My debut Short Film " Home Plan "

Movie Home Plan

Every friend I met in last 3 months , after exchanging the usual pleasantries, came up with ONE question"When will we get to see your first short-film"? And kind of enthusiasm and energy they showered upon me, with the repeated queries ,i feel deeply indebted of them.A little dose of encouragement can do wonders , at least I believe in it. But regarding the movie upload , I used to give excuses , blaming it to technical problems and unfortunately that was true.

As soon as I came back from Pune , first thing i wished was to upload my short film . Immediately I jumped to YouTube, only to discover that it don't  allow a video of more than 10 mins and luckily mine was above than the threshold limit, the option ended then and there. Metcafe is another website where one can upload the videos but again size problem appeared, next destination was Google Video and I don't know ,but without briefing me about the error , it rejected my short film.

Initially , I was against the idea of severing video to upload,But after a lot of futile attempts on different sites, today I split my movie into two parts and uploaded it on YouTube.

Now, its in public domain and exposed to all kind of reactions.A few  regular visitors, who follow my blog ,there is an earnest request,please watch the movie,I hope you shall enjoy it ;but most important point,if you feel like dropping a comment, you are most welcome my dear audience.

Click for Movie "Home Plan " - Part 1

Click forMovie "Home Plan " - Part 2

-Yaatri

© Ajay Kr Saxena

A few lines !!!

नीले आसमान में,काले बादल उमड़ आना , 

अमाँ आम बात है ..... 

काले बादलों का जम के बरस जाना,

अमाँ आम बात है .....

बारिश के बाद सूरज का निकल आना,

अमाँ आम बात है .....

सूरज निकलने पर इंद्रधनुष दिख जाना, 

अमाँ आम बात है .....

जीवन की हर एक कला पे मंत्र मुग्ध हो जाना,

हाँ ये ख़ास बात है !!

-यात्री

© Ajay Kr Saxena

Kaminey!!!!!

you heard Kajra re!!

you heard Beedi Jaliye le !!

now be ready to listen

Dil ko nichodein..............

Gulzar saab is back with Vishal Bhardwaj's latest offering "Kaminey" . The team is infectious and I am sure the music of the movie would soon top the charts. Just listen "dil ko nichodein", a very "Gulzarish" song and soak it's music; simply awesome . It makes audience more intersted and curious about the music release . Title "Kaminey" is quite nefarious and I have full faith in the auteur ,that, like Maqbool & Omkara this one will surely be a huge Hit.

Vishal and his cinema are an expat in bollywood and after grand success of Omkara he is now at a platform where he is alone and other can't even vie for that coveted place. The way Vishal rears up his characters and morphs them , is a magical skill of Vishal (remember Saif as  Langda tyagi) and this time chocolate hero Shahid kapoor is at helm ,therefore  keep you fingers crossed and ya don't forget to watch the very first promo of the flick.

-Yaatri

© Ajay Kr Saxena

War of languages!

Reading "The economist" is now a routine, its a good magazine to update yourself with international current affairs and educate with special coverages and interesting columns. 

It was there, when I read this scary news "A third of world's language are at risk". It happened when we all were in oblivion.The world is slowly being daubed with English and is emerging as the common language. English as a business language, is now an informal pronouncement and in a way subverting other regional languages. There is an urgent need to rally for the cause.

Even in India, now more stress is on English and i wont be surprised if we obliterate our national language i.e Hindi. The way English schools are being commissioned and parents running after them , problem will only aggravate.Visit tender children only and you will find them speaking in only fluent English with very little or zero knowledge in Hindi. They are the bright future of country and should be explicated the importance of difference languages.

Government run schools ,though apply Hindi as a teaching language, but its been looked as a derelict. Students with Hindi schools are seen as lesser mortal by English medium students. This is demoralizing and a big concern. Why a man speaking his own mother tongue is a puny? its a matter of pride and should be a symbol of patriotism .

