Shooting ..Day 1

Ask abt the experince and i can only think of experimentation.Initially it was only reharsals.But lets see how the Day 1 of the shoot was.Day 1.
Now the D-day has come and all the actors were ready.Me (Sourabh)was the weak link among all bcos i never used to remember my lines and it was an uphill task for my dear Director to teach me and make me memorise my lines.But was fun.So i was in the office doing my late night shift and we were going to meet at 4in the morning to capture the sunrise..which was off course never done.Finally i reached @ 100 Bannu Enclave And so did others...Very punctual this time...

Anyways let me introduce my other teamates - Arijit Aka apna Sssharukh!!,Tinkle-the fearful lady and off course Mamma's gal,Sarika,Sourabh (Confused guy),Chotu-the lil sis ,Tanya,Amrita-The eldest lady .So after introducing my team lets move with the day 1 now.

So once everybody reached we started to unwind our self as the cab was not there yet.So Ashok da was in charge of it and he assured us that the cab and the driver will be here any moment.So finally after 15 mins the cabbie arrived.Wat a scene a big Innova car and equally huge cabbie a middle aged Sardar.Our offline villian.Will describe him later as he himself is a big storyline.So finally at 5:30 in the morning our journey of filmaking began.

Our first stop was at Dhaula Kuan where our technical unit along with Camera person Tarun Das was waiting for us.So we reached there and had cup of tea and then headed for Sohna ,Gurgaon where major portion of the movie was to be shot.While on our way sun was abt to rise and the scenic beauty of the Aravalli was coming to the full glow.We were on the Gurgaon Jaipur higway and it was 8 in the morning and all unit members got themselves ready for shots.Ipshita our Director was checking on the final touch and was in deep conversation with cameraman Tarun Das and Ashok Da.They took some dummy shots and were analysing the results and finalising the final shots that were to be captured.As the day grew traffic in the highway abt increasing so it was advised by Ashok da to start the shooting without any further delay.By this time we had refreshments and were all set with our roles.Arijit was tensed as he was abt to face the first shot and I on the other hand was super excited and was busy capturing behind the scene activity for Archival for this blog.

First Shot
The first shot that was to be filmed was that of our cab passing through the highway .This shot required both inside shot and outside shot.So it was decided to capture few shots from inside the cab where few portion of me and Arijit were to be shot separately as well as jointly.So Tarun Da decided to can Arijit's profile for the first shot.He went ahead with his equipment and positioned himself adjacent to Arijit and the journey began.Arijit was all set and was following the instructions and checking on the lines that he was supposed to say while driving and he was slow in the start but came up much more confident as the shooting went ahead.

Funny Me
My first shot and God !! wat a blunder.I forgot all my lines and one had to see our Director , she was not having proper words to convey wat she felt.That moment i realised that i need to improve but me being me i kept on doing blunders , forgot my lines despite prompting and i was completely into my character so to say (Pun intended) ...confused to the core!!
Finally it was decided to just take shots without any dialogue so that we wrap up or portion and continue with the rest of the major portion that was to be shot.

Time and money constraints were the two major factors that dominated the whole film.