SPANDYQUOTES

Now that we're finished with the play, time for some of those absolute gems delivered by our dear director, Spandan Mishra, displaying various gradients of polite rebuke during feedback sessions.

You shat a little, but cleaned it up. You were more in the loo than on the stage.

- to Shaggy, who did some obvious damage control

The audience does not need to see every length, breadth or hair on your navel and neither do I.
- When short clothes exposed the hirsuteness of the actors

Your reactions were terrible. You perhaps expected him to hump her then and there in the canteen.

- on the Mandili's less-than-impressive reaction post the Shalini Gupta scene

It was fantastic. Just don't do it again, ok?

- on why Bisu should keep some things exclusive

Why do you look away from him?! Look at him. He's a friend. We have to accept them as they are.

- On Bisu's constant looking away from Siddharth Mishra, whose aesthetics are obviously not appealing to the former

What you need to do is find a balance between taking a pause and remembering that there's a line to be delivered.

- to Ketaki, who obviously suffers from amnesia along with arthritis

The consistency with which you were trying to decimate the scene was amazing

- on Shaggy's scene with PeeVee

Thank you, Rama, for adding a sinister South Indian element to the doctor.

- To the soundsman who took over the VOing, leading to hilarious results

I thought someone was taking a dead body across the wings... "Don't mind us" types...

- On Kashan's audibility from the wings

That was a directorial success for the script, so give ME a hand for that.''

- After the last practice

And a bonus dialogue:
Spandy: And now, coming to YOUR scene with Shalini Gupta...
Shaggy: I know, I know. That scene was potty from the moment I started it
Spandy: Extremely touching.

And this one from the The Diary practice days:
I love you all from the cockles of my intestines.

SOME POSTERS OF SORTS - PART 1

Some fun with Powerpoint and MS Picture Manager.

[JBDY '10] A Shaggy Portfolio.

No matter how much our beloved director chides him, you cannot deny that Shaggy has a fantastic gamut of facial expressions, especially in comic scenes. On Day 8 of practice, I shot a complete set and put 'em together - a portfolio, if you will.

And since Blogger is anal about the maximum size they'll display, please click on the below image to see the full 2.95 MB PNG. My personal favourite shot is the second-from-last row, leftmost. Fantastic expression.

Kisses to the Nikon D5000-Nikkor 50mm lens combination.

 

[JBDY '10] Practice Pics - Set Two

Ok, I'll knock off the weird photo captions for this post. This is a bunch of portraity photos. Thanks to the Nikon D5000 and a fantastic 50mm Nikkor lens. I'm still learning.

Biswamitra

Preeti

Gitanjali

Shaggy in the try-fitting-this-on-a-passport photo (Ok sorry. Last caption.)

Shaggy and Gitanjali

Ketaki and Shaggy (Photo by Ramakant)

The Chandus - old and new (Photo by Ramakant)

Shaggy and Preeti

Siddharth

Little Blue Hidin' Hood (Photo by Ramakant)

Preeti

[JBDY '10] Practice Pics - Set One

So let's kick-start with some photos, shall we?

This is from our first day of practice at the INHS Ashwini Hospital Auditorium, Colaba.

Please excuse the captions.

Kashan expertly re-enacts his audition performance for the role of the Empress of Blandings in the latest PG Wodehouse adaptation series.

Kashan's offer to read the setsman's palm for just 25 rupees fall on deaf ears.

This is her 'Nobubby voves me' pose.

Shaggy and Preeti share a contemplative moment while Prasanna looks like he's brushing in the background.

Batlady

This is not a man you want to meet in a dark alley late at night. Except if you're a bootlegger in Ahmedabad, of course...

This is how we select our cast members. No, really.

Lightsman thinks hard about a pun on the word 'candela' but miserably fails.

And here, we have a specimen of the rare 'Timesofindus Blobbus' in a harmless resting position.

Kaushal's distress over his French beard not connecting is palpable for all to see.

Kashan's world-famous impersonation of  a car's exhaust pipe

Take us to your leader.

We settle our disputes over who gets to sit in the director's chair very peacefully.

11:59

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, to the blog of Last Minute Productions.

* applause *
* whistle *
* wheeze *

So what is this dainty little thing called Last Minute Productions? (LMP, if you want. LaMP, even, for the enlightened. Hehe, get it?)

Simply put, LMP is a theater group. Ok, so what are we - actually?
Truth be told, we're somewhere between a consortium of the next Oscar nominees and working class drones. But things that bind us together are a love for the stage. And for each other.

* Awwww *

We've done some pretty cool shit, actually. Which our beloved director, Spandan Mishra will tell you about in another post.