In advertising, whether it is film or still, what goes on at the back of the scenes is far more out of the ordinary than what you see on the screen......
The day of the shoot all the guys there had fixed jobs….division of labour - Ram style!!!
While the crew would take the shot and direct the models our art director would keep the local children from running into the shot. Ram would make certain that the sofa was set up properly and Guru as a client service guy, would position his fat self on an unsteady chair and hold a small tree branch above the camera so the leaves hung just in the top border of the shot. Precarious it was but the job demanded it and the creative guy in him once a while woke up to support such dare devilry.
The sun was just starting to place and spread a stunning reddish pink blush on the massive windows of the mansion. The female model took her place on the sofa with her glass. She looked gorgeous and stunning. Guru climbed the ramshackle chair with much acrobatic skill on display and remained there balancing and making as minimal sounds as possible…The male model walked into the shot and took his position. A soft breeze came in and soothed the setting
Can we go for the take… announced the photographer…YUP it looks perfect… positions … shouted the director…
The female model charged up and ‘wore’ the looks… her eyes looked the cam invitingly and her cherry red lips said sweet tales to the camera…
Suddenly the lights went dim, as if some one switched it off and the crew in unison looked up…. The sun wasn’t there… simply vanished..disappeared in a fraction of a second …
Ram kept staring the sky, as if that will terrorize the sun to come back…He couldn’t and when his neck pained he slowly came back…
Wait for a min …he shouted…. and asked the director… shud we? Can we???.
Fuck it… exploded Guru,as he threw the tree branch down… his arm had a spasm from holding the branch and his legs in twinge from the circus on the almost broken chair…
Ram looked pityingly….. But lights…..he muttered…
Guru jumped down.. and the crew started panicking as rain clouds began to accumulate…and yo.. thunder… a huge lightning flashed across the skies with an explosive voice falling down the air and directly on to that lawn….
People started running and the folks who had assembled in want of seeing the film being shot.. had all gone ..
The model in her black some thing and the made up face screamed in horror, and started running and no one knew what to do. Ram tried holding her to cajole her but she cried even more loudly as if he had just tried to molest her… Guru started laughing at the show as rains unleashed its absolute supremacy with all its ferocity … The ‘creative’ GURU stood there , and got wet..he loved rains… its music…..its soft touch ….the romance it brings down with its wet arms… the passion with which it swept heat and dust in its wave and vigour with which it replaced silence and calm.…
What the fuck are you doing… shouted Ram as he rushed for cover…no one will go….. no one will go……. he kept on shouting as he ran….
And when it was all over, the crew could do anything there but a photo shoot… the models became unrecognizable and the female was so overcome by shock that she cried and cried and started talking to her mom in her mobile…she looked like a ghost with the make up flowing down and Guru couldn’t control his laughter seeing the girl who just sometime back had made a wow… and had unleashes tones of admiration in the sets….the cameras were wet.. the crew was tired ..the sofa was drenched and the house owner started shouting at the mess…
Get out ….all of you… he screamed ruthlessly…
The pandemonium bought down by the rain had made the shoot an impossible dream even though Ram still thought that they still can give it a try….
No one seemed to agree with Ram….no one even asked him whether it is a pack up or not… The day had ended and ended in the worse possible way…
Back to office… still wet and teeth chattering, Ram, left alone thought to himself as to what next? How could it be re arranged? It’s not easy to put all elements, everyone back to place and shoot it… but it had to be done…
The choice was clear.. There was no choice and he HAD to do it…
When you are bring raped and you know that you have know escape,why make the fuss... why dont lie down and enjoy... Ram sunk into a perverted logic and all the thousand things that vied for his attention waited ....
looking back for related stuff ....1,2,3,4,....
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