STEPPING STONES

Concrete Jungle is one of my first two short films. I made them for a competition conducted by ABILITY FOUNDATION. The other film I did along with this is ATTITUDE. Though they did not win any prizes nor recognition, I learnt a lot in the process of making them.

After which I did KRISHNA THE BELOVED and four more videos of the same kind. Three on Lord Rama and one on Hanuman ji, available in my tamil blog iamhanuman.blogspot.com.

Now, I have completed yet another short film ILAIGNARKAL KAIVANNATHIL SWAMI VIVEKANANDAR (SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN YOUNGSTERS PAINTINGS) for Shri Ramakrishna Vijayam.

Shri Ramakrishna Vijayam is a Tamil monthly magazine run by Shri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai. They conducted a painting competition for youngsters and students as a part of The National Youthday Celebrations. Around 20,000 youngsters participated in it. All of them got certificates and 16 of them won cash prizes. A painting exhibition was also organised with 500 paintings that came for the competition.

My short film records this fabulous event. It comprises of interviews with Swami Gautamananda, President of Shri Ramakrishna Mission, Chennai, The judges and three of the winners alternated by slide shows of some of those beautiful paintings. Duration is about 40 minutes.

As the T-shirt reads in this short film, I have miles to go before I sleep.

ATTITUDE

Attitude is my first short film. I did this for a short film competition, conducted by Ability Foundation, last year. This is about two guys, who are having a chat, in a park. One is optimistic and the other pessimistic. At the end there is a small surprise which explains what attitude is all about.



Hope you liked it. I would be happy to read your comments.

KRISHNA THE BELOVED

 

Within Your Glorifiers' Hearts
You Stand and Dance
At You, As their King
Your admirers Glance

No other God exists
Besides in You
For, All of Them
Reside in You

People sing Your Glory, Without a Fault
And in their lives, Happens no fault

While you were a kid, saying it was food
You picked some Mud, and it, You chewed!
To open Your mouth, to check,Your mum did ask
Saw the world in Your mouth and Froze in shock!

As an Archer, You met no equivalent pair
Whose Flute, now and then, sweetens the air
When a person, Your Glory, Everyday Sings
All Sorts of Goodness, in His life, it brings!

Like a Servant Charioteer, You went to war
For Mankind in Darkness, You lit The Gita Star!
Where ever You Go
Your Mastery, You Show!

Into Your neighbours' Home, You quietly slipped
Chunks of butter into Your Mouth You slyly flipped
Flooded with complaints from the tortured neighbourhood
With an innocent smile, before Your Mum, You Stood!

Like a Majestic Mountain, When You Stand
And like a Bull, When You walk so Grand
There is not an eye that looks away
Nor is there a woman, who hates Your Way!

With Planets as Ministers, You always Rule
Existing in all the worlds, Filling them Full!


This is a translation of a Tamil Poem, I wrote glorifying Shri Krishna sometime in 2004.
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I am an ardent fan of Ilayaraja. Many of his tunes, touch unknown realms of my soul and kindle the depths of my mind. One such song is the evergreen melody, "Kalyana Malai Kondadum Pennae", from the movie - "Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal". I felt it would be wonderful to sing the same tune with words that praise, my beloved, Krishna. So, I wrote new lyrics, addressing Krishna as a child and telling him about his mischiefs and glories, that would fit the tune. Though I am just a bathroom singer, I have sung the song myself and created this video. If you dare, to bear my voice, go ahead... Best of Luck..........!




Hope you enjoyed the show!