Because it’s Marty Day! So if you haven’t seen Martin Scorsese’s student film The Big Shave yet, click on the play button. And to read more about the film, click here.
Because it’s Marty Day! So if you haven’t seen Martin Scorsese’s student film The Big Shave yet, click on the play button. And to read more about the film, click here.
Is this the bestest friday we have seen in ages ? Seems so. The Baap of every mind-bending game is here! Christopher Nolan, with his Inception. Plus, there is Udaan by Vikramaditya Motwane, Tere Bin Laden and Rahul Dholakia’s Lamhaa. Ok, rest can wait. Back to Inception.
The year was 1997. He was “Chris Nolan” on the credits then. But as they, the signs were all there. Watch it, if you havent seen it yet – the short film by the master before the world discovered him through Following.
We are Nolan-bhakts since we saw Following and he still delivers and how! As we saw his latest release Inception, I flooded the Twitter timeline with orgasmic, or should we call it Nolan-asmic tweets! If you are not on Twitter, here is all our gloating, as friends called it, all in 140 characters……..
I.N.C.E.P.T.I.O.N. See you guys after the dream (Jackass grin) !
Interval – HOLY FUCKETY FUCK! NOBODY, nobody is gonna fuck you like this. Everything is explained slowly but you CANT even blink!
Inception – go with as much expectations as u want! Its a BET! Nolan plants an idea, gives u orgasm, ditches u and gives u hard-on again!
Inception – anyone try writing the spoiler alerts…its gonna be one fat book u cant even imagine. Am not sure what can Nolan do after this.
Inception – did i mention its a love story! Ur mind is d scene of the crime. But ur heart gonna pull the trigger!
Inception – at every scene u r given explanation. Sm call it dialogue exposition. But still, it defies all gravity!
Inception – am willing to sponsor Aamir khan’s ticket. He didn’t understand Memento. I want to see the expression on his face after this one.
Inception -not sure if any1 ever balanced matters of head N heart so perfectly well 2 get u into d trap. Oops, did he beat my God C.Kaufman. J.Grin
As i said, I Luv Hate Storys. Cue – J. Grin! RT @Rychyk: @moifightclub I HATE YOU…make that WE. 😦
Envelope? He pushed d whole post office! RT @vicramb @moifightclub Knwing him,Smthing evn crazier! Tht guy really knws how 2 push d envelope
Inception – as d movie is about 2 end n u think Nolan has done everything possible 2 u, he delivers a BIG punch in d last scene. V r still debating it.
now m still in d Nolanland. Bet u cant locate me! J. Grin! RT @Envyas @moifightclub OK,stop this gloating or I know where u stay. :p
Block me 😉 not sure when i will b able 2 do that again RT @ArtRevel @moifightclub I want to Block you till I watch it 🙂 Making me jealous
# Ok, one last one…after all d Inception tweets how many Nolanbhakts cant sleep 2nite…wanna count 😉 and i will be in a dream! Aha, life!
So, have you booked you tickets ? Don’t forget to book you brains too. Ok, get that over-booked! J. Grin (we just can’t get enough of it). Also, releasing this friday is Udaan. And click here to read our review of Udaan.
PS – Don’t forget to let us know what you felt about it. And what do you think about the last scene/sequence of the film ?
Bollywood – its still a strange place. We still dont have any concept of “script readers” and giving feedback to a filmmaker means “you are supposed to say only good things” about his film. And everyone has become so protective about the first look of their film, that passing on the script for feedback is an impossible dream.
We decided to check if the other way can work out. One of us wrote a script for a short film (3-4 mins) and we are putting the script here. Good, bad, fugly, whatever – do let us know in the comment section. Help us decide – should we make it, throw it in the dustbin or better, use it as toilet paper. And its just 3 pages, so please read on.
See if this makes any sense because we have been told it didn’t made so, to many.
BUM-CHUM
INT. XXX – DAY
ECU of a man’s face. He is lying on a bed.
