I watched a Movie again and I didn’t feel it was that bad as what I felt when I watched it first time.
Not only for that Movie but this is true for everything. When we hate something the first time the hatred keeps growing in our mind and imagination as we keep talking and discussing it with others. And when we see it next Time suddenly it won’t look so bad because your mind in its imagination could have made it worse than what it would have been.
On the other hand it can work in reverse too as when you like something very much and you rave about it to all for a period of time and then you see it again you might not like it as much for the same reason.
So opinions on movies tend to change .
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Do you think only some people are born special?
NO. All living beings are born with very individualistic and special attributes. But then the surroundings and surrounding factors stop them from realizing that for themselves or worse makes them realize it wrongly. A deer might have a running power, a lion its roar, an eagle can fly, somebody might have intelligence, someone else beauty or sexuality, someone else nothing but even nothing can be very special.
The secret of succeeding with life and not necessarily in life as they both are very different as in the former is from your point of view and the latter from the others point of view is to discover, understand and put your very own individual attributes to a very best and judicious use without guilt but with a very proper understanding.
Also if you look at it the only true assets you ever really have are time and feelings and both of them are perishable. So while they are still there you should not make a mistake of wasting a single second or an iota of them and this purely depends upon your own understanding in discovering what is special in you which obviously will predominantly come from a mindset which is uncorrupted by religion, social programming and more dangerously by your own escapist thoughts of blaming it on destiny and other’s actions.
The secret of succeeding with life and not necessarily in life as they both are very different as in the former is from your point of view and the latter from the others point of view is to discover, understand and put your very own individual attributes to a very best and judicious use without guilt but with a very proper understanding.
Also if you look at it the only true assets you ever really have are time and feelings and both of them are perishable. So while they are still there you should not make a mistake of wasting a single second or an iota of them and this purely depends upon your own understanding in discovering what is special in you which obviously will predominantly come from a mindset which is uncorrupted by religion, social programming and more dangerously by your own escapist thoughts of blaming it on destiny and other’s actions.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Does PROMOS help a film?
They can both help and damage depending on individual cases. They create an awareness and prepare the audience to watch the movie in a certain programmed mindset. The problem with this is even the makers many times do not realize what mind set they are preparing out there with the audience.
For instance King Kong’s campaign in its promos and hoardings had a single point agenda that of exciting the people to come and watch a giant gorilla. As this is drilled into all concerned for months by the time the movie releases we all rush in and can’t wait to see the gorilla but instead we are subjected to nearly 45 minutes story without Kong making an appearance.
Why people would be restless in those 45minutes is because the promos prepared us to see Kong and not a story.
In my college days me and my friends went to see a Malayalam film starring Sridevi. The poster had Sridevi with her saree riding up half her thighs and that was the reason we were first in line. The theatre was packed and the film started and it turned out to be a very emotional and tragic and extremely well made film. But the point is we didn’t come to see that. One hour into the film when a scene came where Sridevi was finally wearing the same saree as that of in the poster there was a rustle in the theatre as everybody became high alert. In the scene her legs were shown for exactly one and half seconds in the situation before the film becomes super serious once again till the end. All of us almost wept at the betrayal of that poster.
Now the interesting point is if the distributors put a poster of a close-up of a teary eyed Sridevi instead of her legs we would have been in a mindset of watching an emotional story and then her leg could have come as a bonus if at all or maybe not even noticed as we would be immersed in the story. But looking at the poster of her legs from the still photograph taken at the time of that one and half second shot can create a hurricane in the minds of a particular audience. Anyway this is just one instance I wanted to give in the context of how a campaign can damage.
For instance King Kong’s campaign in its promos and hoardings had a single point agenda that of exciting the people to come and watch a giant gorilla. As this is drilled into all concerned for months by the time the movie releases we all rush in and can’t wait to see the gorilla but instead we are subjected to nearly 45 minutes story without Kong making an appearance.
Why people would be restless in those 45minutes is because the promos prepared us to see Kong and not a story.
In my college days me and my friends went to see a Malayalam film starring Sridevi. The poster had Sridevi with her saree riding up half her thighs and that was the reason we were first in line. The theatre was packed and the film started and it turned out to be a very emotional and tragic and extremely well made film. But the point is we didn’t come to see that. One hour into the film when a scene came where Sridevi was finally wearing the same saree as that of in the poster there was a rustle in the theatre as everybody became high alert. In the scene her legs were shown for exactly one and half seconds in the situation before the film becomes super serious once again till the end. All of us almost wept at the betrayal of that poster.
Now the interesting point is if the distributors put a poster of a close-up of a teary eyed Sridevi instead of her legs we would have been in a mindset of watching an emotional story and then her leg could have come as a bonus if at all or maybe not even noticed as we would be immersed in the story. But looking at the poster of her legs from the still photograph taken at the time of that one and half second shot can create a hurricane in the minds of a particular audience. Anyway this is just one instance I wanted to give in the context of how a campaign can damage.
