It is said that stars die off eventually and sometimes they die-off right after they’re born(Now don’t ask me who said that …LOL).Yes Indiavision,the youth channel had a similar story. i am not sure how many of you may have heard of such a television channel. Yes was different ! Not just for the sake of saying, you could watch my youtube videos and you will know what i mean. The team YES consisted of hardly 30 professionals and all of them had one thing in common-campassion towards what they’re doing. i would bet that there would’nt have been such a team ever created in any other television entities. More than a job, we all were like a family but a family unguided or may be one with a lack of leadership or vision. It’s hard to explain what went wrong but i would like to talk more on what went right.
i had never dreamt of having my hands on such a sphere even in my wildest imagination but then somehow it happned that one day i found myself at the Indiavision studio for audition as a VJ. The audition if i am right was taken by Sajith Lakshman a.k.a the ‘chief’ guy and everything went according to he script then on. i was selected by the panel which were the then program heads Mr.Prakash menon and Anil ayroor. From there on i was made to feel that televisoin is where i belong. Anyway YES did make its own cult that by the time we had our soft launch other telecvisoin channel’s immediately started to copy the layout,the style, the edit pattern to even the camera frames.
Anyway YES was’nt all that a failure for people involved with it. Asif Ali(RITU fame) & Archana Kavi(Neelathamara fame) did make their career out of it.i very much miss the old days with YES and wish those days will be back some day.Asif,Me n Archana was the “3A’s” of YES(like “3idiots”..LOL).VJ Rakesh now RJ Rakesh at club FM,VJ Andrine now writing this blog that you are reading..LOL are some other names that could be accounted.
i always wanted to share the tales of “Asif Ali” & now that i have a way to do it i must say how happy i am for him. When i met him,he was doing 1′st year BBA at Marian college.You would rarely meet guys with such strong will and strong dreams and fortunately i had the honor to meet such a person. i was already in YES as a VJ when my friend Ajeesh introduced me to Asif who would then very openly tell anyone that he wanted to be an actor. People never talk out about their dreams because they’re scared. Asif was’nt among them;he knew that saying it out openly only make it a step closer to his dream.His friends in college would mock him when he said that his movie would release is Ernakulam Sarita theatre and i was very suprised to see this guy still say it loud and open. But see the power of dreams,his first movie-Ritu was released at Saritha theatre.
God’s grace he will be bigger than he want to be ! “Insha Alla” as he would say.
Asif was the program producer and VJ of a very unique and exciting program called “BULB”. The shoot process was very interesting that we’ll have a million stories to tell if anyone among our crew starts to speak about this program. it was one of the masterpieces tha YES created.
Unlike Asif, Archana was’nt all that convinced about her inner actor ! she never had the plan to be a part of the fil fraternity. she was just a normal “paagal si ladki” as she would then say.But fate and yes, some of her decisions that she took simply turned Life upside down.
Archana was the Love guru and her program “Bloody Love” was quite a hit.(i know you would be thinking aobut the program names we come up with…LOL…Bulb..now Bloody Love…well ask our RD that ! He used to name the programes.)
Me a.k.a Vj Andy was the Gup-Shup guy at “Cocktail”,where we used to talk about anything under the sky.Sajith a.k.a “The Chief” was the producer of the program and like Bulb the shoot process is always fun here. Find out…
i was also the program producer and went on to do many a programs,Bloody Love being one among them.You would find my program promo’s on my youtube page.
As for me the journey is still not over,may be ! There is a time for everything they say ! I Agree !
Looking forward for comments from some fans of YES ! Anyone ???
