Its so difficult to chose clothes for award functions. Uff. I am going to remain simple.whatever u all think. . Simple semi formal.:) filmfare i m coming:)

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I am not able to reply. Will reach home and do it.:) pls forgive me for late reply.:)

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looking for a chance...

Bohat seedha reh liya…:)

Kamaal hai…

Kuch toh bura karna chahiye na…

Thats what my friends keep telling me…

But seriously…

Sometimes i feel i have stopped living… my life… my way…

Sabko khush rakhte rakhte… main kahin kho gaya hoon…

Really…:(

Though i know i can’t change.. i know i have a short life.. maybe another 3 years…

Ok… So what mistake i should commit… suggest…:)

should i again fall in luv:)

should i not fight for my films

should i fight more for better films:)

or should i just stop helping selfish people…?

Suggest…

I want to go wrong…

I want to commit mistakes…

I don’t know if people will forgive me if i ever go wrong…

Thay live in their world…

Like my mother and sisters always insist that i should get married…

But i know they can’t share me with anyone… so i have decided not to get married…

I met few old friends…

“arre vivek tu bilkul nahin badla”

I was wondering that why should i change?  just because i made a film…?

But what if i change for the world…

what if become them… arrogant… confused… rich… and shallow..

Uff…

I really want to commit a mistake… thinking…

“Kahan se shuru karu”

Suggest…:)

Warna…

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God is now a big brand name.. really..

i went to Raipur and was trying to find old temples which were very famous and “siddh“.

I kept on looking for them.

My mama said, “road broadification mein kuch mandir peeche chaley gaye hain.”

But ye kya.. bhagwan badal gaye?

From the old Hanuman temple, Hanuman ji was missing..

Arre..? even the name of the temple is now sai temple.

Iski toh..

Hanuman ji was not earning enough so shirdi ke baba took his place..

He is doing very well so as this temple…:)

God has become a brand name now… kamaal hai…

We have become so commercial and professional in everything…

I miss Hanuman ji…

I am with you God…

Ghabrana mat..

Phir mandir banayenge… 

Just hang in there wherever you are…

aye khuda ab tu duaa kar..

apni duniya ki tu hi dawa kar..

main naa bann saka insaan..

tu toh khud ko khuda kar?

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This was the message displayed when i smsd my elder brother Dr. PradipPcell…

I read it again and i thought “ye unke cell se unke baare mein aisa message?”

The fact is i lost my best cousin…best man from our family..

My elder cousin Maanu Bhaiya…

He was a surgeon…and a great human being…

I came for his cremation … to his place.. Raipur…

After 18 years i came back to my relatives…

Nothing has changed…everyone is the same…

This city will miss Maanu Bhaiya forever…:(

he came to Mumbai always visited me and took me out for dinner…

I have never seen such a geat temperament in such a streneous job.

A doctor… busiest doctor..

But you will never hear “NO” from him…

Amazingly positive…

I still can’t believe that he has left…

I will miss him forever…

I am out of words or any expression….:(

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My Assistant Shruti went to attend Kala ghoda festival..3 days back…she said, “sir wahan ek 13 year old boy was teaching pottery…”

First when Shruti and gang crossed him,they din’t bother to look at him as pottery then a young kid…

Shruti said, “then we heard  him speaking english…and we stopped…he was really cool…”

Thats prception…when you think… A 13 year old kid won’t be able to teach pottery…or in so called down market place nobody can speak english..your language….

Hmmmm….

Thtas what…perception…We are highly trapped in this word…

“Mann jo sochta hai..aankhein wahi dekhti hain..”

Also perception comes with more intrcated fixed ideas along with it.

Like my mom always says, “uska uss ladki ke saath chakkar hai.”

And i would correct her, “you mean wo dono ek doosre se pyar karte hain…usse chakkar nahi kehte maa…”

Like people in film line are known for their casting couch or flirt or for their wrong intentions..

Perception…

In my 16 year long career i never saw it happening…

I never lived in the shadow of perception…of any kind…may be thats also a perception…

But seriously…i din’t…

Try it..life is better without it…

Its black…or white…:)

Have a nice evening..:)

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I was sitting and surfing…

door bell rang…

i got up reluctantly…

It was a sales woman…old…must be in her late 50’s….

“Good afternoon sir… aapke ghar pipe line wali gas hai ya cylinder..?” She asked.

I asked her back, “why…?”

“Sir ye lighter hai jo….”

I interrupted her immediately…“mere paas hai…nahi chahiye..”

She politely said, “ok sir…sorry sir…”

I shut the door…came back to my comp…but her face came in front of me…

her age…wrinkles…her fight to sell one lighter…she will go home in this age empty handed…

i went back to the door…she had gone…

Till today it troubles me.. i could have bought one…and brought smile on her face..i could have spent little more time with her…

it was not a lighter.. it was a fight to survive ..in this age…

We all go through tough times …but we need to support each other..at any age..