Initially little nervous, he tries to bend his head little backward, turns back to starting position. Closes his eyes, mumbles few prayers. Suddenly he smiles, opens his eyes as if something unexpected happening to him, then again closes his eyes and giving an orgasmic expression. He seems to enjoy it. The expression keeps on changing from one extreme to other.
With a loud noise, the screen goes black out.
INT. HOUSE – DAY
A lean, thin man with receding hairline is busy playing a game on his mobile. Seems he just lost it. With a sigh, he looks up. Into the camera.
MAN (looks up – into camera)
……aur kya, bijli gul. Pehli baar ushey aise hi mila tha. Uska chehra bhi nahi dekha.
INT. HOUSE – DAY
WOMAN (into the camera)
Par maine dekhi thi…..picche se. Bilkul paas se (smiles). Bachpan ki bimaari hai…..(breaks into a hysterical laugh )
INT. HOUSE – DAY
A fat kid (girl – 9-10 years) on a dining table by herself and eating cornflakes.
WOMAN (VO)
Jo bhi khati, wahin atak jaati. Na pet me pachti, na bahar nikalti.
EXT. ROAD – MORNING
We see the fat kid from the back, going to school, with a heavy bag on her back and her big bum. A water bottle hanging on her right side.
A young guy riding a cycle crosses her, tries to hit her bum with his waterbottle and shouts out.
GUY
Oye Bum–per…kuch pump—kar!
The handle of the bottle breaks, falls down. The girl smiles, sits on it suddenly, the bottle breaks with a loud sound.
The guy looks back at her. The girl seems very happy.
GIRL
…Pump kiya…teri bottle ko.
The guy shakes his head and leaves on his cycle.
INT. HOUSE – DAY
Another kid, 9-10 years old boy, is trying to buckle up the school belt. Standing in front of the mirror, he is dressed up in school uniform. Only trying to fix up the belt. He moves his back towards the mirror and looks at his bum. There is almost nothing. It’s all flat. The pant hangs loosely and looks bad. He pulls the pant from both sides with his hand to make it look tighter to his bum.
MAN (VO)
Aur mere ko Chamcha bulate they. Kisi ki chaati nahi kabhi, bus gaand me dum nahi tha, matlab dum to tha bus gaand hi nahi thi. Chamach jaisa. Short me Chum!
The kid put his left hand on his bum and tries to figure out the curve of his bum…he moves the hand, still in that small curve form, to the front and places it in a position that covers Pamela Anderson’s bum. He is comparing the size.
A pic of Pamela Anderson in swimsuit, still from Baywatch, is placed in one corner of the mirror.
INT. HOUSE – DAY
MAN (into the camera)
Jab isse doorsi baar milne gaya. Tab bhi chehra nahi dekh paya. Waise hi…aao let jao, bhagwan ka naam lo aur intezaar karo….ki is baar Bijli corporation ki meherbani rahe….
INT. XXXX – DAY
ECU of a man’s face
He is lying on a bed. Closes his eyes, mumbles few prayers. Suddenly he smiles, opens his eyes as if something unexpected happening to him, then again closes his eyes and giving an orgasmic expression. He seems to enjoy it. The expression keeps on changing from one extreme to other.
INT. HOSPITAL – DAY
WOMAN (VO)
Aur mere pe tabhi jadoo sa hua.
The woman smells something in the air. Takes a deep breath in. Almost bliss. She takes a Man’s pant, which is hanging in one corner of the room, slyly puts her hand in one of the pockets, and finds something, smiles, tries to cover up her expression. Gets out of the room with a packet in hand.
CUT TO
INT. CLASSROOM – DAY
All 9-10 year olds in the classroom. A man sitting on a chair, talking to the students.
TEACHER
Simple sa sawaal hai. Yeh batana ki tumko kaun sa khusboo sabse pasand hai aur kyun ?
We see the same fat girl (with big bum) sitting on the right hand side of the teacher. The teacher points his hand in the right direction.
