Angel's Dust (Short Film) Promo

Angel's Dust - Short Film

Genre	Psychological Thriller
Studio	Devil's Own Prod
Plot Outline	A psych thriller/terror hybrid, plenty of lunatics toy with the psychologists, but few go to as great a length as Sameer, the meticulous, drug abusive, Philosophically-versed slayer in Angel's Dust.
Starring	Saurabh Singhal Tanvi Bedi
Directed By	Ankur Pajni
Written By	Ankur Pajni/ Himanshu Gayatri Parikh
Screenplay By	Ankur Pajni/ Himanshu Gayatri Parikh
Produced By	Devil's Own Production/GRY Production

Moksha - The Freedom Within (Short Fim)

Please see the Teaser of my Second Short Film.

Mark Twain tells it all :)

Here, you’ll find 12 tips he offered other writers in his lifetime that still hold true today.

1. "Substitute "damn" every time you’re inclined to write "very." Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." Here, Twainoffers some advice that can help writers young and old learn to express themselves more clearly. By eliminating unnecessary words, you’ll make your writing more precise and ultimately more effective, even if today we don’t find damn as objectionable as they did in Twain’s time.
2. "Write without pay until somebody offers to pay." If you’re going to be a writer, your reason for wanting to be a writer should always be because you love it. If you’re in it for the money you might wind up sorely disappointed.
3. "The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is that you really want to say." As a writer, you won’t have too many times in your life when the first draft of your story will be the one you ultimately end up going with. As Twain suggests here, the first draft is merely a chance to get your ideas on paper, after which you can really begin crafting a clear, well-organized and intelligent story.
4. "Anybody can have ideas–the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph."Why say something in a page that you can say in a sentence? Economy of words is still considered a value in writing today, and was a value that Twain often espoused. If you can’t yet limit yourself to a few words, work at it. The best writers can say a whole lot withvery little.
5. "It was by accident that I found out that a book is pretty sure to get tired along about the middle and refuse to go on with its work until its powers and its interest should have been refreshed by a rest and its depleted stock of raw materials reinforced by lapse of time." As in many creative fields, writers are subject to bouts ofwriter’s block and burnout. The cure? Twain offers it here: a break. Sometimes taking a break from a project, for a few hours or a few months, will let you return to it with more ideas and a fresh perspective. Twain often left books for years at a time only to return to them later, or sometimes, never again.
6. "Great books are weighed and measured by their style and matter, and not the trimmings and shadings of their grammar." While an understanding of grammar is surely an important asset to have as a writer, good grammar doesn’t make a good story. Focus more on your ideas, style and story, and hammer out the details of grammar later.
7. "As to the Adjective: when in doubt, strike it out." Twain felt there was no virtue in overly flowery, descriptive prose. While everyone has a unique style, using more adjectivesthan necessary likely won’t improve the quality of the story. Quality over quantity should always be the rule when it comes to writing.
8. "I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English–it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don’t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in." While not everyone believes this is the best style, and many writers have had successful careers with fluff and flowers, in general, being clear, concise and to the point in your writing is the best route. If your writing becomes too superfluous or showy, you may bore readers and distract from the point of your story.
9. "Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream." Here, Twain is asking writers to do something fairly straightforward but sometimes difficult to accomplish. You don’t need to tell your story as though you were not there, it will distance your readers. Instead, describe a scene as if it were happening right in front of you. It will make your writing far more interesting.
10. "I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." While Twain might have seemed the type to shy away from such indulgences as creative spellings, here he encourages writers to play with language. After all, many words in the English language came from writers like Shakespeare who simply made them up. Grammar and spelling are fine, but don’t be afraid to have a little fun with the language as well.
11. "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." While this might be a bit of an extreme example, choosing the right words for what you mean in a piece of writing is essential. One word might be a synonym for another, but it doesn’t mean the two have exactly the same meaning or connotation. Spend some time working on your language to make sure each word is just right for where you’ve placed it.
12. "The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it." Here, again, Twain presses for writers to be more clear, concise and brief when writing. You could write pages and pages on something and have it be more obtuse than one, simple, clearly written paragraph. If you’re struggling, start with the long version and figure out just what you canomit or change without changing the point.

