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Archive for April, 2007

Growing by the day

Posted in Blog on April 30, 2007 | 9 Comments »

It was really hectic last week and time just flies as first as a satellite launcher. I go to office by around 9.30 am and every day there is some show or editing lined up. Work is fun. Scripting shows. Interviewing people. Editing videos. Its been going good till now. I have started of with [...]

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Hands on video production

Posted in Blog on April 27, 2007 | 12 Comments »

I did my first ‘out of studio’ show for Indiainteracts a couple of days back with Vimala Raman, the girl who was introduced in the movie Poi. After Poi, she moved to Malayalam Cinema (Gapp, it might interest you) and has been quite successful there. We dint have an anchor that day and so I [...]

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Attitude matters

Posted in Ads on April 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Bajaj had a cool ad for their Avenger. This is one of the rare ads of Bajaj that stays close to the heart. I still remember the Bajaj M80 ad and the Hamara Bajaj ad. But nothing appealed much after that. This Avenger ad is over an year old and it hits the point straight [...]

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Two roads diverged …

Posted in Blog on April 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »

PodWorks is scheduled for June 9th and 10th. Its going to be a weekend full of knowledge sharing. I am planning to do a session on Audio and Video editing for internet uploads and a session along with Balaji on Camera Techniques for interviews. I am looking forward for the Communication Skills for Interviewing session [...]

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NFS

Posted in Blog on April 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Need for switching. My three column template Garland was pretty cool but was not optimised for Internet Explorer and people who use IE has always been complaining. My attempts to set this right by giving missed calls to Bill Gates proved futile. Misty look is a nice template, although I wanted to use the template [...]

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Fanfare in air

Posted in Blog on April 22, 2007 | 12 Comments »

Even with a sprained neck, I decide to go watch the Air Show by Indian Air Force at Marina. I was waiting for Ashwin to come and to kill time till then I switched on the TV. The Air Show was going live on TV. Man that was fabulous, especially the heart shaped smoke these [...]

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Unnale Unnale - Blame game

Posted in Cinema on April 16, 2007 | 19 Comments »

After my friend screwed up the FDFS plan, I finally watched the movie today in a packed house. Expectations kills. My expectations as well as the movie’s protagonist Vinay’s, both kills.
The movie begins on a light note and the first half sails smooth in a calm ocean, but the second half is caught in a [...]

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Antsy

Posted in Blog, Friends on April 10, 2007 | Comments Off

When I never knew You or loved You, You walked into My life. Much later when I have grown to love You, You left Me without a word. Like the wind You came into My life and shook something deep within Me, now wordlessly You pass by Me leaving nothing but memories of the past. [...]

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Airtel’s product and brand retention ads

Posted in Ads on April 8, 2007 | 11 Comments »

Companies spend crores every month in the name of advertisements, while radio happens to be the cheapest means of mass communication, the most widely preferred television commercials are the costliest. Advertisements either induce the customer to go for the product immediately or help retaining the brand name in the customer’s mind which would help in [...]

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Superstar returns

Posted in Blog, Cinema on April 3, 2007 | 24 Comments »

Chandramukhi was a big disappointment, especially when they failed to explain if Jyothika had a multiple personality disorder or was she under ghost attack.

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