TEACHER
Idhar se chaloo karo.
GIRL1
Gulaab. Kyunki bahut acchi khusboo hai.
She sits down.
GIRL2
Chameli ka….
She also sits down after saying the answer.
The fat girl, Bum, is next. She has a disgusted look at her face. Hesitatingly, she stands up.
FAT KID/GIRL
Rollies…
TEACHER (shouts out)
…Rollies….
FAT KID/GIRL
jo Papa roll karte hain na….usko roll karne ke pehle…..
INT. HOUSE – DAY
We see a middle-aged man rolling tobacco into tabacco paper. The fat kid/girl peeping through one corner and inhaling it.
CUT TO
INT. HOUSE – DAY
WOMAN
Phir kya ? Bum pe bum bum padi. Aur us din maine isko baad me phone kiya…sorry bolne ko….
INT. HOUSE – DAY
Close up of the man’s face – He is nodding his head to some music and enjoying it. Twitching his lips with a blissful/orgasmic feeling.
WOMAN(VO)
Ek baar call kiya…..do baar call kiya…..phir last baar…
The Woman is making call through her mobile.
We hear the sound of mobile vibration. The camera tilts down to show that the guy has kept his mobile just under his crotch, it’s in silent vibration mode and as it vibrates, giving a ticklish feeling and he is enjoying it. He pulls out the mobile from under the crotch and takes the call.
INT. HOUSE – DAY
MAN
Maza aata hai. Try karke dekho (winks). Ma kasam. Par us raat main phir so nahi paaya…..
We see the man mixing a bottle of some liquid with lemonade. Gulps it down. And then sitting on the shit pot.
MAN (VO)
Ab tak uska chehra nahi dekha tha. Par usne le li meri…teen baar…hattrick…woh bhi picche se….virgin tha main…….ma kasam…picche se….
INT. HOSPITAL – DAY
We see that the man is lying on a bed. The Woman is taking a thin pipe and is putting it inside him, from behind. She is in doctor/nurse’s uniform.
CUT TO
CU of the tv screen – The camera shows his intestine on the screen. She is doing colonoscopy. She is staring blankly at the screen. Is very happy at the result on the screen.
WOMAN (VO)
Gulabi. Bilkul gulabi. Aisa pehle nahi dekha tha. It was love at first sight…
INT. HOUSE – DAY
We realise that the man and the woman are sitting next to each other.
MAN
….sight nahi…at first pipe…..woh gaana iska favourite hai…gulaabi aantein jo teri dekhi…deewana mera dil….He laughs out singing.
WOMAN
Tab jaake pehli bar usko dekha. Samne se . Picche tha bhi nahi kuch dekhne ko….
(she laughs out hysterically)
INT. HOSPITAL – DAY
The woman comes to the front, looks at him. They stare each other for few seconds. The man still on the bed.
MAN (VO)
Kehte hai na, opposites attract.
CUT TO
We see the back of the man with no bum and the woman with big bum, walking closely next to each other. The screen forms a heart shape and zooms into their bums.
The end.
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Synopsis – Its a story about two people, their weird nature, how they meet thrice and finally fall for each other. She is a doctor. And he needs to get his colonscopy done. She does it right, only at the third time. And they are narrating their experiences. The hospital setting, colonoscopy factor is not revealed from the start. So, its mostly in close ups and location is marked as XXX in the script.
Also, he could not sleep the night before because one is suppose to drink a liquid mixed with any lemonade that cleans your system completely. You almost remain on the shitpot every few minutes.
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Ok, 50K might not be huge prize money. But there is the “plus” factor. So, here it is all – A well known production house and a well respected filmmaker are looking for 3 mins short films. Plus your film will reach the audience and will be presented by the production house/filmmaker.
What kind of film ? Any genre will do. A film that you will love to watch and will force your friends to watch too! A film that you think people will download! Yes, “download” is the key word. Language – Hindi (thoda bahut angrezi bhi chalega the way we speak).