A Beautifull Word "FUCK"
Though many people take it offensively when some one utters a word FUCK,
I really feel it is the only word in the world which can be used in any sort of
Expression and Emotion.
There may be some 100's of different ways it is used ,but i will
give you just few examples which we hear often.
1. when we see a beautifull girl..........
"Man she is FUCKING hot"
2. When some one screwed something
"aahh I FUCKED it up"
3. When in danger in many Hollywood movies they say
"FUCKING cops are here"
4. when they see some bad thing,
"FUCK! what's that"
5. In Anger heroine say to hero
"Please FUCK off from here"
Just see the beauty of that word ,imagine any other word
you know ,i gurantee you cant get that intensity and strong
impression of situation with out that word.
So stop cursing people who use this word and use the
lovely word to show your Intensity.
If not Please FUCK off!!!!!!!!!!
I really feel it is the only word in the world which can be used in any sort of
Expression and Emotion.
There may be some 100's of different ways it is used ,but i will
give you just few examples which we hear often.
1. when we see a beautifull girl..........
"Man she is FUCKING hot"
2. When some one screwed something
"aahh I FUCKED it up"
3. When in danger in many Hollywood movies they say
"FUCKING cops are here"
4. when they see some bad thing,
"FUCK! what's that"
5. In Anger heroine say to hero
"Please FUCK off from here"
Just see the beauty of that word ,imagine any other word
you know ,i gurantee you cant get that intensity and strong
impression of situation with out that word.
So stop cursing people who use this word and use the
lovely word to show your Intensity.
If not Please FUCK off!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Small films are next big thing By Allu Sirish - 1
Using the 80:20 principle – we can safely say that the big-budget films form the industry’s backbone as most of the commerce is through these films. Its understood and acknowledged that ’small budget’ films are equally essential to the industry. Many of the classics of telugu cinema, where ’small’ when they released. Many of the biggest names in the industry today – technicians and actor got their ‘big break’ from this form of filmmaking. This article – is more about the economics of these films, rather than their creative importance. Until recently for many years small budget movies – the ones made under a budget of 2 crores have not achieved major success. While there were hits, none of them were ground-breaking.
The earlier scene: In 2000, Chitram by Teja was made on a shoe-string budget of about 50 lakh and went on to collect 8 crores are ‘net revenues’. Bettering that was 2001’s Nuvve Kavali which was made on a meager budget of less than 2 crores, went on to gross over 20 crores – making it one of the most profitable films if one had to calculate RoI (return on investment). 6 Teens was another low-budget sex comedy which had superhit music, youngsters with raging hormones, eye candy and went on to gross over 5 crores. This set off a trend of ‘youth movies’ in telugu films – where filmmakers constantly dished out movies with similar storylines hoping into the cash on the success of the above films. Some succeeded, while most failed and the point came when the audience was fed up of it and the genre was sidelined completely.
There were many small movies through 2002-2007 in telugu films that tasted success such as Show, Missamma, Aithe, Anand, A film by Arvind, Vennela and Pellaina Kotthalo. And then there were the mid-budget films such as Jayam, Pellam Vurelithe, Manasantha Nuvve, Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Dongodu, Kabaddi Kabaddi, Nuvve Nuvve which steadily supplied the industry with hits. But none of them were ground-breaking or could repeat the magic of Nuvve Kavali.
The ‘Happy Days’ effect: But one film that totally changed the scenario – making everybody sit up and notice small budget films. It was Happy Days. Suddenly, small is in vogue. Everybody is making such films. Technically that movie was made for a little above 2 crores, but that can be excused. The film had an unknown cast, new music director, abused theme of campus romance and director who tasted only moderate success. But that film went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2007 making instant stars out of all the people associated with the film – the huge ensemble of actors right from the lead to the character artistes, the music director Mickey J Myers and director Shekar Kammula who is now seen as a brand name.
The movie got industry counterparts in Chennai and Bombay also talking about it. Its now being remade in tamil and Bollywood. But one feat only Happy Days can boast amongst all small movies is – its blockbuster run in the overseas boxoffice. It crossed the collections of super hits of A-list stars such as Chiranjeevi, Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan! Yes, it did. Happy Days for sure isn’t the ‘father of small budget films’ but sure did revive people’s interests in making such films. And its success is used as a benchmark to measure the success of other films of this league. Unlike the last time luckily, the industry this time seems to have learnt its lesson. They’re not churning out Happy Days clones, but testing subjects from different genre such as thriller, horror, comedies and love stories, ofcourse.
The earlier scene: In 2000, Chitram by Teja was made on a shoe-string budget of about 50 lakh and went on to collect 8 crores are ‘net revenues’. Bettering that was 2001’s Nuvve Kavali which was made on a meager budget of less than 2 crores, went on to gross over 20 crores – making it one of the most profitable films if one had to calculate RoI (return on investment). 6 Teens was another low-budget sex comedy which had superhit music, youngsters with raging hormones, eye candy and went on to gross over 5 crores. This set off a trend of ‘youth movies’ in telugu films – where filmmakers constantly dished out movies with similar storylines hoping into the cash on the success of the above films. Some succeeded, while most failed and the point came when the audience was fed up of it and the genre was sidelined completely.
