night alone in ISM.. this is the time I really cherished!!

I repeat; not all things of value come a price!!

3 cheers to life

keep rockin
your
srikanth

Time table and some meanderings!!

I used to write timetables when I was a kid and continued till +2.. funny though I write easy

things first and then feel happy I completed it on that day.. and ignore that from the next

day!!..lol

After that when I was in college.. I do kept some time tables.. but when every one are thinking

about GPA's.. my marks were the number films I can watch and the number of books I can read in a

week!!

I am always a restless kid competing with myself..

this turned out to be my present time table.. whether I will really follow this!!

morning 8.00 to evening 12.00 (8 hours sleep!!) 16 hours-- 4 hours --books ( other than films) ; 4 hours writinthe stuff on the present project; 2 hours -- V( my future script ) ; 2 hours-- reading on films!!


A friend was chatting with me recently and asked me was I upto now a days.. I told him I am listening Bhagavatham.. and the stories are incredible.

He told me I am not asking that.. what are you doing..to live.. I do some part times.. But I think this is the time I need read more; acquire knowledge and grow my strengths in film making!!

I m more than happy with this.

Speaking of being happy.. I feel happy when ever I think of Rahul dravid.. and every shot he plays and every word he speaks is something I always cherish!! just read a beautiful article .. he told some beautiful words " ‎"Not everything of value comes at a price.".. Rahul Dravid"..

Life is beautiful .. huh

keep rockin
3 cheers
Srikanth