The official announcement will be made by June end. And there is a bigger plan too. But we are looking for few shorts even before the official announcement.
So, if you have made a short film that you would like to submit, do put it online, mail us the online link plus your contact details to moifightclub@gmail.com . Who knows, the official announcement might be done with the release of your short! And though we are just the messenger, will make sure that we post every possible info about it! So, run lola run! We are waiting and how! And yes, do spread the word!
Are we still selling Slumdogs ? Blame it on our over- desperation or something else, we make sure that we dig out some kind of connect with Oscar Nomination/Award every year. Its the same this year. A good friend figured this one and tweeted us the info.
Kavi, a short film in Hindi has been nominated for the Oscar Awards in the Short Film (Live Action) category. Its directed by Gregg Helvey. Kavi is about an Indian boy and his parents who are forced to work as slave labor in a brick kiln. Still selling poverty porn ?
The 15 mins short film was made on a budget of about $30,000 (Rs.1.4 million) and was shot in Wai in eight days. Click here to know more about the film. And click on the play button to check out the trailer of the film.
Nothing filmy news here but a short film. A brillant one. Check it out.
As promised in our last post on Agyaat Contest, we are back with all the details about the contest. Ramu’s new film Agyaat is ready for release and to promote the film, he is doing this unique contest. Basically you have to shoot a short and scare, surprise or shock Ramu, and if you manage to do so, you can get a break. Read on. This is from Ramu’s facebook post.
Well if you see the location and concept of Agyaat. Why I wanted to make Agyaat is because I was always fascinated with making thrillers, that’s because I think thrillers give you the opportunity to use the medium more effectively than any other genre. Like using background score, to sound, to camera movements, to editing patterns… you can experiment alot.
And it’s watching thrillers all the time when I was a teenager that I really learnt whatever craft I’ve of film making. And I never believe that one needs to be an assistant director or go to an institute to understand the craft. I believe you must have a passion to tell a story , you need to have a clarity to explain to the actors and the concerned technicians about what is it exactly you want in a given shot.
Also, at the point when I became a director two years back there were no film tools available to anyone. So, it forced people to either become assistant directors or join an institute. but today that is not the case, any one with a digi-cam and laptop can make a film. Technology has given so much of freedom.
So in context to that, I just have this idea. Like I had an opportunity and I got a break and I could make a film. And I’m sure without any training and any access to the film industry plenty of you guys will arrive better than me but don’t have an access to the film industry.
WHAT : Agyaat Contest.
DURATION : If you can make a film in duration of may be probably between 10 seconds to 2mins or whatever. A SHORT FILM! And you send it for the Agyaat Short Film contest.
PRIZE : And whichever film is selected the best by us, me ( Ramu ) and UTV that is. Both me and UTV will make a short film, produce a short film and you will be the director of the movie.
So this is a great opportunity especially if you are interested in the genre. Again I want to stress that it is thriller genre that you can really catch because you don’t really need a story. You don’t need a beggining and an end. You can just attempt to create a moment out of nothing. Just in a shot.
It could intrigue you, it could scare you or surprise you or shock you…. What ever the emotion… It has to create one emotion and after that it is YOUR FILM!
All you have to do is enter the AGYAAT SHORT FILM contest!
WHERE : Upload it on the internet and send the link to agyaatshortfilms@utvnet.com Or Post it on a cd/dvd addressed to Aasif Ahmed, UTV Motion Pictures, 1181-82, Solitare Corporate , Guru Hargovindji Marg, Chakala, Andheir E, Mumbai – 400 093
LAST DATE : No details so far. We will try to get it and post it here. Updated : You have to submit the short film before 17th July 2009, the day Agyaat releases. We have been informed in the comments section ( by some soul called RGV, real or fake ?, who cares! the date is more important) as well as by others about the date. Update 16/06 – We got to know today that the last date is 10th July, 2009.
So get your cameras rolling soon! All the best.