It is said that stars die off eventually and sometimes they die-off right after they’re born(Now don’t ask me who said that …LOL).Yes Indiavision,the youth channel had a similar story. i am not sure how many of you may have heard of such a television channel. Yes was different ! Not just for the sake of saying, you could watch my YouTube videos and you will know what i mean. The team YES consisted of hardly 30 professionals and all of them had one thing in common:- Campassion towards what they’re doing. i would bet that there wouldn’t have been such a team ever created in any other television entities. More than a job, we all were like a family but a family unguided or may be one with a lack of leadership or vision. It’s hard to explain what went wrong but i would like to talk more on what went right.
i had never dreamt of having my hands on such a sphere even in my wildest imagination but then somehow it happened that one day i found myself at the Indiavision studio for audition as a VJ. The audition if i am right was taken by Sajith Lakshman a.k.a the ‘chief’ guy and everything went according to he script then on. i was selected by the panel which were the then program heads Mr.Prakash menon and Anil Ayroor. From there on i was made to feel that television is where i belong. Anyway YES did make its own cult that by the time we had our soft launch other television channel’s immediately started to copy the layout,the style, the edit pattern to even the camera frames.
Anyway YES wasn’t all that a failure for people involved with it. Asif Ali(RITU fame) & Archana Kavi(Neelathamara fame) did make their career out of it.I very much miss the old days with YES and wish those days will be back some day.Asif,Me n Archana was the “3 A’s” of YES(like “3idiots”..LOL).VJ Rakesh now RJ Rakesh at club FM,VJ Andrine now writing this blog that you are reading..LOL are some other names that could be accounted.
i always wanted to share the tales of “Asif Ali” & now that i have a way to do it i must say how happy i am for him. When i met him,he was doing 1′ st year BBA at Marian college.You would rarely meet guys with such strong will and strong dreams and fortunately i had the honor to meet such a person. i was already in YES as a VJ when my friend Ajeesh introduced me to Asif who would then very openly tell anyone that he wanted to be an actor. People never talk out about their dreams because they’re scared. Asif wasn’t among them;he knew that saying it out openly only make it a step closer to his dream.His friends in college would mock him when he said that his movie would release is Ernakulam Sarita theatre and I was very surprised to see this guy still say it loud and open. But see the power of dreams,his first movie – Ritu was released at Saritha theatre.
God’s grace he will be bigger than he want to be ! “Insha Alla” as he would say.
Asif was the program producer and VJ of a very unique and exciting program called “BULB”. The shooting process was very interesting that we’ll have a million stories to tell if anyone among our crew starts to speak about this program. it was one of the masterpieces tha YES created.
Unlike Asif, Archana wasn’t all that convinced about her inner actor ! she never had the plan to be a part of the film fraternity. she was just a normal “Paagal Si Ladki” as she would then say.But fate and yes, some of her decisions that she took simply turned Life upside down.
Archana was the Love guru and her program “Bloody Love” was quite a hit.(i know you would be thinking about the program names we come up with…LOL…Bulb..now Bloody Love…well ask our RD that ! He used to name the programs.)But i would like to show you a crazy video we did…it’s fun
Me a.k.a Vj Andy was the Gup-Shup guy at “Cocktail”,where we used to talk about anything under the sky.Sajith a.k.a “The Chief” was the producer of the program and like Bulb the shoot process is always fun here. Find out…
i was also the program producer and went on to do many a programs,Bloody Love being one among them.You would find my program promo’s on my YouTube page.
As for me the journey is still not over,may be ! There is a time for everything they say ! I Agree !
Looking forward for comments from some fans of YES ! Anyone ???
Originally posted 2009-12-04 23:11:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Now seeing the posters of Lal Jose’s next flick one would imagine the girl as one who has been in the circle but believe me Archana kavi is nowhere near. She portrays a very calm and silent girl or much better said the best adjective I might use would be her name ‘ kunjumallu’, which itself has all the sweetness that can make you diabetic. Anyway the point is the character that she plays has absolutely nothing to do with what she really is. Trust me! Spent 20mintues with her and you will know and as we sat down over a coffee to pen down something she almost eat my brains. No offense! But Archana is the kind of female that could very easily prove that “Kid! You aren’t nothing “… you will never find so much energy.Anyway the more I talk it might look like I am buttering her for our next interview though I would love one more sitting..
Anyway we got to know what she is made off and since I have so much to say I thought I will do it as two parts. So here it goes
So,Archana Jose Kavi …you sound like you’re some kind of Geek ?
