GIRL GIRLS GIRLY!!! WOMEN PLEASE READ THIS ONE!!!!

HELLO!! I am Rita!!!

HEY! I am Jenny

HI! I am Flora!

SUNDAY

"We are best friends. Friends forever. Friends for life. Nothing can separate us. Don't laugh. We mean it."

MONDAY

Flora & Rita go for shopping. Flora buys a new handbag. She is extremely happy. The handbag's color matches with her favorite dress. They meet Jenny. Flora shows her new bag to her. Jenny is too happy for her. She hugs her tight. She is so happy for her friend that tears start pouring!!

TUESDAY

Jenny goes for shopping (in the same mall, same shop, same time). She looks for a new handbag (same section in the store). She is looking, searching (a better, more expensive bag). She does not find a better one in that store. She calls her boyfriend. She sounds very low. He leaves his URGENT TAX work and drives 20 miles to meet her. They drive another 40 miles to get to a better mall. The guy is extremely worried about his TAXES (deadline) but carries spirited smiles on his face to sooth her. Jenny, finally, gets a brand-new-better-than-Flora handbag. Only then she eats something and rests. The guy drops her (doesn't even get a chance to come inside her home), drives back, and seeing in car mirror says, "What the F@#$?"

WEDNESDAY

All 3 girls meet. Jenny shows her new handbag to Flora. Flora too is extremely happy for her. Jenny, just for a minute, goes to the restroom. In this one minute when Jenny is not there, Flora says to Rita, "I knew she will do that. She just wants to prove that her bag is better than mine. I hate this. Anyways, whatever she thinks, I know that my bag is much better than hers; it matches my dress and is less expensive too. So basically, I win!!"

THURSDAY

There are no phone calls. No text messages. No FaceBook status updates. No communication at all!!!

FRIDAY

It's 10 pm. All are gushing and glittering in Ricky's birthday party. Flora enters with her new handbag and the matching dress. She is toooo happy with the compliments. Next, Jenny enters with a more expensive bag and accepts the warm compliments. She is not tired about telling everyone that how far she drove and how much hard work she did to purchase that bag. Her boyfriend has not come to the party. He is probably sitting with a TAX consultant at this hour! Finally, after few minutes, Rita enters the room. All eyes, literally, just stick on her. She is wearing a brand-new-sexy-go-for-the-kill dress, a brand new-handbag-customized with the dress and sandals, completely different hair-styling and make-up --- so basically, she was the most gorgeous looking girl in that room!!! Everyone except Flora & Jenny complimented her. They were feeling the fire-pain-stress-hurt-pressure-discomfort from within. They could not fathom the fact that she outplayed them. Flora says to Jenny, "I don't like her dress. It's looking too obvious that she needs attention." Jenny replies, "Yeah me too! Seems that she is trying too hard."

SATURDAY

There are no phone calls. No text messages. No FaceBook status updates. No communication at all!!!

SUNDAY

All three meet again. A new girl joins the group. They say to the new girl, "We are best friends. Friends forever. Friends for life. Nothing can separate us. Don't laugh. We mean it."

And it goes on and on. There are 365 days in a year. 52 weeks. Calculate the amount of shopping (on an average) women do and why!!!!

Regards,
Akshay Prem Vyas
http://www.apvmovies.com/

If women ruled the world there would be no wars. Just a bunch of jealous countries not talking to each other!!

Ha Ha. The title of this blog is funny. Women will have to accept the truth!!!Honestly, I have lots and lots to say but am still trying to format in my head before I put on this blog. Till then I am posting some behind the scenes pictures of Love Struck Smart.

JUDGING is easy. JUDGING with THINKING is hard!!!!

How many times you have felt superior after comparing yourself with someone inferior to you?

In a small town in Canada, a boy, fascinated with larger-than-life thinking was born. Just as you have done some stupid things in your childhood, he did the same. He played like all kids. Making aero planes, water-boats, snowmen, etc.

Because of his not-so-good financial conditions, his thoughts and ideas were not taken seriously. His friends, family, found it difficult to believe. From being a janitor in a high school to a local mechanic in a shop – he did it all!

As years passed by, he never stopped in believing. You never know where life can take you. It’s just about working-like-a-dog in your field. It can be anything. Just start doing it.

This boy, as it turns out, is the biggest and most successful motion picture director the world has seen. James Cameron - Director of two most successful films ever - Titanic and Avatar.

Just wanted to share this! Just a nice thought. Before we judge anyone, think about James Cameron. You never know, how far life can take you!

Akshay Prem Vyas
http://www.apvmovies.com/

No BOSS no GIRLFRIEND!!!

I don't know why I have this weird habit of having 'unusual' titles. The title actually means,

No PAIN (boss) no GAIN (girlfriend)!!!
Funny story. This weekend it was our first shoot for Love Struck Smart! Everything was planned to the 'T'. I had my main actors, Gagan, Gunjan, Prashant and Kimsi ready (with proper make-up). The equipments were set. My new, portable, 7-inch LCD television was working perfectly, for viewing the action (Yeah, we are adding more technology to our shoots, and I love to show-off. Ha Ha). My assistant director, Raj M. Shah, was geared-up. Nupur, was charged up (for the first time on a movie set). Before I could say ACTION, some mysterious power was directing the entire first day. Things started to go wrong, terribly wrong!!! First blow - Few people, I was expecting them to come, couldn't come. As a result behind the scenes work, started to go haywire!!! This was still manageable. Thanks to Raj!!