A Short Nocturnal Story

I heard something, some noise, something within me craves loudly to dismiss it to be a usual nocturnal charm.
Nights are usually silent and comforting.  Another rattle and hum promises a sure goose-bump. No, No, it can't be," blame it on clumsy rodent that's what logic whispers". My rational self takes over, negating on so called paranormal experiences.
what if we hear it all - every inch of a sound that darkness hides within its infinite cloak,  let's give it a try, somethings remain best unheard, concentrate...what is that?  a tick of clock maybe... swirling of fan, cracking of wood, a footstep, no can't be...
Seems like someone's presence in my house, shadows on the walls can be deceiving they can create masterpieces..I mean nocturnal paintings, shadow of the objects shimmer around creating lasting impression.. what was that? a limb, no can't be...it was just a lamp.
Another sound... convincing enough for my ears  my eyes attempt to scan its origin... something is swirling around me, I can sense its presence, a strange odor... No, screamed my instincts, what is it? a witch..maybe ghost of a young lad who died in this house before I moved in.
Wait, i can hear the footsteps circling around me, narrowing in slowly and slowly... what does "it" want? another sound... someone crying... it sounds painful...wait a minute someone is whispering to me..what is that? come again? what? there are few more here...can't be.. NO... i can feel people closing in, lot of them... what is that a CLOAK.....

Writing a Screenplay

Making a film is promising yet it takes its toll - writing something always does!
Today is a hot day, the Sun burns in its full glory,I can see heat shimmering on the road, sound of the keyboard resonates as I struggle with the script at the moment, pondering and writing a horror movie is always challenging, I must admit - I never fancied any of the horror/paranormal stuff till recently. I guess the narrative of good horror movie is difficult to create.

Started the day with hot tea coupled with American Author Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft's classic "Pickman Model". a confident piece of literature, just a shy away from being a classic yet Inspiring and ageless.

Horror films work on definite linear graph, the plot fuels on clever foreplay of anticipation and effect. A sure difficulty it promises is of putting the right elements of thrills and chills at right time line.
Fear is the basic driving force of evolution, if understood and represented properly we can promise a sure piece of art!
Another cigarette bud hits the ashtray, a nugget of nicotine creeps in the blood, hopefully it would stimulate my neurotransmitters efficiently .

Chinese and Indian Food

There’s ancient diplomacy brewing between the two great nations, not to mention the difference both these remarkable civilization enjoyed.

The difference between China and India is like difference between Jiva and Aatma – Time and timeless, the human and the abhuman. To the heaven, the earth is also heaven, but for the Earth, there is earth and there is heaven, the two never meeting, excepting the Emperor or in Mao Tse Tung. Nehru never believed that the world was real, despite his 5 year plans, but Mao believed he could transform China into heaven. For the China is essentially Confucian, as we all know – of China, education makes a man: and of India, wisdom is the man. The one invented books – the other rasas, that is the means of dissolution. 

Mao would be laid in mausoleum, and Nehru’s body be burned in Yamuna. India is no country, it’s a metaphor. China is the country, the house with a wall, and well planned. So much so indeed, in China you burry the dead under your floor, such that you could speak to your ancestors , when the time came, of your marriages and births (or even the gain or loss of a lawsuit). In India birth and death are equally unimportant, the birthless and the deathless, true meaning. France is between both of them.

There are no Indians, India is no country…India is a metaphor. Wheresoever one dissolves is India – every thought when purely understood is India. When Camus knows he is Camus, that is, there is no Camus, Camus becomes and Indian, So everyone is Indian, that Chinese is an Indian.