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Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke. No, not the 1957 film or the 2006 one. It is a short film made this year. Just 9 minutes long, dialogue less, in colour & B&W. Directed by Manoj Srivastava, who is known more in his avatar of a Deputy Director with the Directorate of Film Festivals of Government of India in Delhi, it was one of the Indian films that were entered in the Short Film Corner section of the Cannes Film Festival this year. It was the only Indian film in the shortlist of 14 that were in the competition within the segment. The Short Film Corner section was started five years ago, to encourage filmmakers to create interesting work, and the buzz is that it could in the near future be hived off as a completely separate stand-alone festival. The prize money of Euro 10,000 and an offer from Fonds …

I have been gazing at my navel really badly for the past few weeks and even my work life has been a little hectic. I have been hearing great things from production houses but none seem to take it forward. At this semi frustrating state, I decided to do what motivates me the most…A Short film over the Weekend..Yeah Baby..Yeah..

A short film over the weekend. This is one kick-ass adrenalin surge activity for me & I reach a sort of nirvana when I am in the process. The action, the activity, the heat, the unavailability of anything and everything, this keeps me in such a Kwan (refer to Jerry McGuire for this word) for some time to come. Tiger had his club, Jordan has his hoop, Sachin has his bat, Schumi has his car & I have my pleadings to one and all for technicians, equipment, actors, music, lyrics, make-up …