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

Jokes and serious jokes!!

I dont know why; weird things happen around me; I am pron to it I think.. anyways..

1) I entered this almost empty bus.. and sat leisurely in a seat and kept my back in my next seat..!!A guy entered the bus and came to my place; lifted my bag and sat next to me!!.. I was so scared .. Is this fellow a gay?? when all the seats are empty why the hell he should sit next to me?? I told him , Sir .. can you sit in the front seat!! .. he looked at me seriously and told me.. thats a Ladies seat!!.. WTF!! I wanted to shout .. I dont mean the seat alone there are many seats available!!.. but with due respect I requested him to guy me space and went back and sat at the last seat.. praying no one would disturb me!! ..lol!!

But then as they say ..Fate can hurt you in many ways; being an AC bus; RTC arranged a TV in it.. to make things worse they are advertising about RTC in it.. I saw the worst ad of my life.. but heights of torture reached .. when the ad got stuck.. and few dialogues started to repeat!!

Guy: What if there is no internet at home to book that ticket?
GIrl: you can book in the nearby internet center!!

repeat 1;

repeat 2; lauughing..

repeat 3; wtf

repeat 4 ; frustration

repeat 5 ; i gave up!!

god bless!!

2) I met 2 friends. one of them told this joke ( about the other guy ). Before marriage this fellow took a room near his office , I asked him, why are you wasting money.. instead of spending 15 k.. you can take a room at some place.. you can save money!!.. he told me, for a 8k room add the fuel cost, it would be same..

after marriage; she changed his room to a distant place; I asked him; if you save rent, petrol cost will add up.. he told me .. 15K is too much.. ha ha

A perfect vice versa.. ha ha ha

3) just saw a testimonial I got in Orkut few years back.. loved those words.." Yuhin Challa chal rahi....Yuhin Challa chal rahi...... Okay this is abt Challa.. explaining him who is always very fast to speak i dont know his problem is , so only few of his words i can able to understand. He is always ready to copy my practical notebook, dont want to miss any time. At last, he is very talented person for videography & wanna become a Director. Okay! My best wishes with u.

4) A friend told me a story today; its about a guy who aspires to become a guitarist; his father is against it; and his mother likes his son a lot but couldnt convince his father.. and finally a girl who supports him; but her father is planning her to marry her to a rich.. Now will our hero follows his passion and will he win his love!! this is the conflict..

My ass.. how many times will you write the same crap again n again n again.. believe me.. I believe in this.. if parents dont support its not your problem.. anything that obstructs isnt love .. its an obstacle!! I would also say; parents shouldnt anything from their kids either.. they are supposed to what they wanna do.. they have things to worry about.. you dont become one more cause for their worries.

No offence though to parents and kids..!!

keep rockin
3 cheers
srikanth

Life n Love!!

Lets start with a beautiful quote I read recently ""Before enlightenment I chopped wood and carried water, after enlightenment I chopped wood and carried water.".. hilarious yet a ruthless truth..!!

1) Its a beautiful day; I saw song of life today.. after a long time; believe me there are thousands of mistakes in it.. all the same I fell in love with it.. it was the same feeling when I got when I watched films in college aimlessly.. or read books savouring them..and that was the feeling that really drove me here.. Life is beautiful ..huh..

Speaking of love, I love the rains, dew, lazy winters , jokes and I do believe in helping people.. may be love is something that really makes us feel our existence!! I always knew, I cant stay forever in my college;as a fact I hated my college initially, but when ever I think of it.. I feel happy.. I think of that guy who aimlessly roamed around seeking and learning about films!! few people thought I am crazy!! .lol.. A thing that stays with you for ever and ever!!

I laugh around a lot when I am free; many people ask "you do you always laugh!!?" the answer is simple.. because I have nothing more to do!! But there are times I really try to think and understand.. to write or to work.. i might look serious at that times.. but these are the times I really really enjoy!! struggle makes you hard and fit!! I just love it!!

I had the pleasure of having an excellent chap yesterday.. he spoke some great words.. as usual he is one the guys bitten by movies!! he says .. " few people like Omprakash, sanjay leela bhansali.. they just love films.. and they just live for it!!"

he told me about few independent short films that went to Oscars .. and few festivals..

meeting new people and knowing new things!! thats what this is all about..

keep rockin
3 cheers
Srikanth

Stories!!.. Movies...!!

The winter is back!! Lazy bones ache to move, but I drag myself to the lappy to write something..

may be the best thing I would love to do now. All the same lets continue!!

I love stories.. they fascinated me.. I remember my aunt who used to tell me stories at dinner

time.. I dont remember the story.. but I remember that i wouldnt eat unless someone told me that

story again and again and again!!

I love harry potter and lotr.. just read them at a stretch.. but of all these things.. I really

really love.. stories of mahabharata and ramayana.. they absolutely fascinate me.. my father being

a literature lover .. told me some very good stories.. especially Krishna's character fascinates

me!! forget he is god.. his insights are something everyone should really think off!!

