When i joined the studio which i am working for now..i was introduced to a very young, fair and shy looking boy.The moment i saw him..i was reminded of an old friend called Rani Sadgirlkar(name changed on popular demand!).I knew then as much as i know now that they would both make a perfect couple.Both had the same cultural background...both spoke marathi fluently..both were fair enough to pass off as zombies....both of them have a wacky sense of humour....and to top it all off...both of them even worked in the same field...!!
now i'm not religious or anything but how could i ignore these holy signs!!i had to do some thing...
last i had heard...Chitnis had never been in any relationship, but not that that mattered....and Rani also was single to the best of my knowledge.....So i tried my best to verbally explain to both of them about how much the both of them would create magic but my dream was left hanging by both of their non-enthusiam....i wept tears in my solitude...the romance which was so meant to be but one that never happened!
Now years past by and i got over them and on one sunny afternoon i get a call from her..that she wanted to meet up!!I say ok casually and set up a time and told her to come to my office...I hang up and as I click the disconnect button on my cell phone....it dawned to me!!!
Rani->office
office->Chitnis
Chitnis<->Rani!!!
he he he
So she comes to the office and we talk for a while..i excuse myself and go to the Flame2 room(where Chitnis generally works).....i go and wit a straight face, call him to my room..the Flame 1 room(where Rani is sitting..unsuspectingly!!)He says "I'll just come"....i walk away and go to my room and start chit chatting with Rani and as i talk to her i reach for my handicam and start cueing it up and there Chitnis walks in...i press the record button on my cam and i gently place it on my lap....i introduce Chitnis and Rani.She turns to take a look at him and as she turns i see him fix his hair wit his hands...finally they meet and what happened next was very funny cause Mr.Chitnis realised what i was trying to do and instead of hanging around and having a chat wit the girl that he had heard sooo much about...the guy tries to leave in a rush...."I'll come back" he says...i ask him to just wait for a second, so i could get Rani to stand next to him for the camera...they both at that point realise that the camera is rolling!!He awkwardly smiles and says...chal re...bye......
So he leaves the room and i ask Rani the verdict....whether she liked him or not?she says....He's nice!!....hmmmm!!!
Now what i liked about this little moment was that since both of the subjects had still not lost their innocence...i could capture the awkwardness which one feels in the beginning of a
relationship....it reminded me of my own anticipation and excitement, i felt when i started dated the special lady in my life....i wanted so much to impress her and wanted her to like me and the above experience kind off took me back in time....i wont know if they will ever date each other....it is not in my hand for them to fall in love with each other....but i would love to see a nice couple, going around, with my name on the arrow that helped pierce their hearts.......who knew, playing cupid was so much fun?
3 comments:
Rahul Kallankandy you need to find some real work real fast. Just so we can get to read some real stuff on real compositing which is what you're really good at.
This human compositing stuff is drivel, unless you plan on scripting for the Hindi film fraternity.
Neil
kya m.. .... .... ...
cheers to real-life compositing.
raji
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