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Mr Save ( सावे ) Milind

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Milind explaining the shot to be taken, and director taking a backseat, as he is sitting and listening too, the scene was little complicated , as while cutting a potato Deepali ( the heroine ) sees blood coming out of it and in the same shot when I come and see it, there is no blood. good effective scene which was also shot well. This still picture has Sameer Atle ( Cameraman ) explaining his shot and where exactly the actors should come . Milind, Manohar , Swaroop kumar & the little girl listening carefully. Now before the shot same rehearsal for the director. 29Th June'08 9.30 pm . I Just had a very long chat over the phone with Milind, dear friend, a computer graphic designer, versatile, talented, very soon will be directing a feature film, was associated with lot of films, I met him on the set of " Mahima Kandobacha " , there were lot of complicated computer graphic shots, very pains taking, needed patience,and he had everything, I didn't know what magic he d

Ekta Kapoor, Balaji Telefilms and me

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Ekta and I met for the first time many many years ago, for same programme of the channel called ATN, that time Balaji telefilms was also not in the picture, Gautam Chaturvadi and me was doing some comparing programme called Top5, it was a brief meeting, then when Ekta started Balaji Telefilms, I was offerred a beautiful role by Swapna the Directed in suspence thriller serial " Mano Ya Na Mano " produced by Ekta for Balaji, I was surprised to know that the serial was to be shot in Ahmadabad, normal that time producers would shoot in mumbai to save money, but Ekta always thought big, she would do things which no other producer has done, And this began my association with Balaji telefilms, one after another I started working for Balaji, and I was alos very happy till " Kahani tari mari ", after "Mano ya na mano" for me it was "Kaun" with Mita Vashst directed by Anurag Basu, then it was " Bandan " a daily soap with Ritu raj, then " Itt

" Gahire Paani " by Ratnakar Matkari

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I was introduced to Ratnakar Matkari saheb by Supriya Vinod ( his Daughter) we were doing a story of CID, directed by B.P.Singh on Sony TV , there on the set, she mentioned to me that her father is Directing a film for NFDC and is casting for the same, she forwarded my pictures to him, and from the day I met him till date I am his fan, I find his scripts perfect, I have not come across any writer who can match him, his stories, screen play, dialogues , and his climax of the story are just brilliance , extraordinary, so well thought and convincing , that any actor would find it easy to work with him, I have done lot of stories with him on television, mostly " Gahire Paani " stories such as " अंधार वाडा ", " बंध ", " ऋंको " " काळी बहुली ", " चिठठी ", and " रात " ( Raat ) in Hindi, This brilliant story was earlier done for Zee Tv after the success for Gahire Paani , Zee wanted Matkari saheb to do a seri

Smiles which faded away, remember these gems who are no more,

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Sudhir Joshi, Very in jolly person, I had a very very good relationship with him, he loved to tease me, and enjoyed every bit of it, whenever we met he would shout and call me " Gooholi ", and whenever we both got time then it would be very serious talks, lovey man, very very intelligent, happy go lucky, we both did " Devki " and " Mast Kalandar " together, " Mast Kalandar "remain incomplete, which the makers wants to complete it after so long and I will be shooting for the film tomorrow. And it will be very difficult for me on the set, as he would not be around and the echo of "Gooholi " only I would be hearing, sudhirji had a heart attack in Bangkok, and had to go through bypass there itself, and after his return from there he passed away in mumbai.I wish he was around. Monisha & her mum, had a car accident near Bangalore while coming for a film shooting, in which her mum was seriously injured and Monisha dead. Monisha Unni , my

" Dhak Ghar Apna Ghar " Zee TV, with Ashwini Kalsekar, Directed By Pravin Karale

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This show was for Zee TV, a for me it was the first time as an Anchor, and I had a tough time, and was not at all good at it, and My co-actor was Ashwini Kalsekar, with whom I had done to two serials which never came on air, she is still a good friend and Ashwini was master in Anchoring, and made me very comfortable, we had great moments while shooting, Yesterday I met Pravin Karale, after ages, he is directing a Marathi film and offered me a nice role in it, unfortunately I had done a similar kind of role in Mahesh Manjarekar's "Aai ", and I don't enjoy these kind of roles, today I wouldn't do Mahesh's Aai, that time also I had expressed my displeasure, but it was the beginning of Marathi film career, so may be I must have said yes, Pravin being a friend with whom I had enjoyed Dak Ghar Apna Ghar, which he used to Direct, we became close friends since then, so this time also I found it difficult to say no to him for that role, when I was looking forward to

CHILDREN OF HEAVEN

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If you want to see god, I have them for you, soo many of them. All this kids I met while shooting, at functions and they are all bliss, full of life, very happy go lucky, teaches you how to live life, I calll them children of heavan , what is heavan on earth ? these are the kids, yes you can see god in them....

HAPPY MOMENTS WHILE SHOOTING

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SMILES goes miles, great moment we had on the shooting set, some people are so lovely and humourous that they make you laugh all the time. ( still from Most Wanted with Ashok Saraf, Rajan & Kiran ) and how time flies by you never realise, these smiles make things very easy, make difficult things very smooth. ( still from "Bhakti Shakti" with Vijay Shetty & Vidur sir ) Vijay Chavan make the shooting atmosphere so humourous that some times it becomes very difficult to concentrate on work. ( Still from Mahima Khandobacha" Deepali, Manohar Sarvakar, Child artist & Vijumama ) His Moruchi Maushi was all time hit play almost since 20 years, in which he Played a woman , the impact is so much that now also directors want him to play the same, and he looks so horrible in the getup, but a lovable person. ( still from "Halad" assistant Shawan and Vijumama) hilarous moment on the set of Most Wanted ( with Deepak Shikhe, Jay Pandia & Kadkol ) And Arra Arra