Category Archives: my children’s film ‘Lilkee’
lilkee online
You can now watch LILKEE online at Rajshri Kids, also the rest of CFSI’s archive as well, 250 films in all. Sadly, the subtitled version is not up, and the … Continue reading
buy it
I’m not happy with the synopsis. Why, oh, why, the sad story of a happy film? I guess I won’t be able to crib about Shemaroo anymore.Though the good news … Continue reading
lilkee at golcha
CFSI is showing some of its films, including ‘LILKEE’ in Jaipur through this month at Golcha theatre, in collaboration with DNA. Approximately 25,000 school students will be watching the films. … Continue reading
lilkee sees the sea for the first time – a song
This song was picturized at Korlai beach near Alibaug. We went there in search of a lighthouse, and found a fort too. The children were pushed beyond limits, we shot … Continue reading
guava juice and pomegranates
Two private screenings of “Lilkee” last week. One to a small group of Gujarati women writers, Abhivyakti with a full farsan turnout, including lovely red guava juice from Bhavnagar. The … Continue reading
Lilkee in Beta
Now that I’m ready for the brickbats (and the bouquets), I set up a new blog for “Lilkee”. The beta version of Blogger is great fun, really, and I’m hoping … Continue reading
the last day of "Lilkee"
For the last couple of months I’ve been finishing off work on “Lilkee” very reluctantly. How often I have thought, what is this madness that prompts you to make a … Continue reading
say cheese!
The computer crashed, I picked up the pieces, and as we’d had only two more days of work, and now have to work for another eight days, perhaps, plus have … Continue reading
my football match
While the football fever is on, I remember the day we had to shoot the football match for “Lilkee”. For days, I’d been trying to pass on the responsibility to … Continue reading
Interview
Upperstall has uploaded an interview with me, about my film Lilkee.
Family weekend
Mohammed as “Golu, the spoilt brat” in my film. When my brother Ali and nephew Mohammed descend on us, noise levels increase. Mummy and sis-in-law Farzana are quieter. We play … Continue reading
Apple v/s Steinbeck
I know my editing friends from FTII will kill me. But I do love editing on a non-linear system, more than I ever did on a Steinbeck. And no, I … Continue reading
Sleeping beauties
Noorbhai, the camera attendant has handed over his duties to Raees. Anjibabu, the make-up man, asleep for the day. “Rhea”, played by my neice Anushka, has finished shooting for the … Continue reading
jacks, all of us
Suresh at Rudraprayag, with his head in the continuity book Manoj at Forest Castle, Pune with his head in the costume trunk Working on a low budget film, or rather, … Continue reading