Kabhi kisi majdoor ko thak ke paani peete dekhna… 

Pyaas ke maayne badal jaayenge…

I am so small that i could not help an  old person…

Shame on me….:(

hoping for support...

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We Four..

Me.. Sudhanshu… Raj and kapil…

we decided to visit Haaji ali then shirdi then shani mandir then Trambkeshwar..

I always take shahrukh’s film ki first copy to shirdi so this time also i took the print of Billu Barber…

We decided that our strict diet regime should be given a break as we are traveling..

All four love sweets…specially pede from Nashik and Laddu from Shirdi…

In shani mandir, it was really cold… we had to take shower in that lungi..thats the system there…

But we were more concerned about Prasad…:)

Ok, we took all items like chiraunji…pede… mewa…

And we were so worried that pujari should not keep the bigger part of it…

He din’t… we were happy…:)

Now we came to Shirdi..VIP DARSHAN…:)

Again we were looking at the packet that pujari should not keep all our laddus…:)

We all were exchanging looks and Baba was smiling at us…

Kids….:)

Finally after trambkeshwar we decided that nobody will touch each other’s Prasad…

Done…

Car started… we stopped at every possible food joints…from ganne ka ras to peru wala…

Then we went to sleep… Car was moving..nice old song…

And i hear a sound… Kapil was trying to steal my pedes..

Saala…

I caught him…

And then how we hogged and finshed it in seconds…

I can’t tell you… such laalchi people we are…:)

We reached Mumbai…had kept two packets of prasad for Sanjay ji our editor and shyam goel ji our writer…

char chor

I sent my chhotu to Sanjay ji’s house to give prasad..

But again Prasad chor in us decided not to give him pede ka packet as he might be diabetic…

Ha ha… such chor we are…:)

me and sudhanshu finished that packet last day quietly…

Kapil and Raj don’t know about it…:)

Prasad chor..

Prasad chor

piya haaji ali...

Baba maaf karein… but we enjoyed this pilgrimage…:)

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This is one are where we really need to improve…

I prcisely remember when first time i narrated my subject to Akshay Kumar…

One of the worst narration ever..

He was driving and i was on with my idea of the film…

Then second worst narration was to Mr. Subhash Ghai…

I was over confident…

I was so bad and confused…

I learnt from my mistakes…

Immediately…

What i understood was that, its like giving someone the right direction…

Like how a car stops near you and asks for the address… you know it but don’t know how to guide…

“yahan se pehla right phir straight aur phir doosra left…”

It sounds simple… but did the other person understand?

Last night i came back from Shirdi and my driver parked car in wrong plcae. One old gentleman who stays in my building came and said one thing several times…

I respect elder people. I hate argueing with them…They are our elders…

But uncle ji was rude.. I said sorry…he din’t stop…

Then i said ok i will park wherever i want to, lets see who stops me…

He stopped and went…

That tone was decisive.. He had to stop…

Though i was rude…but that was the only solution…

Its a bad example…but..what we need to understand is effective communication…

Communication which comes across….

Now i am known for my narration…:)

People say, “vivek bohat achcha narrate karta hai..poori film aankh ke saamne dikhti hai.” 

I feel nice… i know i have worked on it…

We all need to… This is what we lack…a good communication skill..

“Kahan pyar se aur kahan decisive baat karna hai…”

Shakhan and amit ji speak very well… Very interactive… Karan johar is a great narrater…

Mr. Mahesh Bhatt….

P. Chidambaram…

It improves leader quality in us… A good communication skill..

Lets work on it…:)

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We all are…:)

Kuch hua nahi ki bass…

“aisa kar lo…waisa kar lo…ye theek ho jaayega..wo bigad jaayega…”

Uff…

The best advise somebody has given me was from Sudhanshu, my brother, my co-writer…

When he suggested me that i must narrate Bhoothnath to Shri Ravi Chopra ji…

And it worked…

We must read before we take advises from people.. from anybody…

Specially in films…

I get amazed with stupid suggestions people give, which can ruin your film…

And its so funny that everyone knows, “kaun si film chalegi aur kaun si 2 show nahi chalegi…”

Its a director’s medium… Only he knows what he’s making…

Good, Bad, Ugly..One has to follow him and his vision..

And trust me…its a lonely journey…

I have clarity in my film making as i take pain in writing scripts… Even then i can go wrong…

My films can go wrong but… My philosophy, my stories won’t..

Thats a promise..

I refuse some suggestions from people to make changes in my film with a lot of conviction… They feel bad… I know that… But can’t afford to spoil the film…

Logics can be discussed…several times…but moments can’t be discussed…

It can just be created with real feelings… Hai Na..

But too many Raay sahib..so many advises…and they all pretend to be your Wellwisher…

Be ware…

Follow your instinct..

Just your inner voice…

take advises which has some meaning.. not by theory that this person is senior or has more experience or has designation higher than you…nope..

He could be wrong…

Clarity guides you through…

Black or white…

Don’t lie to yourself…

Be alert… Take right decisions…

Have a nice clear day…:)

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