Omar Shoot: Day Three

20 Aug, Thursday

Well the bad news is that we still remain behind schedule for Omar. Rains interrupted day three leaving us with a backlog of 3 – 4 shots. The whole crew took shelter under a shed watching it pour hoping the rains would go so that we could resume shooting

However last night Abhimanyu Singh joined us. The actor played a merciless Maharashtrian cop who confronts Jai and Omar at an abandoned place. We shot the scene outside Bandra Joggers Park which served as a perfect cramped, restricted location for the look of the film.

Anyways, now the POA is that we shoot all the remaining scenes of Day 1 and Day 3 on the 27th and hopefully complete Omar without any further interruptions.

Cheers

Archis Achrekar

Omar Shoot: Day One

18 AUG 2009, Tuesday

Yesterday evening the cast and crew of Omar gathered outside the Joggers Park of Lokhandwala to shoot the second installment of the five short film series.

For Omar, Onir and DOP Arvind Kannibaran developed a different style for executing the story by deciding to shoot it entirely at night. Shot on 16mm Arvind had a complete handheld setup created low key lighting and used swift pan and zoom creating a different look for the film.

Unfortunately we are running slightly behind schedule. Our first day didn’t go as planned. Our intention was to complete five scenes however due to restriction of shooting at night only, a mild shower and mob interrupting sometime we completed only two scenes. But the film is progressing fine. We intend to complete the remaining scenes on Thursday which we have reserved as a spare day.

Inspite of things not going in our favor it was interesting to see Onir not loosing his patience the entire night.

The performances of Rahul Bose and Arjun Mathur were simply brilliant.

The experience to be on set is always different. However what makes this experience unique is the healthy environment we have in our office which also prevails on the set. The direction team headed by Amar has a smooth functioning and understanding. In short I am having a great time working with the other ADs, Onir and Sanjay!

Looking forward to day two.

Cheers

Archis Achrekar
(Assistant Director)