If you live in Maharashtra, that is. Yes, i acted in a move!! My debut film! How cool is that? So what if its a regional one, Maharashtra is a pretty big region. Before i get into the business of crowing about it, here is the scene.
Version 1:
(aka Mahabharata as told through the eyes of the cockroach that lived on kurukshetra grounds)
Atul Kulkarni and some heroine open the glass door and enter the hall, talking. The camera is on them, but doesnt seem particularly interested. It wanders around, taking in the background. And then, it sees me! And two others, walking the perfect walk (okayed in one take, okay?) Torn between staying faithful to the principal characters and following the more interesting ones, the camera totters for a bit. Convention wins, and the camera settles on the principle characters with an audible sigh.
Version 2:
(aka Mahabharta, the official version)
Atul kulkarni and the heroine open the glass door and enter the hall, talking. General people walk around in the background. One of them is me.
I had decided, after the shoot, to be all calm and mature and indifferent about it. But it wasnt much fun. Now i dream of me on the movie poster, me getting my big break because some director watching the movie notices my face in the crowd (a friend put this one in my head, yes, i have friends like that), me in filmfare interviews...
Some highlights (because i'm too bored to join sentences)
- out of the 5 chosen ones, only 1 or 3 were Maharashtrians depending on how you define the term. So the assistant would describe our role (there was a whole lot of describing going on, given that all we had to do was walk) and would not have walked two steps when the one non-Maharashtrian-no-matter-how-you-describe-the-term would pipe up - Kya bole usne? I was sure there would be some MNS types around who'd get us all kicked out, insisting on Marathi crowd in a Marathi film.
- Reliable sources report that the one non-Maharashtrian-no-matter-how-you-describe-the-term is the current favourite for the best debut by a non Marathi actress in a Marathi movie award. Yay! Another party!
Almost forgot. Its Mukti. If we make it to the finals, i will insist you watch.
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I believe I'll get to watch that movie for free.. (as a star u can arrange free passes for all at atn)..
and it's good that u (at least those 5 ppl) now have a 'pilan B'.. mujhe bhi kuch sochna padega ab..
sahi and we can always rig posters n put up our own at the multiplex where it matters (CPK), so that you get all the publicity your debut deserves :D
So Vinaya di is a movie star now :-) Excellent ! Looking forward to it :-D
Cool! So do u get to be in the premiere show/ sign autographs etc?
Whatever, we have a movie star among us i.e. person who has starred in a movie for "some" time :P
Mohsin: I've promised a friend the "crowd" role when i'm a big star. If that sounds attractive enough for a plan B, you are welcome too.
Charuta: I likes! Lets make one with the 5 "stars" in foreground, size 10 and Atul Kulkarni and Kavita Lad in the background, size 2.
Niranjan: You call me Di and I call you "little one", no matter how old we get. Okay? And since you are in Maharashtra, you have to watch!
Kaushik: It wasnt planned at all. The offer just came looking for me one fine day when we were out for lunch. What can i say, its destiny. (Can you tell i'm practicing for an interview?)
And how such a shaant ladki like me came to have such a violent reputation, i'll never understand.
This is yet another DVD i'll borrow from you :D
Sumit: You make one of your trips to Pune when that happens, and you are promised a front row seat and a "free" autograph!
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