Showing posts with label Bollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bollywood. Show all posts

Eklavya for the Oscars and weekendsy things

I was thrilled beyond words to read that Eklavya was selected as India's official entry for the Oscars. Woohoo! for my friends at Animagic India.

Of course, like everything else, there is a controversy behind the selection that reached the Bombay High Court. Sigh!

Here's my post on Eklavya and the talented team at Animagic, if you missed it earlier.

I saw my first owl last weekend, perched on my neighbor's roof. A couple of my neighbors were over for dinner and we were enjoying the failing light of an early fall day on my patio, when it swooped over us and onto the neighbor's roof. What were we eating, you say? A simple dinner: a version of my spring salad (yes, I know it's fall!), turkey kheema with store bought roghani naan, Gujarati dal with steamed rice with a smidgeon of ghee. For dessert, we had assorted cheesecakes from the Cheesecake Factory. The owl was enormous and unfortunately it was not there long enough for me to take a picture. It was gone by the time we whispered loudly to the children to come out and take a look. It made the evening special for all of us!

Talking of pictures, the ever-enterprising duo Jai and Bee have come up with a monthly event called Click! - a themed photography event. The theme for the month of October is Eggs! So I decided to crack it a bit since I am finally on a high, after a long period of being and feeling low.



More about High Key - Cracked Egg on my Inner Lens. Go on! Click through and see if you can figure out how I made the egg stand.

Hope your second weekend of fall is going as well as mine!

Eklavya: Behind the Bollywood set

Heard of Eklavya: The Royal Guard?

You may have.

I wouldn't have, if I wasn't a huge fan of the creative geniuses at Animagic India. Chetan, Gayatri and Sumant were part of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's creative team for Eklavya. They developed the storyboard for the film, animated the titles and worked on the special effects - flying knives and all! If the behind the scenes look interests you as much as it does me, then this in-depth exclusive will enthrall you. And, if you heard about the quandary surrounding Amitabh's beard, then jump straight to this.

Gayatri has also been busy with Rawworks, her brand of handmade eclectic crafts.


This Krishna lamp is one of my favorites. I would have bought it if I had been around for the exhibitions! See the Rawworks slideshow, which features the crafts she exhibited at The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, 2007.

And you know what else? That IFR mascot up there on the top right corner of this blog? That's courtesy of Gayatri Rao.

I am very proud!

Update:: See Chetan turn Medha into the 5th Power Puff Girl. She was just 4 at the time. (I don't have the final sketch uploaded yet because...it's so safe I can't find it! When I do, I will upload it!)