Somehow we managed to get our shots till lunch. Second blow - When we resumed, to our SHOCK, the camera didn't start at all & the cassette was stuck. Our entire half-day shoot was ruined. We didn't do ANYTHING to the camera. It just stopped. It just wouldn't turn ON. Disappointment was all around. The entire effort of getting ready, rehearsing the lines, sticking posters, pamphlets to the background walls, the shots, everything was in vain. Being a Saturday, nothing could be done/repaired in the camera. We decided to postpone the shoot for the next weekend. Saying pack-up at 2 in afternoon was heart-breaking. Trust me!!

I and Nupur then decided to go for some shopping (Whenever Nupur is sad/upset, her stress-buster is shopping :-) and it's positively the opposite for me. We then casually entered Best Buy and saw the HUGE Avatar DVD poster at the entrance (it rocks)!! Anyways, so I went to the camcorder section. After the camera incident, it struck me, that if I am making short digital films and call myself a filmmaker, then I should at least own a reasonably good camera. I thought Sony HDR 500 V camera suitable for my-kind-of digital film making (there is no limit to better quality cameras though). In no time, I started to see its reviews online. It was on the expensive side (but who said filmmaking is easy :-)) and after one hour, I came out with a big smile and a camera!!!

BACK ON TRACK!!! I was now, again, ready to shoot on Sunday. Everybody in cast and crew were also excited. Our second day started at 9 am. Same location, same people, same story, same scenes!!! After dedicating 2 hours for make-up and set preparation (Yeah, it's funny that we tried to decorate the already decorated SJSU Student Union area), I called the first SHOT. Exactly 20 seconds later, the security guard came up and said that the entire building is reserved by some group and we will have to leave!!! Again, all efforts before the first shot were in VAIN!!!

It was raining outside. We had to move the entire set up to a different building!!! Actors with full make-up had to walk (2-3 minutes), with loaded bags, camera, tripods, etc etc. It was a joke. The entire scenario looked as if someone is forcing us not to shoot the movie!!! Ha Ha.

But the credit goes to my entire team - Raj, Nupur, Gagan, Gunjan, Kimsi, Prashant, Balli, Sudhir, Priyanka - for their incessant efforts!! Finally, we found a classroom, a college-look that we always wanted, had a camera that gave us a HD video-quality, and we completed 90% of the shoot (only college scenes) in a marathon 11-hour shift.

That's why -- Today's mantra -- No pain no gain!!!

I will post the pictures soon!!!

Regards,
Akshay Prem Vyas
http://www.apvmovies.com/

Even "Making Love" is not a one man job!!!

Try to imagine the most complicated machine you have ever seen. Now, think, was it possible for any ONE person to make it?? Stupid obvious question, I know. Forget about the complicated machine. Bring your thoughts to the most natural phenomenon in humans - Making Love. Now, probably you are thinking about how many people are needed (one minimum, Ha Ha) and so on (maximum - this again depends, Ha Ha). Honestly, there is no point in making such 'not-so-good' jokes -- Just wanted to highlight the term TEAMWORK.

For any task to be performed at an optimal level we need a team that works together with same enthusiasm. Creativity is something that cannot be ordered or dictated. From past few days, I have been working with an extremely talented group of musicians. They call themselves F1H1 (weird name, I know, Ha Ha).

F1H1 will be giving the music for my film Love Struck Smart. They along with Shekhar will give the background score. We have almost finalized the tunes for various situations in the movie. The main theme, 'Roshni De', is already used in the teaser trailer and an instrumental version is uploaded at http://www.apvmovies.com/

In coming days, we should have final versions of the songs. I will be constantly updating you on that!!!! Yesterday, we were at my place, making tunes, discussing situations in the film, discussing lyrics, scenes, etc etc!!! Lots of exciting stufffff!!!!! I am uploading a picture of our session. In the picture, (from L to R)Deepak, Chetan, Anurag & Nikhil. F1H1 has two more members - Gunjan & Aditya.

Regards,
Akshay Prem Vyas
http://www.apvmovies.com/

For THAT girl who said it's easy!!!

Why such a bizarre name as the title? Honestly, for the content I am going to write on this piece, I could not find a more suitable title!

Girls have this peculiar habit of saying for any job they have not done -- "It's so easy!! Trust me shopping is more difficult!!!" The moment you give them this job they might or I say, they will surely shoot back at you saying, "How can you expect a girl to do this?" The same job that was easy now is their biggest challenge!!!

Without taking any names, I would confess that a girl once told me that making a film is a fun job and is not that difficult. The best thing I have ever done in my life till date is --- I didn't even try to convince her that it is not that easy to make even a short film!!! No point in arguing with someone who thinks that "Niagara Falls was invented by USA and Canada claims that it is their baby." By the way, she holds the top post in a group called – ‘A Fool’s Paradise’ (Google it!!!)

