SHIKHAR

IT ALL STARTED WHEN ME AND GOYAL, MADE A WEBSITE FOR FUN, IT WAS CALLED WWW.BVP3G.COM, IT WAS JUST ANOTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, A NOT SO SUCCESSFUL BUT STILL IT WAS OUR FIRST WEBSITE TOGETHER. WELL THAT WEBSITE WASNT A HIT BUT STILL WE PEOPLE STARTED KNOWING THAT THIS GUY GOYAL MAKES WEBSITES. ONE DAY HE GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF OUR MBA SENIOR, MITESH. MITESH WAS AMONG THE CULTURAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF HIS CLASS. HE ASKED GOYAL TO MAKE A WEBSITE FOR SHIKHAR THEIR FEST, GOYAL AGREED. SINCE I WASN'T IN MUMBAI, SO I COULDN'T HELP HIM. LATER WHEN I CAM BACK, HE TOLD ME ABOUT ANOTHER PROJECT, ABOUT A SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTION OF SHIKHAR AT THEIR ANNUAL MBA ALUMNI MEET.I GOT A CHANCE TO SHOW MY TALENT IN VIDEO MAKING THERE, ME AND NIKHIL KALA ONE OF MY BATCH MATE DECIDED TO SHOOT AND MAKE A VIDEO FOR THIS PURPOSE AS WE BOTH WERE INTERESTED IN THAT.
WE WENT TO COLLEGE AND TOLD CULTURAL COMMITTEE HEAD MISHI MAM, AND TOLD HER THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE A VIDEO, AND SHE AGREED. ME, NIKHIL, GOYAL AND MITESH, ALL FOUR OF US STARTED WORKING ON CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE VIDEO. AS THE THEME WAS 'GO GREEN' SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE A VIDEO ON THAT ONLY. NIKHIL CAME UP WITH A A WONDERFUL IDEA ABOUT A MAN STRUGGLING FOR HIS LIFE AND GROWS A PLANT. WE STARTED WORKING ON THAT. WE HAD A HANDY CAM, AND MY SOFTWARES AND JUST 4 OF US AS RESOURCES. WE NEEDED SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY ACT. THEN CAME KUNAL, WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR VIDEO, AND HE DID A GREAT JOB. WITH HELP OF AN UNCLE WORKING IN OUR COLLEGE GROUND, AND MISHI MAM'S SON WE COMPLETED OUR FIRST DAY SHOOT.
I WOKE FOR WHOLE NIGHT EDITING THE VIDEO, I HAD TO CUT EVERY SCENE, EVERY ERROR, AND JOIN THEM IN PERFECT SEQUENCE, ADD MUSIC, AND ADD EFFECTS. EARLY MORNING WE WENT TO KHARGHAR STATION PARKING FOR SOME SHOOT. AND WE WENT STRAIGHT TO OUR PLACE AND SLEPT. AFTER FEW HOURS OF SLEEP WE HAD TO GO FOR ANOTHER DAY'S SHOOT. FOR THAT WE NEEDED AROUND 100 BOYS OR GIRLS, BUT NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE. SO WE HAD TO CANCEL THAT SHOOT, WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT, WE WAITED WHOLE DAY FOR THAT, BUT IN THE END WE CAME UP WITH ANOTHER IDEA, AND WE SHOT WHOLE SCENE WITH PETROL, ROPES AND FIRE. AFTER MANY HOURS OF HARD WORK, FINALLY WE HAD DONE IT. THAT NIGHT WE DIDN'T SLEPT AT ALL AND I FINISHED WITH THE EDITING.
NEXT DAY, WE SHOWED IT SO MISHI MAM AND DIVYA MAM. DIVYA MAM HELPED US WITH THE FLAWS IN THE VIDEO, AND THEREFORE WE HAD TO EDIT THE TEXT USED IN THE VIDEO. DIVYA MAM HELPED US A LOT WITH THAT PROBLEM. BUT ONLY FEW HOURS WERE LEFT WITH US. I HAD TO FINISH WITH THE FINAL EDITING OF THE VIDEO. AND WITHIN HALF AN HOUR I DID IT. THEN WE RUSHED TOWARDS OUR FLATS, CHANGED CLOTHES, AS THE FUNCTION WAS ALREADY STARTED, AND WE HAD TO SHOW THE VIDEO THERE, WE RUSHED TOWARDS COLLEGE AGAIN.WE REACHED ON TIME AND AFTER SOME AMAZING DANCE PERFORMANCES, WE SHOWED OUR VIDEO.
THE LIGHTS WERE SWITCHED OFF, EVERYONE IN THE GROUND WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE SCREEN, WHERE OUR VIDEO WAS BEING PLAYED. I WASN'T NERVOUS AT ALL, BECAUSE I KNEW WE HAD DONE A GREAT JOB. BUT AS THE VIDEO STARTED, MY HEARTBEATS STARTED POUNDING FAST, I COULD FEEL THE ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR, AND SUDDENLY I REALIZED THAT MY HANDS WERE SHIVERING OF NERVOUSNESS. THE VIDEO WAS GREAT, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. EVERYONE FROM TEACHERS TO STUDENTS CONGRATULATED US FOR SUCH A GREAT VIDEO, AND APPRECIATED US FOR OUR WORK. WE WERE ON CLOUD NINE, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT MOMENT. AFTER SOME SNACKS, WE WENT OUT TO CELEBRATE. ME, NIKHIL, MITESH AND GOYAL, ALL FOUR OF US CELEBRATED OUR SUCCESS AND WENT BACK TO OUR PLACE.