Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The Truth Behind the Myth

Whenever you get a new pack of cigarettes, you must first unwrap the pack and flip the lucky. The lucky is the first cigarette removed, which is turned around and replaced in the pack, destined to be the last cigarette of the pack smoked. The lucky is just another one of those signs that bond seemingly different people together into a sort of 'cigarette' club. This is because, in all the world there really isn't anything as beautiful as smoking. Why is this done???

I've been trying to find the answer to this for a long time.. So here, I'm asking you all the following questions:

1. Do you follow this custom?

2. If you do then what is the reason you do it?

3. Where did u think this custom originated from and why?

My theory:

Some Asks: "can i bum a cig?"

I answer: "um...well, all i have left is my lucky"

Someone then says: "oh okay, that's cool dude. i'll ask someone else."

Would really love to learn where this tradition/custom started..

P.S. - I'm marking smokers/Non Smokers/ Quiters/ Druggists/ rocknrollas/ people been in rehab/Not been in rehab etc etc.. Just to get mixed view on the topic..

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Guzishta, Guzare Zamane Ka Ehsaas

Theme - Film on the history of How Hyderabad got its name.
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, a ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, was the founder of Hyderabad City. In the year 1591, he laid the foundation of a new city which he called Bhagyanagar after his beloved queen ‘Bhagmati’. Bhagmati embraced Islam and took the name Hyder Mahal and consequently Bhagynagar was renamed Hyderabad after her.
(We got approx 4 hours to write the script, Get costumes, write the screenplay, shoot the film & Post production was a long 11 hour job)