Beauty is because of diversity , every language is different in taste , has its own grammar, lexicons and vocabulary which when combined makes the perfect picture . Its a global issue and though its important to learn "earning" laungue i.e. English, please dont forget the "cultural" language i.e. your mother tongue before its too late.

-Yaatri

© Ajay Kr Saxena

Two Sufis(Hanumaan & Arjuna)!!!

No, don't consider it an epistle,I write because there is an urge inside me to pen down these thoughts,which comes in my heart's territory.A nonchalant mind is always in peace for 365X24 and nature reveals its secrets to these souls only , so the very first step is,to go into a silence or "Maun" ,because, more we know, more we will speak and all that "more" becomes mortal sooner or later. I am sure you understand the difference between Mortal and immortal. Anything which could be comprehended in mind has a shelf-life and eventually turns mortal, and one which could only be felt in silences and expressed by scent of smile, is immortal. So whatever, i write today in this post has good chances to be obliterated by next gen.

Today, i will talk about two great warriors , one the most powerful Pandavas "Arjuna" and other the most revered Lord "Hanuman". Don't take it otherwise if, I say they both were Sufis. i dare to think that a few of you ,are still not familiar with this term;Sufi is a lover of God and surrenders himself completely before the God's feet.

Lets pick up Arjuna first,the best archer as per mythology and well versed with all philosophical dossiers, but as soon as he enters into the battlefield of Kurukshetra, he is crestfallen to finds his own community standing in front of him as foes. He falls in a dither and in spite being a great warrior, surrenders completely before Lord KRISHNA .This  surrender brings him closer to Krishna and he finally get to see the real Divya-Roop of lord Krishna, which is almost impossible for any human being.In the process Lord Krishna explicate him all the secrets and eventually Capitulate him to fight against the Adharma. This Q&A session between Krishna and Arjuna is well documented in the greatest book of philosophy i.e. Gita.

Now point is why other big shots of pandavas fraternity could not see the genuine and glorious almighty . With whatever little knowledge i have,let me interpret this incident. The other great worries always believed they were profound , intelligent and had enough strength to face biggest of the calamities , hence they were overweening  and fought with all nerves and won all their fronts, it is always charming to win a fight over foes. But there exists another layer above it i.e a complete surrender, so  Arjuna , on the other hand , though was the best archer, when trapped in a dilemma ,rather than his intellect , surrenders before The Lord Krishna.did you notice the word "Surrender" ? the gist of whole Sufism. So either Arjuna else the writer of Gita was a knowledgeable Sufi. it implies any human being by complete surrender can rise to the level of Real being.

okay , If you could digest the previous example , I strongly recommend you to read the second too;that is of Lord "Hanumaan". We all know that he was an "avtaar" of Lord Shiva. But I am charting a different route because its important.Hanumaan was again a great warrior but he surrendered himself completely with great humility, in the feet of Lord Rama forever.He never raised a question and always followed Lord Rama obediently.See again the keyword  "Surrender" appears . Hanuman never behaved like an intellectual, but more of a lover of lord Rama, and it was the power of that surrender and love, that he could cross the sea by flying in sky and could set the whole Lanka on fire.These  are not ordinary feat, and makes me believe that Hanuman is again a Sufi, for he was a lover of Lord Rama.

From above mentioned examples ,the inference , I take is, we all human being if could imbibe following two basic qualities ,can surely find peace within himself and do the miracles.

• To love and surrender before Almighty
  
• Accepts all his question nonchalantly
  

I wanted to write this article, i did it , felt good and now leave it upto my smart readers.hey it's Holi season and I wish you all a prosperous ,colorful and joyful Holi .

Before, I close down this post, give me permission to write ,one of my favourite couplets of Kabir.

पोथी पढ़ पढ़ जुग भया,भया ना पंडित कोई 

ढाई आखर प्रेम का,पढ़े सो पंडित होए

-Yaatri

© Ajay Kr Saxena