May so far >>>

On a normal day I hate it when people interrupt when I talk...but not the other day when I had to wait for the laughs of 150+ houseful crowd to subside so I can continue with my lines.

On a normal day I love perfection and detest when people miss synchronization ...but not the other day when a few of our actors missed some lines yet came out with spontaneous reactions which were better off than the ones in the script. 

On a normal day I don't prefer too much of experimentation, this time around tried something called the Pirandello technique in the script of a 2omins play which luckily worked out!!!

Yes the Rebelz play was a rollicking success, more than the laughs and the applauds what made me happier was that we now have a bigger team to take care of things. Starting with just 3-4 guys who were doing all the work[yours truly was the script writer cum PR cum set design coordinator cum compere cum...many more] now we have a team of around 10 who are motivated enough[come on theatre doesn't pay :)] to pull off a wonderful show...As an icing on the cake we got some really wonderful reviews too. A heartfelt thanks to all the blog friends...those who came and those who did their best to support virtually...thanks a ton folks.

Well...stopping my rebelz tomtoming  and bragging[blogging rhymes with bragging eh?] here. All the high obtained on sunday evening was drained out as soon as I reached office the next morning. The first mail on monday morning... A notification, SSAS,SSIS,WSS,SSPS - these are a few technologies which I need to ge trained on. In days of recession do I have a choice to pick the technology I work on?. After a week of so-called training I am yet to know the abbreviations of those technologies!!. My great march towards the pink slip I guess.....but then not too sure if I do care.

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Scriptopdia - 2

Aftet this, thought of filling up my blogosphere break with another piece of script. Here it comes, from a play we staged on 2007, a play which taught us a lot.. not just with regards to acting n writing but more with regards to marketing, planning and budgetting a theatre production :-)

Character sketches

Dave,Hari,Roy - Three modern day young men who have been there and done that

Raghu - A naive 30year old virgin

The 4 are sharing a drink with some open talk about their past relationships. While Dave, Hari and Roy are more than happy to share their's Raghu isn't, not that he is shy it's just that he doesn't have any worth mentioning.

Hari: So Raghu..now its your turn

Raghu: Well..actually I don’t discuss my private life.

Hari: You are speaking like a virgin. Are you one ?

[Raghu gives an expressionless look]

Hari: So you are one. I knew it... I knew it

Roy: Harry!! Stop the nonsense. So what’s wrong if he is one? It's good he is. Raghu, its not necessary that you got to speak about it. You can also speak about your closest encounter.

Raghu: Good. That's fair. I did have one in college

Roy: Wow!!..just share it..come on!! go ahead

Raghu: Well it was in the college bus, the hottest girl of our department prabha was sitting next to me. The bus was going on a very rough road with a lot of potholes. Then came a really abrupt brake and.

Dave and Hari[excitedly]: And?..

Raghu: Her dupatta touched my pant..

Dave and Hari[doubled up excitement]: And?

Raghu: And nothing else.

Hari: You mean this was your closest sexual encounter ?

Dave: Dude!! He must have had an erection for 2 days for this.

Hari: Oh Raghu don’t you have anything interesting to tell ?..I guess you have never been hooked to a girl all your life.

Raghu’s Monologue

Yes. I have never been hooked to a girl. I feel that’s because I am a nice guy. I know I am a nice guy because everyone tells me so. That’s why I don’t get hooked. I am nice. I remind every girl of her brother and am their best friend, but a date or movie..naah..I am not a date material I suppose.

Eventually all this should have led to pent up desperation inside me but NO..I am too nice for that. Once in college I tried not to be nice..Reejo the cassanova of my class told me to stop being nice and pick up a good girl. So I went to this girl and dropped a pick-up line “Hey baiiiby..is your daddy in army...you look explosive”..and know what? She started crying. The first time I try not be nice I make a girl cry. I spent the rest of the semester asking her sorry at every point I saw her. This was simply not going to work.

I don’t even have an un-nice name to lean on ..Raghuraman Rangarajan..you can imagine a Dave or a Roy to be suave and romantic. But a Raghuraman..no he can't..The writing is on the wall I simply cannot be un-nice and can never get a girl. Period.

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The other 3 character's did have their monologues. Yet this was the one which got the maximum applauds. Probably because there were many raghus in the audience 'inspired by life' works wonders I say ;-)

---The End---

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Scriptopdia

As I was stuck with the thoughts of what to write for my blog. I realized once again I am being silly,why write specifically for my blog? why not post something which I am writing otherwise. Especially scripts for our group.

One such Work-In-Progess script's rough excerpt are below. Warning: suitable for mature audience :P. Hope after reading this there are no mass new year resolutions taken on not going to my play :D

The situation: A haunted bungalow.
Mr.G - A Fake Ghostbuster dressed up in full black suit and blackshades, sadly stuck in a place with real ghosts.
Gokee - Ghost of an eunuch
[Lights come upon Mr.G fiddling with his gadget]

Gokee [walking in and ruffling the hair of G]: Aah a new customer..in full suit! Pretty
interesting. Did you die trying to imitate Will Smith?

Mr.G[Pretty shaken]: Who..Who are you?

Gokee: I am Gokee. Well if you see me as a man I am gokul and if you are sensual enough to
see me as a woman I am the gorgeous gokila.

Mr.G: And what are you doing here?

Gokee: That's my line mister. I am the queen of this place. [gets closer] So tell me sweety what do you want? I have been a man and a woman.I have experienced both and I know it all.

Mr.G : What do you mean?

Gokee: To put it simple. I have experienced both the male and femal orgasms. The male one which you are looking for is the simplest - relatively long frictions result in a small explosion and a little bit of moaning and panting,that's it!!. The woman's is pretty complex I'd say, how do they define it ..a complicated sequence of actions Or hmm wait the dictionary would define it something like - a continous and imperative series of neurophysiological reactions which aims in achieving the climax of sensual feeling.Ugh..how much more vague can that get.

Mr.G: Stop that will ya!! I am not here looking for that.

Gokee: Then anything more interesting?...wait a second! you don’t look like a ghost to me. You are.. you are a human.

Mr.G: Well... err ...I am …but ..how did you find it out.

Gokee: I died way back in 1990 in these 15 plus years of service I haven’t seen a ghost with a hard on. So what are you doing over here ?

Mr.G: I am a ghost buster

Gokee: Eh? You mean you have fetish for busts of ghosts, pretty unique I’d say

Mr.G: Shut up!! I am one who chases away ghosts

Gokee: Argh..I have had enough. I was chased a lot when I was alive

Mr.G: Means?

Gokee: Technically speaking I was this woman in a man’s body. Called as eunuch, oh people call me as chakka. My family chased me away when they found this out. Then started my tough struggle in the roads and streets. The cops chased me for money and free service, street urchins chased me for cheap sex, pimps chased me for a cut in commission and finally I died when a group of drunks were chasing me. I fell into a manhole. How oxymoronic, a manhole. Men were chasing me just for that, the hole. And now I have you, who wants to chase me away from here. Funny isn’t it ? being chased even in your afterlife.

Mr.G: I don’t find anything funny. You better leave now or I shall use my super ghost
buster beam. Patented to Ghosts and Spirits inc, busting ghosts the spirited way.

Gokee: Let’s see who is getting busted [Gokila goes into dark. The laughing sound resonates]

Mr.G : Where are you? Now be man enough..err..woman enough …huh.. whatever, be a spirited
ghost and face me.

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