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28 juillet KVK- Chhattisgarh ShootThis is being (b)logged a little late; perhaps about a month late. On 20 June, 2008, i had gone for the shoot of KVK Energy corporate film shoot to Chhattisgarh. Venu had asked me to do this shoot. cameraman mahendra rayan, assistant mahesh and attendant sunil were part of the unit. the camera was digi-beta 790. flight from mumbai was at 9.30am.
just before landing the airplane shuddered violently side ways. it felt like a boat pitching. due to this something went wrong in my stomach and i started getting a strong puky feeling. i started sweating too. i was fanning myself with a news paper as i felt the cold blower was not enough. i was seriously trying to understand this feeling. my mind went to problems of heart or stroke. my mind was functioning and it was checking all the parameters. finally after a while the sick feeling subsided; but my stomach was still tight. i picked up a nice health magzine from the plane. there was also a nice health article in the TOI, kolkata.
we were out of the airport in 20 min after landing. mr. reddy, our guide and contact was late. there was a Tata Safari for our travel to Korba. after loading i realised that the car was crammed for us all. two boys sat in front seat. back seat had 3 of us and camera. the rear was full of equipment.
all decided that we should get out of the city fast and try to reach a Dhaba during lunch time. the driver said he can do that by 1.30pm. i said it was fine. but we got to the Shere Punjab at 3.15pm. we all were very hungery. orders were placed. food was good. this place was at 'Chakar Bhatha'. we again stopped for tea at Pali around 5pm. it has been raining around here. driver was very knowledgable about this region. reached Korba at 6.30pm, got in Room#112. later tested the camera and loaded first tape. also checked the mike. shoot format 4:3.
at 8.15 had bath and dinner in my room. slept at 10pm.
21 June. we left hotel at 8am after breakfast. reached first power plant SVPL site. there was nothing. just flat land and some bull dozers and trucks. it looked very blank. also it was drizzling continuously. no work worth shooting was being done. but i created some shots and shot about 17 min length.
we moved out from here after 2 hours of shooting. next plant was LANCO. it was under construction in real sense. there was a lot of activity. the land area was very large and a lot of metal and other stuff was all around me. i climbed up a cement mixer that was not being used. it was as high as a 6 floor building. i took a lot of top angle shots from there. the rain was continuing. the ground was all slush. my shoes sank in wet mud a few times and got covered with mud. but the shoot here was quite good, due to the structure itself.
cameraman mahendra behaved badly by taking a different route after i announced the 'wrap'. i had to carry the battery on me for nearly 2 hours. we reached the hotel at Korba at 8pm. by this time i was getting a spliting headache. i ordered a cheese sandwich and milk, but could not finish it. i was feeling sick with the headache. i had no idea why did i get it. after some struggle i managed Aspro and popped 2 of them before sleeping.
22 June. again we had breakfast and drove off for the shoot of the 3rd power plant KVK Bio. this plant uses coal a well as rice husk for heating the boilers. got some good shots of coal on the conveyer belt and also husk being moved in trucks. mahendra on 2 occasions behaved very badly and i was sure that i was not going to work with him again. after taking the shot of the gate at 3.45 pm i called it a 'wrap' and we moved to Raipur. we were already carrying our personal bags along in the car.
We reached hotel Simran (Room#504) at Raipur at 7pm. Ordered Veg Pulao for dinner at 9pm. met Surendra, Venu's friend first time. he looked very different than i had thought. he sat for sometime and then left. i kept surfing the TV channels for long time.i felt all the movies on TV were very interesting. I watched Alag till 11.30. then my head swung due to strong wave of sleepiness. i gave in and switched off. but at 1am someone tried to open my door to enter. i was asking "wjo are you?" and he kept trying to turn the handle to come in. i called the reception and called Surendra too. some peope collected outside. i opened the door. Surendra said 'sorry' and then I went to sleep again... must have been some drunk guy, who spoilt my sleep. |
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