This is a unique reality TV show concept. We are currently shooting a pilot of this.
The concept is like this, we choose any random person from the streets and he is asked which celebrity he would like to meet and then starts his or her journey. The rules are simple they will need to call any of their friend or acquaintance who in turn can call someone and so on till they get to meet the celebrity. This journey of the person who is no one to meeting the celebrity will be the show.
Sample this, you would like to meet say Aamir Khan, then you would call the person whom you know who you think will have some contact or can help. This person obviously will be in much better position or well networked than you, hence he takes his chain to the next level. So and so forth. The rules are that this chain can go only till 5 levels, hence at the end of the 5th level one will know whether he was able to meet his/her idol or not.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Jagruti - (Feature - Drama)
This is a story which starts in the year 1980. This is a story of 4 friends who are thick pals in college and have an urge to do something for their country but dont know how. They are dismayed and of disillusioned with the rampant corruption and communalism that exists in India but like the vast majority are helpless. Times flies by and all the 4 graduate and get on with the careers. One becomes a business man, another joins politics, the third Lawyer while the the fourth becomes a journalist. All 4 excel in their respective fields by sheer use of blatant corruption and no ethics. The politician is starts growing quickly within his party and ranks, honest folks are shunted out, transferred, opposition members are bought and elections are won. The politician is well supported by his 3 friends in his greed and desire to gain power and grow. The businessman helps with money power, the journalist in spreading false news and propaganda while the Lawyer helps twist the law and free the corrupt folks.
This nexus of 4 friends become so strong that all their cronies and corrupt folks are spread in different government departments. The entire state is under their indirect control. Years pass by and it is year 2010, the Politician is elected as the State Chief Minister, the business man is the richest in the state, the journalist now owns and heads the largest News network while the lawyer is the Chief Justice.
15th August 2010, is the Independence day, the Chief Minister promises that it will be the day of change in history of India never seen or heard before. The TV channels propagates this as the Politician is known for his cunning and manipulative ways. The ordinary folks and citizens are angry and frustrated but helpless as the politician and his coterie of 3 friends have looted and plundered the country. The state is in a debt and in a financial crisis.
On 15th August at the flag hoisting ceremony the politician and his 3 friends are present. The Chief Minister announces that a change is about to happen and Emergency is declared. His entire cabinet is sacked.
All corrupt officials and politicians are caught and put behind bars, a fast track court is established which convicts quickly, a string of development measures amounting to over 250000 Crores. These are amounts unheard of. Properties and black money of corrupt folks are confiscated by the state. People are shocked at the turn of events as they are wondering what happened overnight. Policemen salaries are tripled, law and order is restored, any kind of goondaism is not tolerated. The media and TV channels go berserk.
People are pleasantly surprised at the turn of events. In 2 months there is drastic change in the country, the Chief Minister announces that he will address the state on the TV Channel from the historic Gateway of India. People are eager to know what happened.
The Chief Minister along with his 3 friends address the state in front a huge media and people. The fact is that the 4 friends wanted to bring about a change in the country, a change where corruption and lawlessness is punished, but they realised that the system itself is so corrupt that even if they tried they cannot succeed. They would either be thrown out or killed. Hence the 4 decided that the only way to change the system is to be part of it and when you have the power to change it. In the last 25 years they used every wrong thing they can as they realised this only allowed them to grow and become powerful. Every rupee that they had earned for themselves was deposited in a Swiss Bank as a Development Fund. They realised that there is so much corruption that the entire money looted in the last 25 years could have developed the country so much. They had consciously used the 4 pillars of Politics, Judiciary, Business and Media to their advantage but eventually to bring about this change, the revolution that they wanted.
All 4 gave up their posts to honest and non corrupts leaders as they had achieved their goal and were ready to face the law of the land.
This nexus of 4 friends become so strong that all their cronies and corrupt folks are spread in different government departments. The entire state is under their indirect control. Years pass by and it is year 2010, the Politician is elected as the State Chief Minister, the business man is the richest in the state, the journalist now owns and heads the largest News network while the lawyer is the Chief Justice.
15th August 2010, is the Independence day, the Chief Minister promises that it will be the day of change in history of India never seen or heard before. The TV channels propagates this as the Politician is known for his cunning and manipulative ways. The ordinary folks and citizens are angry and frustrated but helpless as the politician and his coterie of 3 friends have looted and plundered the country. The state is in a debt and in a financial crisis.
On 15th August at the flag hoisting ceremony the politician and his 3 friends are present. The Chief Minister announces that a change is about to happen and Emergency is declared. His entire cabinet is sacked.
All corrupt officials and politicians are caught and put behind bars, a fast track court is established which convicts quickly, a string of development measures amounting to over 250000 Crores. These are amounts unheard of. Properties and black money of corrupt folks are confiscated by the state. People are shocked at the turn of events as they are wondering what happened overnight. Policemen salaries are tripled, law and order is restored, any kind of goondaism is not tolerated. The media and TV channels go berserk.
People are pleasantly surprised at the turn of events. In 2 months there is drastic change in the country, the Chief Minister announces that he will address the state on the TV Channel from the historic Gateway of India. People are eager to know what happened.