So coming to the point; A team is planning to work on a short film on Tilak and i went to a meet to

discuss on the project. And I know most of them and I learnt a lot from them and suddenly we were

discussing on mahabharata!! we saw that Abhimanyu entering the Padmavyuha in peter brooks

mahabharata.. and we started discussing on it.

Mohan said " Instead of seeing mahabharata as an epic, I see at a happening; a fight between

brothers who were fierce warriors.. try to imagine how many young men died at that time!! it was

a great economic loss to the nation!!"

Speaking of mahabharata .. we discussed some good stories..

1) Arjuna once questioned Krishna.. why everyone praises Karna so much as a great donor.. even I

can donate and give alms as much as him. Krishna said.. " okay show me " Arjuna gathered to big

piles of gold and is donating hand full to everyone ; and gave it to many people and told krishna..

see how nmuch i donated!! krishna looked at the pile of gold left.. and then asked Karna to give

the money to people.. karna called 2 guys and just told them.. you take this pile and you take that

pile!!

beautiful story; arjuna was always counting how much he needs to give to someone; but in the case

of karna he just gives .. he never counts!!

2) The mahabharata war was over.. finally pandavas and krishna went to bhishma and informed him

that it was over. Bhishma praised krishna that it was all done by him and the victory belongs to

him..and this really hurt Arjuna.. he wondered.. " I did all the work" and how come everyone are

praising krishna!! ,.. finally krishna got into the chariot and took arjuna home; arjuna requested

krishna to get down!! krishna said .. no no.. you get down first.. and so arjuna got down; hanuman

on the flag also got down and finally krishna got down!! and then the chariot broke down to

pieces!! Arjuna didnt understand what happened and asked krishna what happened!! Krishna told him "

This chariot didnt break down because I was sitting on it.. else it would smashed long back becuse

of the Karna's arrows!!.. Another beauty!!

and we discussed many more stories and I started to listen bhagavadgeetha now.. seriously amazing

stories.. and it follows a definite logic.. lets take ramanaya.. story follows logic... sita is

from bihar and rama is from UP.. they travel through Madhya pradesh and settles in south.. and it

perfectly match to the geography!! great people lived here.. and it was a pleasure for all of us!!
Gimme a hapy days work, good conversations , music and a good book to read!! I wouldnt complain!!

3) lets speak of movies!! I saw bull shit film recently called 7th sense.. what exactly happened was; the director came to know that a south indian taught chinese people martial arts.. so now he wanted to tell that india s great and tamilians are great and we forget our culture.. all is well..

but the point is does the director believe in this shit at all?? why do you want to show foreign cultured songs and fuckin say india is great.. come on guys.. we speak english in international cconference.. you just cant write a bull shit scene and say lets speak tamil in conferences!! and believe me .. no scholar looks down at another scholar just because the works are not in english.. after all we contributed a lot in maths and science to this world.. and everyone respects us.


keep rockin
3 cheers
srikanth

Thoughts!!!

I am in a great mood today.. so its simple.. you guys are very dead..



I really wanna make a fresh start from today.. I keep my knowledge, out of my experience (not failures and successes) and wanna move ahead!!



the concept of failure and successes is a weird concept.. My grand father started a class some day back.. " I know a fellow who worked as a class IV employee and after I retired I canced to meet him yesterday!! we kept talking and he told me that his son is in London." I know where it is leading to.. so I told him " why dont you come to the point!.. he kept telling me " that It was 2 years I started the project .. and I dont see anything concrete from you.. why dont you shift to your old job?"..



I replied " who told you that I will do something in 2 years.. I never did"

and people measure things in terms of time.. if we dont get certain success in stipulated time.. we get scared we loose hopes!! Such a pity!!



Suppose you wrote a novel for an year and then It went bad, or you couldnt fix it right.. you have to drop it.. and the other guy wrote a novel and became a great success.. apart from money and name factor.. both had the same journey.. along with their characters.. I say both won!! Its the experience it matters.. many guys lived in this world.. many popular guys; many unknowns.. end of the day.. you call it a good life.. if you loved it.... and you know if you have the courage to drop something and move on than to worry about the past.. you rock!!



I will always love a guy who constantly learnt and improved.. and people who understood what life is all about!! I strongly believe its within us.. not with someone else!!



lets finish of with a weird joke!!



My Mom and her sister to meet a fortune teller.. they asked about my future it seems.. and he told about me.. " he will do good , and you wont find trouble in arranging his marriage.. but he is not a good boy.. He will do many things before marriage"..



God knows what he meant ..lol.. but My Mom's sis came to me and told me.. "Srikanth.. I thought you are good boy.. but I dont know you are like this.."..lol



She really believed all his words.. I mean she took a fortune teller's words for grant!!..lol



PS:-) I am a very bad boy.. beware of me



keep rockin

3 cheers

Srikanth