Recollecting memoirs-5

Victim, a film but many of the realities of godhra, 10th november 2009

Ashutosh called and told me about a film competition at Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA). He told me that people from all over India, mostly business schools would be participating.

Not in the mood to participate, reluctantly, I sent him the "beginning" film for the entry level .After a week, I was informed that we had won the entry level and moved to the next and final level.The topic would be "pain" and we had to submit the movie within three days.It was something which was quite challenging.

Only three days !

Then it came the idea of "Victim". Completing the story and screenplay in one day, we prepared for the shoot. Completed and then continuously edited for 34 hours.Submitting just before an hour of deadline, we prayed let it get what it deserved.

Two days later, we came to know that it won the "Best Film" award.