Raw reflections and practical insights from my journey in cinema and tech. Sharing the personal experiences, failures, and lessons that shape the craft.
A Century of Cinema’s Slow Decline, and What Might Save It There is a question that haunts every cinema owner, every distributor, every filmmaker who has watched the post-pandemic box office numbers crawl back from the abyss. Is this a…
To be read after Chapter One: Lost In Wilderness The New Playground The game dev studio felt like a completely different world. And I mean that in the best possible way. Where I had come from, things were predictable. Here,…
The Art of Workflow Transformation Every studio, whether it’s a scrappy indie setup or a large production house, has those moments where things don’t go according to plan. A render fails minutes before delivery, a camera rig doesn’t behave as…
How I Became a Filmmaker Without Film School I’ve been making films for the past 15 years. So far, I’ve directed 6 live-action feature films and acted as the animation head in two animated feature length films. And I did…
After years of teaching filmmaking to bachelor students in university classrooms, I decided to test a different approach: a three-hour online crash course. The goal wasn’t just to teach, but to validate whether my teaching style could translate to the…
The last time I walked into a cinema, there were eleven people in the hall. Eleven. I sat there in the dark, watching the work of dozens of crew members, months of effort, millions of rupees, flicker across the screen…
In the pursuit of creating something meaningful, we often fall into the trap of tunnel vision, focusing so intensely on our project that we lose sight of everything else. While dedication is admirable, this narrow focus can paradoxically limit our…
Your Darkest Moment Might Be Your Greatest Gift Life unfolds like a story, complete with rising action, conflict, and moments so dark you wonder if the narrative will ever find its resolution. We watch movies where protagonists face seemingly insurmountable…
There’s a moment in The Matrix that always sticks with me. Neo goes to meet the Oracle, expecting answers, expecting certainty. Instead, she tells him exactly what he needs to hear in that moment, not some ultimate truth written in…
A Quiet Moment and an Unexpected Quote I was waiting for everyone to get ready before we left for someplace, and I found myself sitting in the little library corner my wife had set up at home. She calls it…