Why to discuss this topic? Of making a film? That's because I am in the process of making a short film titled "Love Struck Smart" and I am feeling the fun+pain of making a film. There is no way to imitate a Chef's magic-touch in his specialty dish. The various combinations that he tries make his dish special. Same goes with filmmaking. No matter how hard I try to visualize or execute a story, some combinations are so magical (unknown to the filmmaker) that a normal film becomes a classic.

In coming days, we will be making our short film. I will write about our experiences right from taking our first shot till the final edit of the film. I hope you can then appreciate the little hard work we put in making a film.

For the girl who said it’s easy to make a film – she does not exist!!! But if you are someone who thinks that it is easy to make a film, the post at ‘A Fool’s paradise’ is still open and you are most welcome to join!!!! Ha Ha. Just kidding.

Regards,
Akshay Prem Vyas
http://www.apvmovies.com/

The great man -- GANDHI Vs Humor

Sometimes it is really hard to predict the nature of fun! It could be pulling someone's leg for someone or watching 'Tom & Jerry' for someone else. As James Cameron (the visionary director of Avatar) said in his interview,"You cannot really limit your imagination.", I believe that there is really no limit in devising a way to have fun.

Tonight we went to dinner at our friend's place. After having some delicious 'Paneer Tikkas' and 'Paneer Kathi Rolls' we were running out of steam on humor. Suddenly, I remembered an old joke of putting any Hindi movie name before the phrase, "... Gandhiji ki dhoti mein!!!"

After this, people were on a roll. Everyone in their sub-conscious minds, were thinking that it is wrong to make fun of one of the greatest personalities, but would quietly sneak in and say a movie name that would bring the house down!!! Trust me, if you genuinely have a good sense of humor, you might add more fun to this joke.  Few examples are:

• Phoonk Gandhiji ki dhoti mein
• Jungle Gandhiji ki dhoti mein
• Bhoot Gandhiji ki dhoti mein
• Chota Chetan Gandhiji ki dhoti mein
• Naagin Gandhiji ki dhoti mein
• Sholey Gandhiji ki dhoti mein

And the list went on and on and became more witty, dirty & humorous (I am sure, you would try few movie names too). There were few phrases discovered that I can't even post here! It's really embarrassing!!!

My entire point here is to think that was it right on our part to make such kind of jokes? Do we really need to make such comments? Am I not a good person/Indian? If any where, souls actually exist, and what if Ghandhiji was himself there and was listening to our not so intellectual jokes? What do you think?

I believe that making and laughing at these ridiculously lousy jokes one needs to have a clear understanding of the word FREEDOM. In the world we live today, there are 1000 million Do's and 2000 million Dont's. No matter how hard you try, you cannot make everyone happy. After knowing the kind of fun we made today, some of you might, again, too quickly start judging me and my friends and add another thing in the list of 2000 million Dont's. Fair call. It's your right to judge someone at your understanding.

I came back from their place and was wondering about the next topic on this blog. What to write? What happened today that was not normal? And the only thing that came to my mind was "Gandhiji ki dhoti mein." I quickly GOOGLED some of Gahdhiji's sayings:

I want freedom for the full expression on my personality.
Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi

After reading these, I realized that what we did was not entirely wrong. May be it was a mistake but as free individuals, we can commit mistakes. We did not hurt anyone. We did not commit a crime. We just used our freedom of speech to create humor. Who knows, even his (Gandhiji's) soul was there and was laughing at the mind's ability to create humor out of nothing but just 8-9 words!!!

Again, if you felt bad and think we should not do this, then I am sorry. There were and will never be any intentions of degrading or defaming one of the greatest personalities!!! We love our Father Of Nation!!

Regards,
Akshay Prem Vyas
www.apvmovies.com

My First Blog!!! You JUDGE!!!

How does it feel to do something for the first time? Do you remember the first time you rode a bicycle? The first time you felt the mystical smell of rain? The first time you saw an intimate scene on TV? Your first crush? Your first stage performance? The first time when you were being judged in front of all? That's the exact emotion I am feeling. It's my first blog. You are either family, a friend, or an anonamous well-wisher who can judge me outright by saying,

"GOSH!!! This is a boring blog. The guy is insane. Doesn't know how to write or hold interest."

If you think this way then let me ask you some questions:

• What was your top speed when you rode the bicycle for the first time?
• Did you understand the scent when you first felt the rain?
• Did you completely understand sex when you saw the intimate scene for the first time?
• Did you say "I love you" to your first crush?
• Did you get an award for your first stage performance?

We all know the answers for these questions. For most of us, the answers will be the same excluding some exceptions!! My entire point here is to say that I am trying to understand the language of blogging. I don't know what will make a good read for you. I will try to entertain, enlighten, and sometimes shock you with some of the postings. I hope you will come back and enjoy every bit!!

Regards,
Akshay Prem Vyas
http://www.apvmovies.com/