There were many small movies through 2002-2007 in telugu films that tasted success such as Show, Missamma, Aithe, Anand, A film by Arvind, Vennela and Pellaina Kotthalo. And then there were the mid-budget films such as Jayam, Pellam Vurelithe, Manasantha Nuvve, Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Dongodu, Kabaddi Kabaddi, Nuvve Nuvve which steadily supplied the industry with hits. But none of them were ground-breaking or could repeat the magic of Nuvve Kavali.
The ‘Happy Days’ effect: But one film that totally changed the scenario – making everybody sit up and notice small budget films. It was Happy Days. Suddenly, small is in vogue. Everybody is making such films. Technically that movie was made for a little above 2 crores, but that can be excused. The film had an unknown cast, new music director, abused theme of campus romance and director who tasted only moderate success. But that film went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2007 making instant stars out of all the people associated with the film – the huge ensemble of actors right from the lead to the character artistes, the music director Mickey J Myers and director Shekar Kammula who is now seen as a brand name.
The movie got industry counterparts in Chennai and Bombay also talking about it. Its now being remade in tamil and Bollywood. But one feat only Happy Days can boast amongst all small movies is – its blockbuster run in the overseas boxoffice. It crossed the collections of super hits of A-list stars such as Chiranjeevi, Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan! Yes, it did. Happy Days for sure isn’t the ‘father of small budget films’ but sure did revive people’s interests in making such films. And its success is used as a benchmark to measure the success of other films of this league. Unlike the last time luckily, the industry this time seems to have learnt its lesson. They’re not churning out Happy Days clones, but testing subjects from different genre such as thriller, horror, comedies and love stories, ofcourse.
Small films are next big thing By Allu Sirish - 2
Today most people in the industry – big and small want to make a ’small budget film’ with a sub 2-crore budget. It’s not the challenge of telling an interesting story with minimum resources that excites most of these filmmakers, but the economics behind it.
The inflation in production cost from 2000 to now is marginal – while revenues have increased multiple-fold. The inflation is again due to external factors such as higher labour wages, rise in real estate, petrol etc., But pure production material such as raw stock, studio rent, equipment have remained in the same price bracket. Raw stock still costs Rs 10,000 for 1000 feet (which equals 10 mins footage). A small film use about 40-50,000 feet of raw stock. The cost for a single print is still about Rs 50,000 for a 150 minutes film. Rents for studios are between Rs 7,000 per day to Rs 20,000 depending on the location & sound-stage size. Shooting permissions in municipal places such as roads, parks remain almost the same as before. Same is the case for rents for real-life houses, offices, colleges to be used in films. Likewise a lot of other costs have remained in the same price range as before.
Filmmakers who have shot their film completely on digital, ie : HD camera such as Viper, Sony CineAlta or Red One have cut down their costs by a half by shifting from film. The whole process of scanning the footage for editing, dubbing, scoring background score, sound effects, mixing and then printing back onto film becomes simplified if a film is shot on HD. Unlike bigger films, a small budget unit size is smaller – where people handle multiple functions which help cut costs further. Films like Cell, Grahanam, Black & White were completed under Rs 50 lakh budget with a minimum crew and less than 40 days of shooting. Films like Chitram, Allari, Premiste (tamil dubbed) were completed in a budget less than a crore. The recent boxoffice superhit – Ashta Chamma was completed within a budget of Rs 1.5 crore. The movie recovered its total production cost even before release by ‘pre-selling’ its television rights and ancillary. So, all the money made from boxoffice goes straight into the producer’s pockets.
There are three major factors that contributed for the increase in revenues of small budget films. They are :
1) Satellite rights
2) Hyderabad city boxoffice
3) Ancillary revenues.
1. Sattelite rights:
This is the lifeline of all small-budget movies today. Many of these films have recovered their films from purely satellite rights alone. With 11 channels in the market at present, and another 5-6 in the pipeline, the channel’s appetite for content is ever-growing. And in the Andhra, its always the film-based programs that draw the maximum TRPs. A perpetual satellite rights of these films get sold even before the film’s release – at times even acting as a source of finance. A small-to-mid budget movie can fetch anywhere between 60-1.5 crore today, where as big-budget films have fetched up to 4 crores in the recent times!
2. Hyderabad city boxoffice:
Hyderabad had a population of about 40 lakhs in the late nineties. But today the greater Hyderabad metropolitan area has nearly a crore inhabitants. So, it’s understood that the boxoffice too grew likewise in size. For a big-budget films about 20% of the domestic boxoffice revenues from Hyderabad city alone. But for many small budget hits, that ratio is as high as 35%. The 2-3 multiplexes present alone contribute over a crore rupees in collections for a hit film. With more coming up – its only going to get better. Unlike in single screens, the difference in collections between a small budget hit a ’star cast film’ isn’t very wide much if the movie is a hit – as the urban audience are more willing to experiment.