Yes I am! Why doubt?!
So what are your best friends?
Well… I love irritating people who are close to me… have you ever tried it??? It’s a lot of fun! He.. he. apart from that I love cooking… most of the people don’t believe that.. i don’t know why? My friends call me “house hold gal next door”… though I am really a lazy bum!
That’s a shocker? So this is what you used to do in your spare time?
I told u.. I am a lazy bum… ‘mood ki baat hai’… my hindi is still good!
So how did you end up here with movies and stuff?
See I totally believe that I am God’s favorite child! I never wanted to be an actress… i was doing my BBA in kottayam… and I really wanted 2 do something, I tried getting into radio as a RJ but then I ended up being a VJ and from there my take off as an actress…
So no hard fight? Just a walk in the park ?
the funny part is that so many people die to be where I am now… but in my case I never wanted to be here… it came as a blessing… though it wasn’t a walk in a park…Cinema is never a walk in a park… there was a lot of emotional stress involved in it.. but at the end i would like 2 say- I AM BLESSED!
So what’s it like to be Archana Kavi ?
Ahhh..tricky questions ah. I am just another (extra)ordinary gal… hehe the one thing I miss is my family.. and my mom made food…
Ok so how was your transition to kunjumallu for ‘Neelathamara’ ?
Ahh now that’s the million dollar question. Kunjumallu is like my exact opposite which I thought would be difficult. But then I would like to thank my DAD.. he was very particular about me n my bro should be ordinary malayalee kids… it was a rule at home that we speak in malayalam… and more over I have seen my aunts and amma do all kunjamallu job… so I was very much aware of it… though there was no practical knowledge …
Well lets get personel….Relatioships ??
Ah ha….not that easy..watch this space for the next part of the interview and even post any questions you want to ask her.
#Twitter has now emerged as more than just a virtual player to a very #Real #Life event for all who uses it.The other day my friend almost broke-up on me because for some reason she found that I was not following her. Gone are those days i guess where people used to be addressed by just names,now everyone has a ‘@’ or ’#’ prefixed on to their names.And the biggest nightmare now seems to be walking up to a morning to find that your Twitter account is suspended,something I call the #Tweetmare !
Now seeing something like this will surely be disturbing for #Twitterholics like me ! Today i woke up to see the account of my friend @AskAaronLee was suspended. Twitter states it to be investigating for some malware or some related issues.Now this mate I am talking about here is quite a legend in his domain,strange how Twitter had choose his account.But then today i did find a lot of accounts with the same conditions.
Anyway I hope Twitter fixes the suspended accounts very soon,missing the Tweets of some very active users like @AskAaronLee,get back soon bud and ya as for Twitter I just got to say “Get well soon Maamu(Hindi..)….”
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Originally posted 2010-01-12 01:14:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
I was very excited to be there at Gokulam ParK Inn to be with my friend Asif for the Pooja of his next movie,Apoorva Ragam:an anusual Love story, and …
The occasion was blessed with the presence of God’s & Goddesses of Film fraternity and also was an auspicious day for the director who celebrated 25 years in Film Industry,Sri.Sibi Malayil. I could hardly keep up with the people who attended the function but the celebration spirit at the venue was at its high that Sri.Nedumudi Venu even said that this is the first time a movie’s pooja has been done in such a manner.
The Cast include Nishaan(Ritu fame),Asif(Ritu fame) & Nithya(Kerala Cafe) and as the caption says the movie is an unusual love story. Seeing the still taken by Ace photographer Shaan itself portrays how the movie stands off from the ordinary.Seeing this picture (below) I mocked Asif asking if its remake of 3 idiots(LOL…).The movie is set for a single schedule shoot of 40 days in Ernakulam. Anyway wishing him all the very best and prayers…
LOL…this is not my version of Kerala Cafe,just some pictures that would show you the course of events around me in the year 2009 in 96 seconds.So that makes it kind of a short film with no conversations ..lol
Originally posted 2009-12-22 21:07:33. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
the one thing I miss is my family.. and my mom made food…
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