मूषकायन - एक कथाकथन

 

Ann Arbor Marathi Mandal च्या गुढीपाडवा 2021 च्या कार्यक्रमासाठी सादर केलेलं, मी लिहिलेलं कथाकथन

बागेमधला बाक एकला (A Solitary Bench in the Park)

 

A touching, short picture story in Marathi.

One of my friend, who is a keen photographer, posted this picture one day on Facebook of a solitary bench. This prompted me to write a 4 line verse. That was that until couple of years later I had to write something for a short skit and I used this as a base to come up with s storyline. The skit didnt happen as planned and with Covid restrictions I decided to do it in a abhivachan/ picture story form. Hopefully it captures the essence of love, loss and compassion in a meaningful way.

Trick or Treat

 A short, entertaining homemade film made on occasion of Halloween 2020

Rada (राडा) - A Short Marathi Film

A short entertaining homemade film made during the 2020 lockdown period and a sequel of Kadha (काढा), another short film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7EbodVJAZ0&t=1s

Ganeshotsav 2020

2020 has been unusual in many aspects and a tamed down Ganapati celebration with only close family was one. However we were able to share this video on a Zoom call with many friends which made us feel as if celebrating together. It also gave a chance for a throwback to the past.

Short Film - Friends

Division in any form, whether it racism, casteism, religion, economic and social status is not healthy for us as a society. Some of these are inherently picked up at a young age from the people, their behaviors and environment around is. Hopefully this short film sends a big message to all of us. 

काढा (Kadha) - A short film

Sometimes things start just casually and turn into a learning and enjoyable experience. We have a movie club where we bunch of friends  get together regularly to watch a movie and discuss about it. The lockdown/ stay-at-home orders of course restricted us from getting together. A casual suggestion from me that we should make our own short movies and display it was taken in with enthusiasm and great results.

We had a time restriction of 5-7 min and this idea just took germ in my mind which I developed into a story line as we went along. I involved my mother, daughter, niece and nephew (from out of state) and they also participated with acting and videography. We used my Samsung Galaxy S9 phone for shooting and MS Video Editor program for editing. Part fun, part learning experience it was received to great reviews among our friends and we also saw some great films made by others. 

So what could have been a boring, tiresome, fearful time period in our lives became an opportunity to learn something new and have fun. Hope you like it.

Locked at Home

2020 will be memorable in most of our minds due to COVID 19. There are very few events that impact the entire world in such a dramatic way within a short span of time. The fear and uncertainty of the virus, the spiraling case and death counts, the continuous doomsday type new cycles, the lock downs/stay-at-home orders, the impact to nations economy's and businesses will all stay in our minds for a long time to come.

At a personal level also there were a lot of life learning experiences as we stumbled, adjusted, explored and thrived in the situation as time went by. Here is a short video that I created about my stay-at-home experience.

'रसिका तुझ्याचसाठी'

महाराष्ट्र मंडळ डेट्रोइट यांनी आयोजित केलेल्या 'रसिका तुझ्याचसाठी' या कार्यक्रमात कविता सादर करताना