3. Ancillary rights:
Earlier the only source of revenue for a movie is from boxoffice. With the advent of cable in the 90s – television rights was a new source. But now there are newer sources of income streams such as home video rights, which fetch upto 50 lakhs today for a big-budget blockbuster and 25 lakh for a smaller film. While the sale of cassettes have fallen its compensated by the rise in CDs, mp3 downloads (legitimate through sales), FM royalties and the biggest of them all – “caller back tunes”.
These are the sources of revenue which increased in size from the past. But, growth in revenue is flat from the older streams – boxoffice collections from Ceeded, coastal Andhra towns and ‘districts’ of the Telangana. But on the whole, the size of the industry has increased. I have purposefully avoided ‘overseas market’ as its almost non-existent for small films due to various reasons. Any income from this can be termed as a ‘windfall gain’ Happy Days being the only exception – as Mr. Kammula is a brand name there.
Frankly, even I am smitten by this ‘indie style’ of filmmaking and wish to test the waters for two reasons. The first – creative restrictions are lesser in this form of filmmaking. The best form of creativity usually comes when resources are limited .Also, the producer has better say in creative and managerial decision. And atleast amongst avid film goers, the producer will earn a name for having bet on new talent and pulled off a success.
Secondly, like for a lot of other people – the sheer economics behind making one. If one calculates the RoI (return on investment), big-budget films typically can fetch only 20-25% returns if they’re a hit. But small budget films have fetched returns of 200-300% in the recent past.
The ‘high risk’ of small films: Here comes the pitfall. The people working in the two biggest film processing laboratories in Hyderabad – Prasad’s and Ramanaidu Studios tell me that nearly 50-70 such small budget films are “lying in cans” in each of their studios. The value of 100-120 odd films lying in these studios without being released could over 200 crores. These films have either stopped shooting mid-way as they’ve run out of money or dint clear the lab’s bills.Some of the films are complete, but did not return the money to the financer who has to submit the ‘Clearance letter’ allowing the lab to print the film for release.
Typically, these films are made by small-time producers who don’t lack a proper source of finance. They invest very little from their own pockets and borrow heavily from private financiers at ridiculous rate of 3% per month or 36% annually! Three times what most nationalized banks charge. Banks lend money only to producers with a track record, hence financiers are the only option. Also, unlike big-ticket films – distributors don’t buy the rights of these movies in advance. For big star-cast films, the advances paid by distributors against the rights are a major source of finance. And it comes interest-free to the producer as the distributors become investors in the project. The producers of these films screen their film for distributors. But rarely does any one take the risk and bet their money on an unknown film.
So, it’s death-spiral from here onwards for a lot of producers. Their personal money is locked in the project. They take loans from financiers mortgaging their properties. Non-payment means the property can be liquidated. Distributors mostly don’t buy the rights in advance, hence that source of finance is not available to these films. Now, they don’t have money to shoot further or repay the loan. As time lapses interest piles on.
To cut-it short it takes a lot of financial and production-planning to execute a small-budget film successfully. The filmmaker should be able to secure a source of funding, where they would not fall into the above pitfalls, but still be able to take part in the profits of the film. So, it there is a lot of risk. But as the maxim says, higher the risk – higher the reward. But one thing is for sure – we’re going to see more small budget films in the coming few years. And yes, I will be a part of it.
PS: One of the best ways for smaller filmmakers to secure funding is to approach a known producer to become a partner. He can guide in the managerial process and be a source of finance. If you’re good enough to handle production, a corporate company rich on funds or a HNI (high networth individual) like a real estate fat-cat, or NRI friend are good options.
The inflation in production cost from 2000 to now is marginal – while revenues have increased multiple-fold. The inflation is again due to external factors such as higher labour wages, rise in real estate, petrol etc., But pure production material such as raw stock, studio rent, equipment have remained in the same price bracket. Raw stock still costs Rs 10,000 for 1000 feet (which equals 10 mins footage). A small film use about 40-50,000 feet of raw stock. The cost for a single print is still about Rs 50,000 for a 150 minutes film. Rents for studios are between Rs 7,000 per day to Rs 20,000 depending on the location & sound-stage size. Shooting permissions in municipal places such as roads, parks remain almost the same as before. Same is the case for rents for real-life houses, offices, colleges to be used in films. Likewise a lot of other costs have remained in the same price range as before.
Filmmakers who have shot their film completely on digital, ie : HD camera such as Viper, Sony CineAlta or Red One have cut down their costs by a half by shifting from film. The whole process of scanning the footage for editing, dubbing, scoring background score, sound effects, mixing and then printing back onto film becomes simplified if a film is shot on HD. Unlike bigger films, a small budget unit size is smaller – where people handle multiple functions which help cut costs further. Films like Cell, Grahanam, Black & White were completed under Rs 50 lakh budget with a minimum crew and less than 40 days of shooting. Films like Chitram, Allari, Premiste (tamil dubbed) were completed in a budget less than a crore. The recent boxoffice superhit – Ashta Chamma was completed within a budget of Rs 1.5 crore. The movie recovered its total production cost even before release by ‘pre-selling’ its television rights and ancillary. So, all the money made from boxoffice goes straight into the producer’s pockets.
