Onir
Onir was born in Samchi, a small town in Bhutan on the 1st May, 1969. He did his schooling in Bhutan after which he came to Kolkatta(India) for his college in 1986. He graduated as a student of Comparative literature from Jadavpur University in 1989. while in University he was also learning German, Russian , Bengali, and Tamil. Apart from it he joined the Film studies course at Chitrabani, Kolkatta.

 

Onir's Blog

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    TEAM SORRY BHAI! SPEAKS….
    TEAM SORRY BHAI! SPEAKS… “SORRY BHAI!” began way back in 2005 when Ashwini Malik(my script writer) gave me the screen play and asked me if I would like to direct the film. The film was then called “My Brother’s Bride”. We changed it later because it was sounding too close to “My Brother Nikhil” and people might get the wrong...
    by Onir at November 11th, 2008 at 06:11 am
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    SORRY BHAI !-FORBIDDEN LOVE
    FORBIDDEN LOVE 28th Oct 2008 Here I am sitting in my living room, the Diwali crackers making a lot of noise outside( I thought there was recession) and I realise I am exactly one month away from the release of my film “SORRY BHAI!” . By now the verdict would be out- the third Friday in four years that will navigate the course of my life till another such...
    by Onir at October 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am
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    SORRY BHAI!
    SORRY BHAI! Been wanting to write for PFC for some time now… a lot has been happening and despite wanting to, I have not had the time. So SORRY BHAI! I do not know where to start. Suddenly the shoot is over. The first cut ready and I am in the midst of the CHITRANGDA comeback phenomena. How do I react? When I approached her for the film. I desperately wanted her...
    by Onir at April 10th, 2008 at 08:04 pm
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    In the beginning there was Chaos….
    In the beginning there was chaos, and nothing but chaos… and I stepped into the chaos looking for an answer…. I remember from the time I was in school in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan Kashmir was the place my mother always wanted to come to… a place of romance and beauty…. Years passed by… we never made it to Kashmir … and then the unrest… but now the dream...
    by Onir at November 2nd, 2007 at 02:11 am
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    THE GUITAR IN MY BEDROOM…
    Every morning I wake up and see the Spanish guitar I bought from Hobbner’s years ago standing in the corner of my bedroom. It’s become like a habit and I lie to myself every morning and tell myself that tomorrow I am going to pick it up . … Having lived my entire childhood in Bhutan I have grown up listening to Beatles, Pink Floyd, John Denver, Bod...
    by Onir at August 12th, 2007 at 02:08 am
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    LOOKING BACK
    As I look back now two years later at the process of realizing my first film…. There are so many thoughts that surface. Year 1999 was when I met Sanjay Suri(actor) on the sets of Daman. In the remote jungles of Assam, the only occupation after pack up was to discuss ideas and concepts. That was the beginning of my getting down to actually writing scripts that we wanted...
    by Onir at July 25th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
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    BEFORE “Sound… Camera… Action”
    MBN posterFor the last ten months I have been trying to start my next film. I have signed three films. Have a few more producers wanting to sign me up… yes all that sounds like “why is this guy complaining?”.. But yes this is not it…. The wait to get to the shooting seems endless. I realize how much time I spend in doing things that I rather not...
    by Onir at July 9th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
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