A Good Beginning is Half the job done......... But did I begin well?

4th September, 2009.

It was my 1st day at the Video Production Class at Kalindi College, Delhi University. Needless to say, I was nervous as hell thanks to my apprehensions about how an average looking(some people may object to the usage of the word 'average' and may recommend adding the suffix 'below' to the word 'average') guy like me would survive and thrive in a fashion-laden city like New Delhi.

But as my 1st class started progressing, my nervousness and apprehensiveness eased a bit. The attendance wore a thin look as there were only 13 students present in the class(Here again some people may scoff at using the number '13' as thanks to my ultra-thin and skinny body structure, I'm seldom referred as 'one'.). May be that(the small number of students) helped in easing out my nerves. A young lady(M'aam would be a more suitable word!) assigned to teach us some parts of our course took up the topic of "Idea Development & Story Analysis of a movie/programme" much to my liking. Though it was my 1st class as I had joined the classes a week later after its commencement, I was at ease and actively participated in the class.

Later in the day, as expected, I was bombarded with the same expected answer for which I had a tailor-made answer. The boring question was " How was your first class?". All I could come up with was this----" Hmmm....... well, it was neither too great nor a big let-down. It was ok. Anyways, these are still early days. let's see how it pans out in the time to come.". To be very honest, it was really just 'ok' which I had not expected. I expected much from a university of that huge stature and reputation. But the quality of teaching wasn't upto scratch. The teacher didn't look to have a firm hold on the topics she was taking up as she too was wet behind the ears(young and inexperienced) as she had completed her diploma in mass communication only last year.

However, one bright spot in the class was one important advice given to her by the teacher to all those having a penchant for scriptwriting: NEVER PITCH or SUBMIT YOUR COMPLETE STORY TO THE PRODUCER/PRODUCTION HOUSE YOU APPROACH. KEEP THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY OPEN AND SUBMIT THE COMPLETE SCRIPT ONLY AT LATER STAGES WHEN CONTACTED BY THE PRODUCTION HOUSES. AND YES IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT SUBMIT YOUR WORK ONLY AFTER GETTING IT COPYRIGHT.

The timing of this advice couldn't have been better as I've a meeting lined up with the director of a theatre production house soon. Let's see how it goes.

A new phase of life has begun today. Though the start was not spectacular, I hope it gets bigger and better in the days to come.

As I wrap up this blog post, I want to thank God for taking care of me and my friends and family and ensuring that nothing sinister happened to them.

May the world becomes a more happy and peaceful place to live in.