There are three major factors that contributed for the increase in revenues of small budget films. They are :
1) Satellite rights
2) Hyderabad city boxoffice
3) Ancillary revenues.
1. Sattelite rights:
This is the lifeline of all small-budget movies today. Many of these films have recovered their films from purely satellite rights alone. With 11 channels in the market at present, and another 5-6 in the pipeline, the channel’s appetite for content is ever-growing. And in the Andhra, its always the film-based programs that draw the maximum TRPs. A perpetual satellite rights of these films get sold even before the film’s release – at times even acting as a source of finance. A small-to-mid budget movie can fetch anywhere between 60-1.5 crore today, where as big-budget films have fetched up to 4 crores in the recent times!
2. Hyderabad city boxoffice:
Hyderabad had a population of about 40 lakhs in the late nineties. But today the greater Hyderabad metropolitan area has nearly a crore inhabitants. So, it’s understood that the boxoffice too grew likewise in size. For a big-budget films about 20% of the domestic boxoffice revenues from Hyderabad city alone. But for many small budget hits, that ratio is as high as 35%. The 2-3 multiplexes present alone contribute over a crore rupees in collections for a hit film. With more coming up – its only going to get better. Unlike in single screens, the difference in collections between a small budget hit a ’star cast film’ isn’t very wide much if the movie is a hit – as the urban audience are more willing to experiment.
3. Ancillary rights:
Earlier the only source of revenue for a movie is from boxoffice. With the advent of cable in the 90s – television rights was a new source. But now there are newer sources of income streams such as home video rights, which fetch upto 50 lakhs today for a big-budget blockbuster and 25 lakh for a smaller film. While the sale of cassettes have fallen its compensated by the rise in CDs, mp3 downloads (legitimate through sales), FM royalties and the biggest of them all – “caller back tunes”.
These are the sources of revenue which increased in size from the past. But, growth in revenue is flat from the older streams – boxoffice collections from Ceeded, coastal Andhra towns and ‘districts’ of the Telangana. But on the whole, the size of the industry has increased. I have purposefully avoided ‘overseas market’ as its almost non-existent for small films due to various reasons. Any income from this can be termed as a ‘windfall gain’ Happy Days being the only exception – as Mr. Kammula is a brand name there.
Frankly, even I am smitten by this ‘indie style’ of filmmaking and wish to test the waters for two reasons. The first – creative restrictions are lesser in this form of filmmaking. The best form of creativity usually comes when resources are limited .Also, the producer has better say in creative and managerial decision. And atleast amongst avid film goers, the producer will earn a name for having bet on new talent and pulled off a success.
Secondly, like for a lot of other people – the sheer economics behind making one. If one calculates the RoI (return on investment), big-budget films typically can fetch only 20-25% returns if they’re a hit. But small budget films have fetched returns of 200-300% in the recent past.
The ‘high risk’ of small films: Here comes the pitfall. The people working in the two biggest film processing laboratories in Hyderabad – Prasad’s and Ramanaidu Studios tell me that nearly 50-70 such small budget films are “lying in cans” in each of their studios. The value of 100-120 odd films lying in these studios without being released could over 200 crores. These films have either stopped shooting mid-way as they’ve run out of money or dint clear the lab’s bills.Some of the films are complete, but did not return the money to the financer who has to submit the ‘Clearance letter’ allowing the lab to print the film for release.
Typically, these films are made by small-time producers who don’t lack a proper source of finance. They invest very little from their own pockets and borrow heavily from private financiers at ridiculous rate of 3% per month or 36% annually! Three times what most nationalized banks charge. Banks lend money only to producers with a track record, hence financiers are the only option. Also, unlike big-ticket films – distributors don’t buy the rights of these movies in advance. For big star-cast films, the advances paid by distributors against the rights are a major source of finance. And it comes interest-free to the producer as the distributors become investors in the project. The producers of these films screen their film for distributors. But rarely does any one take the risk and bet their money on an unknown film.
So, it’s death-spiral from here onwards for a lot of producers. Their personal money is locked in the project. They take loans from financiers mortgaging their properties. Non-payment means the property can be liquidated. Distributors mostly don’t buy the rights in advance, hence that source of finance is not available to these films. Now, they don’t have money to shoot further or repay the loan. As time lapses interest piles on.
To cut-it short it takes a lot of financial and production-planning to execute a small-budget film successfully. The filmmaker should be able to secure a source of funding, where they would not fall into the above pitfalls, but still be able to take part in the profits of the film. So, it there is a lot of risk. But as the maxim says, higher the risk – higher the reward. But one thing is for sure – we’re going to see more small budget films in the coming few years. And yes, I will be a part of it.
