The Sphoorti “Smiles” Project was started when I visited the wonderful kids at Sphoorti in Jan 08′ at Hyderabad. I wanted to tell a story through these kids’ smiles. Pictures of poverty stricken children, with dire sickness and unholy conditions are often a showcase of irony than reality. It does break your heart though. And when you break your …
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Mira Nair and my script idea
Mira Nair was visiting Northeastern University in Boston on Thursday and my cousin was pushing me to take our script — “Yuti” to her, he’s been my biggest inspiration behind this script from day one. At first, I thought it was ridiculous. She is now a big star and is hands full with offers from top hollywood projects. And …
Sphoorti — Happiness true only when shared.
It’s funny how things happen at particular times. I’ve been relentlessly spacing my thoughts in different trajectories for quite sometime. They were mostly personal. And then I visited Sphoorti at Hyderabad. Life came to a stand-still. All the kids invited me, shouting “Uncle” with smiling faces. I don’t remember this feeling ever. It is incredible. They don’t want …