As I look back,2009 wasn’t all that a great year for certain reasons but it was simply a Life Altering year for a lot more reasons. “Pappu Pass Ho Gaya” would be the first thing that I would say when it comes to my academic stats,finally with lot of pain and grief I am now a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering(That’s what my certificate which is yet to come is supposed to say).So the year 2009 has made me a ‘Bachelor’(I am, yes I am…lol) who is yet to ‘Master’ his world.
As I look back, the first thing that comes to my mind is the New Year celebrations 2009;I celebrating thebeginning of yet another year and of course “My Birthday”(Yup,lucky brat I am…???) with my partners in crime, all of them in fact. Our celebrations started at Ramada & Loungevity on December 31’st and went on four days which was Archana’s Birthday too(Yes, she’s a Capricorn too) and how can I forget the days ahead, cos technically we all were broke badly after that LOL.(so technically we were the first to be hit by Recession ..LOL). And a lot has changed since then, a lot ….
Yes Indiavision had already loosen its grips making me and Asif technically ‘Jobless’(We were program producers cum VJ there ya see). So unlike all other men who would probably look for another job, we were quite geniuses-We did nothing. Asif had decided his destiny, he was just waiting for the path to show up and yes the year 2009 did show him one and now he has taken the first step towards his destiny.
And the movie “Ritu” just gave him enough push for everyone to see the “Actor” in him or in his own words to see the “Kutty Tiger” in him(means small Tiger….Really ! he is …LOL).The picture put up was taken when we went wish Asif “All the success” as he was leaving for the shoot of ‘Ritu’.
Archana was already expecting a call for the movie, “Patanathil Bootham” which she apparently did not take up and she was the Chairperson of our club-“the Jobless club”(LOL..i just made up that now). But then her Life too took a U-turn when Lal Sir, asked her to play Kunjumallu of Neelathamara. So there goes our chairperson (LOL).
I am going to miss them for certain but I am very happy that they have been bestowed with what they deserve. As for me, my transition from Program Producer of Yes Indiavision to Director (Operations) of my own startup firm took its course of time and my journey so far been Fun & troublesome.
As I look back,2009 has placed a whole new world has been placed in my front and told me ‘Beta ! Yeh hai Duniya !’ and I ask back ‘Yeh Beta Kaun Hai’(Ah ! OK …..Bad joke, I always try you see).a lot has changed around Shruti(@shrutikutu) has now migrated to Trivandrum, Jyoti now in UK,Anup now thinking of quitting smoking & Alcohol(I forgot the last time he took this decision..LOL),Shweta now doing her final Semester, Ajeesh still not got laid in UK(someone find him a Chic .Please!),Rakesh(stuck somewhere),Mathew at Mumbai,Anitha decided to reduce her weight by 4 Kgs(I bet she still would be like a 100 Kgs..LOL) recession, Re.1 for Twitter SMS’s in Airtel(LOL..Now that was a good one ).Something’s still unchanged though Sithara(@SitharaP),Abilash(@abbbii ),Sunil; Happy everyone still here for me ! Thanks Guys!
As I look back,I learned that Life ahead is more back…….
Originally posted 2009-12-14 20:48:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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
Yes Indiavision had already loosen its grips making me and Asif technically ‘Jobless’(We were program producers cum VJ there ya see). So unlike all other men who would probably look for another job, we were quite geniuses-We did nothing. Asif had decided his destiny, he was just waiting for the path to show up and yes the year 2009 did show him one and now he has taken the first step towards his destiny.
As I look back,2009 has placed a whole new world has been placed in my front and told me ‘Beta ! Yeh hai Duniya !’ and I ask back ‘Yeh Beta Kaun Hai’(Ah ! OK …..Bad joke, I always try you see).a lot has changed around Shruti(@shrutikutu) has now migrated to Trivandrum, Jyoti now in UK,Anup now thinking of quitting smoking & Alcohol(I forgot the last time he took this decision..LOL),Shweta now doing her final Semester, Ajeesh still not got laid in UK(someone find him a Chic .Please!),Rakesh(stuck somewhere),Mathew at Mumbai,Anitha decided to reduce her weight by 4 Kgs(I bet she still would be like a 100 Kgs..LOL) recession, Re.1 for Twitter SMS’s in Airtel(LOL..Now that was a good one ).Something’s still unchanged though Sithara(@SitharaP),Abilash(@abbbii ),Sunil; Happy everyone still here for me ! Thanks Guys!
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