PS: One of the best ways for smaller filmmakers to secure funding is to approach a known producer to become a partner. He can guide in the managerial process and be a source of finance. If you’re good enough to handle production, a corporate company rich on funds or a HNI (high networth individual) like a real estate fat-cat, or NRI friend are good options.
Friday, July 10, 2009
His And Her Side
His side
-"tell her how you feel" is what my friends said
-so i picked up the phone
-called your house
-you answerd
-i said "i love you"
-and hung up right after
-the next day
-i told you it was a bet from a friend
-it was partly true
-but you didnt answer
-no sassy come back wich you allways do
-just stood there
-the walked away
My side
-he called my house
-i picked up
-he told me he loved me
-then hung up
-the next day
-i was going to tell you i loved you back
-but you said it was a bet
-i had everything planned out
-every move i planned
-every word
-but when you said that...
-i had nothing to say
-i stood and watched you
-as you broke my heart
Boy said that lie feeling she might not accept his love and to hide his true feelings, here where boys cant understand or never understand a girl from her looks,
same thing with a girl
even girl cant imagine that boy lied in fear of decline of his love.
Best thing is never give up IF YOU LOVE TRUELY
-"tell her how you feel" is what my friends said
-so i picked up the phone
-called your house
-you answerd
-i said "i love you"
-and hung up right after
-the next day
-i told you it was a bet from a friend
-it was partly true
-but you didnt answer
-no sassy come back wich you allways do
-just stood there
-the walked away
My side
-he called my house
-i picked up
-he told me he loved me
-then hung up
-the next day
-i was going to tell you i loved you back
-but you said it was a bet
-i had everything planned out
-every move i planned
-every word
-but when you said that...
-i had nothing to say
-i stood and watched you
-as you broke my heart
Boy said that lie feeling she might not accept his love and to hide his true feelings, here where boys cant understand or never understand a girl from her looks,
same thing with a girl
even girl cant imagine that boy lied in fear of decline of his love.
Best thing is never give up IF YOU LOVE TRUELY
Touching Incident
(A girl and guy were speeding over 100 mph on a motorcycle)
Girl: Slowdown. Im scared.
Guy: No this is fun.
Girl: No its not. Please, its to scary!
Guy: Then tell me you love me.
Girl: Fine, I love you. Slow down!
Guy: Now give me a BIG hug. (Girl hugs him)
Guy: Can u take my helmet off and put it on? Its bugging me.
In the paper the next day:
A motorcycle had crashed into a building because of break failure. Two people were on the motorcycle, but only one survived.
The truth was that halfway down the road, the guy realized that his breaks broke, but he didn't want to let the girl know. Instead, he had her say she loved him, felt her hug one last time, then had her wear his helmet so she would live even though it meant he would die.
Girl: Slowdown. Im scared.
Guy: No this is fun.
Girl: No its not. Please, its to scary!
Guy: Then tell me you love me.
Girl: Fine, I love you. Slow down!
Guy: Now give me a BIG hug. (Girl hugs him)
Guy: Can u take my helmet off and put it on? Its bugging me.
In the paper the next day:
A motorcycle had crashed into a building because of break failure. Two people were on the motorcycle, but only one survived.
The truth was that halfway down the road, the guy realized that his breaks broke, but he didn't want to let the girl know. Instead, he had her say she loved him, felt her hug one last time, then had her wear his helmet so she would live even though it meant he would die.
Touching Love Story - 2
A girl was sitting on a chair at the gas station she worked at. She looked up and saw her boyfriend walk in. As he was looking at snacks, a man walked in and pointed a gun at her. He had been admiring her ring her boyfriend had given to her as a token of his love. When he asked her to give it to him, she said no. Her boyfriend looked up just in time to see her shot. He ran over to the killer and beat him over the head with a hammer that was for sale. Then he ran and called 911. When the ambulance came, he was sobbing uncontrollably near his girlfriend.
The doctor came over and felt for her pulse. Then he stood up and said she was still alive. Later at the hospital, as he was sitting beside her, he asked"Why didn't you just give him the ring?" and then she softly spoke"Because when you gave it to me, you said it was part of your love for me and I knew if I gave him the ring, I would lose that love." The next day, she was pronounced dead
The doctor came over and felt for her pulse. Then he stood up and said she was still alive. Later at the hospital, as he was sitting beside her, he asked"Why didn't you just give him the ring?" and then she softly spoke"Because when you gave it to me, you said it was part of your love for me and I knew if I gave him the ring, I would lose that love." The next day, she was pronounced dead
Touching Love story - 1
Once upon a time, there was a guy who was very much in love with this girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of papercranes as a gift to his girl. Although, at that time he was just a small executive in his company, his future doesn't seemed too bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back. She also told him that she cannot visualise any future for the both of them, so let's go their own ways there and then... heartbroken, the guy agreed.
When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, slogging his body and mind just to make something out of himself. Finally with all these hardwork and with the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company...
"You never fail until you stop trying." he always told himself. "I must make it in life!"One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It didn't take him long to realise those were his ex-girlfriend's parents. With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury sedan. He wanted them to know that he wasn't the same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He had made it in life!
