Blue Glacier

Learning to Smile - Kumbakonam Fire Tragedy

2006-09-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

Little Hearts

Photographs of little children recovering from burn injuries, after the Kumbakonam Fire Tragedy that claimed over 90 lives.

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Clouds of Harmony

2006-09-20T03:07:00.000-07:00

These digital snaps were taken with my handycam from the terrace of my house.

Shades and Colors

2006-09-20T01:56:00.000-07:00

Digital Photography

Natham Hues

2006-09-20T01:21:00.000-07:00

Digital snaps from Natham Village in Tamil Nadu.

Digital Delight

2006-09-20T00:24:00.000-07:00

Nature Photography

Hiding

Silhouette

Dusk

Just Born

Far Away

Blue Flames from Kumbakonam

2006-08-09T02:05:00.000-07:00

These are some snaps from the documentary "Healing Hearts", on disaster management, based on the aftermath of Kumbakonam fire tragedy that claimed the lives of over 90 childeren. These snaps were taken exactly a week after the tragedy struck. More about this experience which probably changed my life to follow.

After a job well done????-whose mistake?

No words needed.

Memories.

The laughing Buddha, that is the name we gave him. This very smile made our entire crew stand and admire this kid who managed to escape the flames.

What to say?

Hell?

No use. The damage is done!

Trying to forget. Road show organised by red cross and MCC MSW students.

Hey! we remember how to laugh!

Lessons to be learnt.

Sawai Jai Singh Circle

2006-08-08T03:31:00.000-07:00

The Sawai Jai Singh circle or the statue circle is a noted landmark in Jaipur. Sawai means king; King Jai Singh is said to be the founder of Jaipur. Here are some hues I captured during the day while roaming around this circle.

Post Cards from Rajasthan

2006-08-08T02:58:00.000-07:00

Some snaps from my trip to Rajasthan in December 2004.

Feedback and comments are welcome.

Jal Mahal, Jaipur

Birla Planetorium, Jaipur

Painting in Albert Hall, Jaipur - Ati Chari

Camels at Sam, Jaisalmer

Jaipur

The Darker Side

2006-06-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

The Bright Side

This is a wonderful film that presents the facts, as it is in Kancheepuram. I got into this film only after the shoot was done.

The most challenging part of the post production was the script. Yes, the script was not done earlier and all we had was about 2 hours of raw footage. This is the strenght of the film, as you will find the reactions are all spontanious. Jude had done a wonderful job with the camera so the editing was easy for me.

Hope some day the lives of these poor weavers would improve.

Click on the link to watch the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BlJt-tzEx8

Snaps from "The Life Line" shoot

2006-02-21T04:19:00.000-08:00

These are a few snaps from our two day shoot

for the documentary "The Life Line",

that covers the last journey of the World's last

Meter Guage Suburban train service,

that spanned for 73 long years.

The last ride, filled with nostalgia - on 1st July 2004

The Captain's cabin - on 30th June 2004

Waiting for the last journey - on 1st July 2004

The old workhorse - on 30th June 2004

A proud face - on 30th June 2004

The driver of the last official MG train posing for the cameras - on 30th June 2004

This film won an award to know more click below http://www.hinduonnet.com/lf/2005/03/17/stories/2005031710460200.htm

The Life Line

2006-02-21T02:19:00.000-08:00

My First Line

Not my first attempt at making a film and certainly not my first romance with the lens but this film is definitely my first successful short film, that motivated me to continue to make other experimental films and got me a lot of attention in College.

The claps that this film received and the tears that it brought in the eyes of few, at its very first screening at the MRC Auditorium, Madras Christian College, is something I’ll cherish for a long time. It apparently happened to be the first short film by a MCC viscomite! Well, actually a pair, this film belongs to my friend Mahesh and of course me!!

It was about 8 months since its first screening, and I had almost forgotten about “The Life Line”, Mahesh had sent the film as an entry to a film fest organized by DBICA – Don Bosco’s Institute of Communication Arts, that organizes once in a month a forum for alternate media, like documentary’s and short films. There were over a hundred entries from all over Tamil Nadu, out of which 15 films a mix of documentaries and short films were chosen for the final countdown. It was not a surprise to me that ours was one of them. The film that came first at the award ceremony was everyone’s favorite “Katroodu”, a Tamil short film by Paaval, a pal from Loyola I came to know just a month before, I was thrilled as I had shot the film and edited it for him. And then came the real surprise, the best documentary of the year and no prizes for guessing, “The Life Line”. The first film by a viscomite from MCC to win an award.

Incidentally DBICA was a place where I learned my basics in film making and editing, taking tips from the films screened there and from none other that the ace Tamil film editor Mr. Lenin. It was also where I watched, “No Man’s Land”, remember the film that beat “Lagaan” at the Oscars, ya that’s it. This was well over a year ago, but that’s when my craze for filmmaking began. After watching “No Man’s Land”, I began writing my first script “Betrayed”, a film I began shooting in my second year, that turned out to be a disaster, hopefully one day I will be able to complete it.