Visual stories
The dream project I was working on had fallen apart, and I had nothing left in me, physically or mentally. One phone call to the mystery man Anuj Khurrana changed all that. He introduced me to this simple mantra “Life is Enjoy”, and the rest you’ll see in my upcoming film.
Having spent about 10 years behind a camera, it was difficult to get myself to be in front of it.
After an impromptu trip with Vrinda Bhageria to Badami in March 2018, Prerna Dangi decided to make a second trip later in the same year. This film documents some of her climbs on this sandstone mecca for climbers.
More than 10 years ago, while I was still in college, a close friend of mind suggested me to come for a meeting of sorts, of some community of people: eclectic/elite people. I honestly don’t remember much of it, but one thing stood out. One of the guys was like, you should know what you want, and work at 110% towards it. I had a…
With the Malabar river festival, close at hand, the finals this year has been decided to be held at the Arippara falls or Fire Alarm rapid. The terrain around that region is treacherous, and crossing the river or getting a shot from the middle, almost impossible. And keeping that in mind, especially for safety, there was a special Tyrolean Traverse training camp held for the climbers and photo/video team coming to the event.
A last minute plan to drive to Shettihalli church made me pull out my camera from the drawers. Just experimenting with the slo-mo on my camera, the Panasonic GH5. The uniqueness of this church is that it’s completely submerged during the monsoons, from the Hemavathi reservoir. The church, currently in ruins, appears when the reservoir goes dry, and water level goes down. And with the…
Anthargange is located about 60kms from Bangalore city, very close to Kolar. It’s just off the highway, and quite easily accessible. This also means it gets quite crowded during weekend. The trek itself is quite on the easy level. There’s a long set of steps to reach the temple, post which, is about an hour’s climb to the plateau on the top. 30 minutes if you’re fit and not stopping for too many photos.
It’s as simple as the title reads – Always have a backup for a fuckup. Be it life, work or play, always have a BUFU. Because ol’ man Murphy came up with a law “Anything that can go wrong, can and will go wrong” It’s a term I’ve been living on, off late. Been going through a Rahukaala (bad omen or phase) of sorts and some sheer…
I have never been good at talking. Most of my life. I have a lisp, I goof up my words, make bad jokes, forget details mid-sentence etc. I’ve always surrounded myself with storytellers, but never been one myself. I have, however, always been a good listener. Listening doesn’t apply just to words one is saying, but body language, emotion and that magical feeling of being a…
Almost exactly 10 years ago, I dropped out of college and began the journey of life. Back then I was heavily into gaming, which took away most of my time. One fine day though, on New Years in-fact, I deleted all that junk, downloaded material that I was actually interested in and studied web designing on my own. In the course of these past 10 years,…