Before the guy can realise, the couple was walking towards a cemetary,and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his ex-girlfriend, a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone... and he saw his precious papercranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb. Her parents saw him. He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They explained, she did not leave for France at all. She was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen to leave him.
She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her, because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The guy just wept ...the worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them but knowing you can't have them and will never see them again."
A tragic story that perhaps happens only in the movies. At the end of the day, money is money is money but love is divine. In our quest for our material wealth, take time to make time for our loved ones. There will be a time when we have only memories to cling to.
When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, slogging his body and mind just to make something out of himself. Finally with all these hardwork and with the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company...
"You never fail until you stop trying." he always told himself. "I must make it in life!"One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It didn't take him long to realise those were his ex-girlfriend's parents. With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury sedan. He wanted them to know that he wasn't the same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He had made it in life!
Before the guy can realise, the couple was walking towards a cemetary,and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his ex-girlfriend, a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone... and he saw his precious papercranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb. Her parents saw him. He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They explained, she did not leave for France at all. She was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen to leave him.
She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her, because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The guy just wept ...the worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them but knowing you can't have them and will never see them again."
A tragic story that perhaps happens only in the movies. At the end of the day, money is money is money but love is divine. In our quest for our material wealth, take time to make time for our loved ones. There will be a time when we have only memories to cling to.
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Answers - 3
1. I want to work with you.
Ans: I detest anyone who wants to work with anyone else. My gyan is that you should work only for yourself.
2. How do you describe yourself?
Ans: Either I am a genius pretending to be mad or a madman pretending to be a genius, and don’t waste time figuring this out as the end effect in both the cases will be the same.
3. What do you need to become a director?
Ans: A passion to tell a story and a fool with money to believe in it.
4. Does any politician ever tell the truth?
Ans: Well…. only when he calls the other politician a liar.
5. Do you believe that the best things in life are for free like sex for instance?
Ans: Of course. It is only what can lead to it which is expensive
6. What do you live for?
Ans: Wine and women. It is just that the order changes from time to time and yes, you do need some wealth to get them.
7. If you live for wine and women what are movies for?
Ans: A means.
8.”If the path is beautiful, ask where it leads… but if the destination is beautiful, don’t ask how the path is.”
Ans: Superb.
9. Can you write something on time management?
Ans: I love this one dialogue from Anil Kapoor’s “Tezaab”… ‘Waqt rehta nahin, nikaalna padta hai’
10. No matter how beautiful it is, won’t we loose interest once we reach our destination?
Ans: There cannot be a final destination ever as life should be constantly travelling till death. So the moment you reach your cherished destination you have to set your goal on a new destination.
11. Destiny is not a chance but it has to be by choice. If something has to be achieved it should not be waited for.
Ans: Superb.
12.YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT
Ans: I detest anyone who wants to work with anyone else. My gyan is that you should work only for yourself.
2. How do you describe yourself?
Ans: Either I am a genius pretending to be mad or a madman pretending to be a genius, and don’t waste time figuring this out as the end effect in both the cases will be the same.
3. What do you need to become a director?
Ans: A passion to tell a story and a fool with money to believe in it.
4. Does any politician ever tell the truth?
Ans: Well…. only when he calls the other politician a liar.
5. Do you believe that the best things in life are for free like sex for instance?
Ans: Of course. It is only what can lead to it which is expensive
6. What do you live for?
Ans: Wine and women. It is just that the order changes from time to time and yes, you do need some wealth to get them.
7. If you live for wine and women what are movies for?
Ans: A means.
8.”If the path is beautiful, ask where it leads… but if the destination is beautiful, don’t ask how the path is.”
Ans: Superb.
9. Can you write something on time management?
Ans: I love this one dialogue from Anil Kapoor’s “Tezaab”… ‘Waqt rehta nahin, nikaalna padta hai’
10. No matter how beautiful it is, won’t we loose interest once we reach our destination?
Ans: There cannot be a final destination ever as life should be constantly travelling till death. So the moment you reach your cherished destination you have to set your goal on a new destination.
11. Destiny is not a chance but it has to be by choice. If something has to be achieved it should not be waited for.
Ans: Superb.
12.YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Answers - 2
1. You think like this because you are successful.
Ans: I am successful because I think like this.
2. Why do your fans like you even when you are so frank and rude to them?
Ans: Because deep inside they are frank and rude too and hence they connect.
3. Is wealth the product of man’s capacity to think?
Ans: It’s to do with implementing the thinking.
4.Your hits lead to flops and the flops lead to hits.
Ans: My life’s a cycle. The wheel goes up and down but the cycle moves forward.
5.If Satya was an atheist and intelligent how come he gets attracted to something like marriage?Ans: Because women are more attractive and powerful than atheism and logic.
6. What’s the difference between love and lust?
Ans: Truth.
7. How do you get away from guilt?
Ans: By blaming each and everything thing on God.
8. Have you ever taken anything seriously?
Ans: Most of my flop films.
