A tribute to Manna Dey

The voice that gave us soul-stirring and immortal melodies such as "Laaga chunri mei daag chupaoo kaise" and "Puchho na kaise maine rain bitayi", has fallen silent.

Manna Dey passed away at a Bangalore hospital on Thursday morning after gifting music rasikas over 3,500 songs mainly in Hindi and Bengali. He was 94.
While "Laaga chunri" and "Puchho na kaise" were arguably his biggest hits and unmatched numbers in the classic music mould, over the years what has tugged at my heartstrings the most has been his mesmerising number "Ae mere pyare watan, ae mere bichhdey chaman, Tujhpe dil qurban".
And then, displaying the sheer breadth of his versatility Manna Dey also gave us, again filmed on Balraj Sahni, the lilting melody "Ae meri Zohra Jabeen, tujhe maloom nahi', which can give a run for their money to lively numbers of the ilk of "Kajrare kajkrare tere kaaley kaaley naina".
Dey also sang fast moving evergreen melodies such as "Yeh raat bheegi bheegi", "Aaja sanam madhur chaandni mei hum", and "Pyar hua iqraar hua".
For this one-man institution, the Dada Saheb Phalke award in 2007 came too late.
The best tribute one can pay this legend is from the lines he had so beautifully sung in Ae meri Zohra Jabeen:Yeh shokhiya heh baankpan jo tujh mei hei kahi nahi; Dilo ko jeetney ka phan so thujh mei hei kahi nahin…
Your voice… your music… were indeed unique and nobody can win our hearts the way you did…

 

About Mr.Yayaatti Pandya

Mr. Yayaati Pandya  will be directing our short film - YEH MANZILEIN HAI KAUN SI ?
He is in Film and television media for last 10 years .
He is a member of Film writers association and presently writing a script for a hindi feature film .
He has acted in TV serials and regional films.
And most important he is a very down to earth man . Very polite and friendly . We are happy to be associated with him .

SONG PROMO

Please view the song proposed for the short film . It will be refined for the film . Please leave your comments. We would like to hear from you .

THOUGHT BEHIND THE PLOT - YEH MANZILEIN HAI KAUN SI ?

FILM MAKER QUOTES

Today we gathered together a collection of inspiring, thought provoking and humorous quotes from great filmmakers of the past and present. There is nothing I’m going to write this late at night that will compete, so on with the show…

1. Most people don’t know what they want or feel. And for everyone, myself included, It’s very
    difficult to say what you mean when what you mean is painful. The most difficult thing in the
    world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to… As an artist, I feel that we must try many
    things – but above all, we must dare to fail. You must have the courage to be bad – to be willing to
    risk everything to really express it all. –John Cassavetes

2. My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you’ve got to be a
    filmmaker.
   
    -Robert Wise

3. Pain is temporary, film is forever!

    - John Milius

4. What I always tell people is… Unless you are so passionate about filmmaking that you would
     rather live out of your car than not do it, find something else to do as a career and do filmmaking
    as a hobby. This industry is one of the hardest to break into and be successful. It takes a lot of
    passion and dedication for it to get anywhere…

    - Ryan Connolly

5. The Only Safe Thing is to Take a Chance.

    - Mike Nichols

6. Why Pay a Dollar for a Bookmark? Why Not Use the Dollar for a Bookmark?

    - Steven Spielberg
 

MAKING A SHORT FILM

In this day and age, anyone can make a short film. But,  to make a good film it will take time, preparation, and some expense. If making a short film is something we really want to do, putting time in now will make all the difference later.

Tips

• Before our shoot let's make sure we have all our equipment with us. It is best to plan these things before production.
• Have fun with it!
• If we are filming in a public place, let's always, always make sure we have signed releases from all random faces that may appear in our movie.
• Let's Remember our overall vision as we record our footage. Let's not forget to record voice-overs (talking) and other sounds as part of our regular footage. We can always use the video or audio independently.
• Let's make our production choices based on necessities. Let's not forget that we can use pictures and still shots for video, too.
• To make a film, we will need to be creative.
• YEH MANZILEIN HAI KAUN SI ? is what you want to accomplish.

Warnings

• Let's always check our camera before shooting just in case we have forgotten to press record. This is to avoid losing precious footage!
• There are laws against using videos of people and certain places without permission. Let's always ask the subject or the owner/operator of a building if it's okay to record them and be sure to tell them what it's for. For added protection, have them write it on paper when they give permission.
• Let's be careful to check each setting on our recording device as we operate or we might miss the best shot. It's a good idea to review our footage after each take.

Let's Show the film to friends and family and/or post it to YouTube. If we are serious about film-making, let's submit it to film festivals and send it to film agencies. Remember, the more publicity we get, the better short films we will be able to make in the future. And remember, everyone had to start somewhere!

Good luck, and remember the most important rule of film-making... Have a good time!

 

FILM MAKING QUOTES