Movie Making

Today I watched a movie. I mean, i watched it again today. I had watched it yesterday. But when I was watching it today, I looked at it with a different angle; angle of direction. I carefully payed attention to focus and closeness and frame of camera, number of changes in the camera, background music, etc. This only tells that direction is an art. I think, a director must first make movie in his mind and then he should be shooting it. He must be clear in his mind about how his movie is gonna look like. From what I saw, I think when they shoot a scene, they use number of cameras, simultaneously and when they edit the movie, they use best shots from these cameras. These cameras are time synchronized. By the way, the name of the movie was 'The Uninvited". It's worth a watch.

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I wanted to become...

As a kid, I liked watching movies. Later when I understood how they are made, I wanted to become a film director. I used to think, how fantastic it would be to create a film of your own, the way you want.

Later, after some years, I wanted to become a tourist's guide for foreign tourists. I liked speaking English and I liked travelling a lot. I thought this job would help me earn money and pursue my likings.

I also wanted to become a teacher. I liked understanding things thoroughly and explaining them to others. Such great is the satisfaction when you see that someone has understood what you taught him.

I ended up becoming an Engineer.

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Is it really that hard to know a person?

I have been watching this show, 'Emotional Atyachar'. For those who don't know about it, the producers of this show perform a kind of spying operation and show us its footage. The operation is carried out to check the fidelity of a BF/GF, upon the request of doubting partner. It is a reality show. Due to its subject and shooting style(with hidden camera) and many other reasons, I liked it. Now bollywood has made a film on similar subject, 'Love Sex aur Dhoka'. Keeping its entertainment part aside, one question is nagging me all the time. Is it really that hard to know a person? Do you really need to do a spying operation to check one's fidelity?

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Human Style of Evolution

Dr. Charles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution of species. In it, he described how different species have undergone changes in their genetic structure for adopting themselves to changing conditions of nature. He also described how nature picks up best individuals in a same species who are fit to go ahead in the race of time. He calls it ' Natural Selection'. Theory says, "in mammals there will be many cubs born out of which very few will live to their adulthood. Others will be eliminated." This elimination happens purely based on competition. The cubs who can compete against their siblings and cubs of other parents will survive. They also have to sustain cruel and brutal natural conditions. In this process, incompetent individuals are eliminated. This way nature ensures that only best genes are passed ahead and the population of that species remains in control.





Today's human society behaves exactly opposite to this theory. Because of the use of technology, medicines and rules of society, incompetent individuals can easily survive. Technology has helped human reduce the blow of unfavorable natural conditions. eg. one can use heater in the house when its snowing outside. Medicine has helped human fight against nature when nature tries to eliminate incompetent individuals using various diseases. eg. malaria. The rules of human society interfere greatly in nature's ways of putting competition. In nature, one has to procure one's food himself, which is not an easy task. In humans, an incompetent may inherit huge currency which he can convert into food whereas a competent individual may not have skills "desired in human society" to earn his bread and butter. These all are very few examples that depict the opposite styles of human and nature.


Also controlling the birth of off springs may lead to restriction of generation of good genes. eg. A genetically perfect couple may use contraceptives to regulate their number of off springs. This way they disallow best genes from going ahead.

In nature there is a competition between males to woo a meeting female. Due to the rules of human society, this competition has become murky with introduction of parameters like money. So in humans meeting pair may contain an incompetent individual with competent one. This way a competent individual is kept away from a competent meeting partner. It's a kind of wastage of good genes.


This 'human style of living' has caused incompetent genes to survive and pass themselves to next generation. It has also caused the rise in human population which is unnatural. This has severely disturbed our ecosystem. Many species have already become extinct and many are on a verge of becoming. But we still haven't found a permanent solution on it. The styles of human and nature are completely conflicting. To me, technology seems to be the point of origin from where it all started. Before human tried to control the things, nature was perfect, a perfectly balanced ecosystem. But now it has been damaged severely. We surely don't know what is the purpose of our existence in this universe or what nature wants from us. But one thing is clear that we are a part of this mother nature. We have been born by nature and hence we must live in accordance with nature.

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IPL Fever

Within just 2 days of its start, the third season of IPL has caught its fever over Indian cricket spectators. Today, MI beat RR in what can be called as a thrilling contest. Every year, IPL is becoming business friendly. Some old fellas who love cricket are not liking this commercialization of the game. I look little differently toward it. Spectators who watch the game on TV don't pay except a fee for watching 'MAX' channel. In return they get to watch a huge entertainment, sitting at home. The money is taken from advertisers who earn it back when their products are sold. We, the spectators, purchase those products and in turn pay for the entertainment that we watched. But here is a trick. Not all of us purchase products of same worth though we all see same entertainment. So we pay different for seeing same things. This system enables poor (and those who don't want to purchase those products) to get access to quality entertainment. Distribution of wealth!

I wonder if IPL can help in spreading hockey in India. They can have same teams for hockey also. and Instead of 2 cricket matches every day, they can have one cricket and one hockey match, instead. Or completely different tournament for hockey, same as IPL. Governing body of Indian hockey must give a thought to this idea.

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America is NOT the world

Today I read an article in 'Times of India' about hollywood actress Megan Fox. In America she is called as the sexiest lady in the world. Americans think America is the world. Surely baby Megan may be saxiest lady in America, but that doesn't make her saxiest of all the world. I am sure, there are better women than her in the 'actual' world.

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Reserved over Reservation

Finally Rajya Sabha passed the bill of women's reservation amid all acrimonious debates and ruckus. Some MPs surely protested against it. Opposing the bill, just because bill lacks the quota for backward group, is not acceptable. If the bill is not passed, how are these backward class women gonna get their quota. and those parties who protested it on this issue can themselves keep reserved seats for backward class women in their party.

I think, reservations should not be encouraged in an ideal society. But as we are far away from an ideal society, we can take their help to walk the path toward it. Reservations are unnatural adjustments to correct the mistakes that we made in the history. We underestimated women, denied their rights of equality with men. For me women were equally nay little more than men, responsible for their own disaster. In nature, one has to strive continuously for freedom. Even today, it can be seen that women give up their freedom themselves and prefer slavery of men. Educated women are also not behind in this. Under the cause of taking care of family and children, many women today give up to earn money and sit at home. Though the cause is acceptable, the way adopted doesn't seem very good to me. What do I say about highly educated women who go to 'States' with their husband just to cook for him.

Reservation to women will not change the condition of women in a day. But surely it's a remarkable first step toward a change. Further I think, the reservation should not be for indefinite period. The 'effective time' of reservation should be mentioned in the bill itself, so that at the end of that period, they become void. If at the end of the stipulated period, reservation is still required, then it should be extended by passing a new bill. In India, withdrawing a reservation after its purpose is over, is a sensitive issue and political parties do not dare to do so to protect their vote bank.

Beyond reservation, I think, a huge work is required to be done in women education. Reservation gives opportunity, whereas education gives capability. Without making women capable, reservation is of zero use. With this bill, society will also debate about women rights and 'look and think' freshly about women's position in society.

But in the end, its women who have to fight and strive for their own freedom and equal rights. It's in their hand to make the best use of opportunities offered to them by this bill of reservations.

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