9. I respect you because you believe in yourself.
Ans: And I respect myself because I don’t believe in anything.
10. I always felt your forte is not story but screenplay.
Ans: There’s no such thing as story, screenplay etc. It’s about decisions made as long as you have the power to make them. Some work and some don’t.
Ans: I am successful because I think like this.
2. Why do your fans like you even when you are so frank and rude to them?
Ans: Because deep inside they are frank and rude too and hence they connect.
3. Is wealth the product of man’s capacity to think?
Ans: It’s to do with implementing the thinking.
4.Your hits lead to flops and the flops lead to hits.
Ans: My life’s a cycle. The wheel goes up and down but the cycle moves forward.
5.If Satya was an atheist and intelligent how come he gets attracted to something like marriage?Ans: Because women are more attractive and powerful than atheism and logic.
6. What’s the difference between love and lust?
Ans: Truth.
7. How do you get away from guilt?
Ans: By blaming each and everything thing on God.
8. Have you ever taken anything seriously?
Ans: Most of my flop films.
9. I respect you because you believe in yourself.
Ans: And I respect myself because I don’t believe in anything.
10. I always felt your forte is not story but screenplay.
Ans: There’s no such thing as story, screenplay etc. It’s about decisions made as long as you have the power to make them. Some work and some don’t.
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Answers - 1
1. How do I break my monotonous boring job and be you?
Ans: By taking a decision.
2. I could not go past Ayn Rand.
Ans: Reading a book is like visiting another person’s world. The more worlds you visit the more richer you become in your insights. By sticking only to Ayn Rand you are just carrying forward what you learnt only from her, thereby defeating the very purpose of knowledge. The knowledge you get from a book or any othersource should be just a stepping stone for the next level. You should not ever carry what should carry you.
3. Is it my problem if I have higher expectations from you?
Ans: It will be a problem for you if you have expectations from anyone including your family, your government and also God. The secret of a happy life is not to have expectations from anybody except yourself.
4. Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately. – Henry Kissinger.
Ans: Whatever people think should happen immediatelymake them think that it will happen ultimately. – RAMGOPAL VARMA.
5.Something cannot emerge from nothing.
Ans: On the contrary if anything emerges with enough impact, people will imagine that there is something to it. That is the birth of all conspiracy theories.
6. Do you know you have given people like me the courage to face a life-time.
Ans: I am truly happy to know that but just remember it’s not about facing life but it’s about flowing with it. Life, time and destiny do not stop for anybody. It’s up to you to understand it and use its strength as an addition to your own individual strength.
7.What is your philosophy of life and your idea of a perfect life?
Ans: Not to think too much and to do what you think.
8.Ideas and feelings are the only true wealth anyone can really possess and on that account I have always been rich and I will always be, that is at least for myself. Whether that achieves anything in others perception or not it’s not my concern as like I said a million times before “I live for myself”.
9.What is right and what is wrong?
Ans: What you can get away with is right and what you can’t is wrong. The things which will affect and influence that is religion, morality, social standards and the law.
10. Do you believe in destiny?
Ans: Anything which I can’t control I will call it destiny. But for the same reason that I can’t control it I don’t waste my time and energy thinking about it.
Ans: By taking a decision.
2. I could not go past Ayn Rand.
Ans: Reading a book is like visiting another person’s world. The more worlds you visit the more richer you become in your insights. By sticking only to Ayn Rand you are just carrying forward what you learnt only from her, thereby defeating the very purpose of knowledge. The knowledge you get from a book or any othersource should be just a stepping stone for the next level. You should not ever carry what should carry you.
3. Is it my problem if I have higher expectations from you?
Ans: It will be a problem for you if you have expectations from anyone including your family, your government and also God. The secret of a happy life is not to have expectations from anybody except yourself.
4. Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately. – Henry Kissinger.
Ans: Whatever people think should happen immediatelymake them think that it will happen ultimately. – RAMGOPAL VARMA.
5.Something cannot emerge from nothing.
Ans: On the contrary if anything emerges with enough impact, people will imagine that there is something to it. That is the birth of all conspiracy theories.
6. Do you know you have given people like me the courage to face a life-time.
Ans: I am truly happy to know that but just remember it’s not about facing life but it’s about flowing with it. Life, time and destiny do not stop for anybody. It’s up to you to understand it and use its strength as an addition to your own individual strength.
7.What is your philosophy of life and your idea of a perfect life?
Ans: Not to think too much and to do what you think.
8.Ideas and feelings are the only true wealth anyone can really possess and on that account I have always been rich and I will always be, that is at least for myself. Whether that achieves anything in others perception or not it’s not my concern as like I said a million times before “I live for myself”.
9.What is right and what is wrong?
Ans: What you can get away with is right and what you can’t is wrong. The things which will affect and influence that is religion, morality, social standards and the law.
10. Do you believe in destiny?
Ans: Anything which I can’t control I will call it destiny. But for the same reason that I can’t control it I don’t waste my time and energy thinking about it.
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