..:)

woke up to this wonderful piece of news..

'The Other Song' won The Best International Documentary Award at Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea. 

The festival is one of the key asian festivals and shows some of the most vibrant works.

So congratulations Saba!

This was the second film I had worked on as an assistant in some capacity. 

The first was 'The City Beautiful', with Rahul Roy.

The memories that old projects carry...

Those were times when I would just get up in the morning, sit around the house, catch a blue line bus and go to work and come back whenever. No worries about social security applications, the jumble mix of codes and numbers to doors, what and when to do groceries...

'The City Beautiful' was also the film on which I literally learnt the non linear editing, both conceptually and technically.

I am a random technophobe. Sometimes I just won't want to learn out of a strange resistance.

But at Saba's..all this was easy..coupled with rather generous servings of kebabs and Kadhi for lunch, that sweet Mangal Singh smile!..and Reena's little lunch packs full of melons and papaya..:)

How I wish I had a picture of us..

but am going back in december and there shall be time to make them now.