The Chief Minister along with his 3 friends address the state in front a huge media and people. The fact is that the 4 friends wanted to bring about a change in the country, a change where corruption and lawlessness is punished, but they realised that the system itself is so corrupt that even if they tried they cannot succeed. They would either be thrown out or killed. Hence the 4 decided that the only way to change the system is to be part of it and when you have the power to change it. In the last 25 years they used every wrong thing they can as they realised this only allowed them to grow and become powerful. Every rupee that they had earned for themselves was deposited in a Swiss Bank as a Development Fund. They realised that there is so much corruption that the entire money looted in the last 25 years could have developed the country so much. They had consciously used the 4 pillars of Politics, Judiciary, Business and Media to their advantage but eventually to bring about this change, the revolution that they wanted.
All 4 gave up their posts to honest and non corrupts leaders as they had achieved their goal and were ready to face the law of the land.
Boomerang -(Feature- Thriller)
This is a movie that I have already made, you can watch the movie online at http://www.synclinefilmstore.com/feature_films/thriller/movie-by-category/
My Interview that was published in Mid-Day
Appu Aur Shera ( Animation - Comedy)
This is an animated movie that is a culmination of jungle book meeting bollywood. This is the story of a young lion Shera who is the son of the King of the jungle and how he falls in love with Appu or Aparna an elephant. This is a story set in the jungle against backdrop of Indian movies where the Lions parents oppose this love as they are from royal blood, who eat non vegetarian (like Ek Duje Ke Liye) and how can their son love an overweight dark looking creature. There is the villain in the fox who poisons the King.
Similarly is Appu’s family who opposes this alliance and worried about what will happen to their herd and their generation. They are worried that Appu has started to diet and trying to loose weight. This they feel is against their tradition and culture. In a typical bollywood style both Appu and Shera elope from the jungle and how both the families search for them. We have the deer, the monkey and the eagle assisting them to hide and be together.
Finally love triumphs and how both are united is the end of this fantasy love story filled with song dance and emotions.
Similarly is Appu’s family who opposes this alliance and worried about what will happen to their herd and their generation. They are worried that Appu has started to diet and trying to loose weight. This they feel is against their tradition and culture. In a typical bollywood style both Appu and Shera elope from the jungle and how both the families search for them. We have the deer, the monkey and the eagle assisting them to hide and be together.
Finally love triumphs and how both are united is the end of this fantasy love story filled with song dance and emotions.
Ek Aur Mahatama (Feature Film - Drama)
This is a story which I had thought of in year 1996, much before even Lage Raho Munnabhai or Hey Ram was released.
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This is a serious movie set in present times. This is a story of a wayward educated youth named Subhash who takes to crime. He is a terror and people fear him. He feels that violence and fear is the only way one can instill respect in the minds of the people. Nobody dares to go against him and he is proud of the fact that powerful people like politicians, businessmen come to him to solve their problems and ‘respect’ him. He feels that the next logical step for a criminal is politics and ventures into it. He has just begun his career in politics and becomes a local corporator. He is ambitious and wants to become the head of the state.
Once he has to inaugurate a school in his ward on Gandhi Jayanti day. He knows and sees that flaunting Mahatma name is the best way to advance in politics. He has seen how politicians are hypocrite and use Gandhi’s name on every platform or issue. Therefore he also does the same and is preparing for the speech. This is when Mahatma Gandhi comes in his dream and asks him to follow his principle of peace and non-violence and tells him that he will gain respect. There is a clash of ideologies between the two and Subhash feels that Gandhi’s teaching are irrelevant in present time and he is valued only on 500 and 1000 rupee notes. He says that how can he listen to a person who divided the country. Both of them put their points till Mahatma Gandhi convinces him that if he is ready to experiment and follow on what he (Mahatma) instruct for a month then he can decide. Subhash takes it, as a challenge just to prove that he is right and that Gandhiji’s teaching are useless.
Subhash starts following on Gandhiji’s footsteps and slowly realises that the common people are respecting him far more than earlier. They trust him and have put him on a pedestal. His popularity starts growing and more and more people join him. He realises that a movement has become and people look upto him. He gains so much respect, love, popularity and in the process the power as well. The girls whom he loved during his collage days, whose parents used to taunt him, now want their daughter to marry him. All this feels like a dream for him and at end of one month he believes in Gandhi’s principles and start following them.
His growing popularity with the masses makes many of his fellow politicians envious of him, as they feel that he is just a kid in the party. His righteous ways and exposing corruption, crime etc of which he was a part once proves to be a big hurdle. Meanwhile the elections are around the corner when the people want him to be their leader and become the chief minister.
It is in one such election rally when Subhash is addressing the people, we hear a gun shot… Subhash crashes to the floor. Another Mahatma is born.
Disclaimer : Please note that all the stories and concepts posted here are copyright of my production house"why Infotainment" and registered with the Film Writers Association, Mumbai. Please note that any part of the above cannot be reproduced without permission in writing from Why Infotainment.
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