#DirectorsDiaries My message to #ImtiazAli today. On #Tamasha

My message to #ImtiazAli today.

Dear Imtiaz Sir, 

I, finally, saw Tamasha. Waited, for the original dvd as i cud not see it on big screen. 

Ranbir says, ... " kahani ki ending sahi nahi. Toh koi baat nahi. Apni kahani hai. Ending change kar lenge." 

This, for me, is the most inspiring expression and moment in this lovely film. I hope million others got that like I did, as it can be a life changing realisation for someone. Because only we can author our own life story best! 

Thank you. 

Regards.

#RakeshAnandBakshi 

#DirectorsDiaries

#PlantALife My tulsi my family. Nurturing lives. Motherhood for Mother Earth, growing plants for her. - Akshita Jain.

My tulsi my family. Nurturing lives. Motherhood for Mother Earth, growing plants for her. - Akshita Jain.(Akshita, Arav, Nyra & Tulsi)

Our first family portrait of ‪#‎OxygenAngels‬
We can give the oxygen we use in our lifetime, back to our mother, Earth; if every house grows one Tulsi, (Basil) or any other plant that releases oxygen twenty four hours.

‪#‎PlantALife‬ ‪#‎PlantAngel‬ ‪#‎PlantAngels‬ ‪#‎OxygenAngel‬ #OxygenAngels‪#‎RakeshAnandBakshi‬

Mahendra Swarup, son of late Chitramal Swaroop (Ustad)

Mahendra Swarup, son of late Chitramal Swaroop (Ustad)

His father, Late Chitramal Swaroop (employed with Indian Railways), is the angel who gave my father ‪#‎AnandBakshi‬ shelter, hope and encouragement when he arrived in Bombay in 1956 but had lost all his hope and money of making it in films and wanted to return to his Army job.

Had Late Chitramal Swaroop not encouraged my dad and given him shelter, maybe Hindi cinema would not have discovered the lyricists they soon came to know. Had 'Ustad' not helped my dad then, my father would have returned to his Army job and probably retired as, maximum, a Subedar, as he was educated in school until only the seventh class.
With affection my father addressed him as 'Ustad' guru. Ustad never asked my father for a favor in his lifetime.
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#‎RakeshAnandBakshi‬ ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬

Grandson of late Chitramal Ustad: Rinku Swaroop

#PlantALife Grow a Tulsi (Basil) or the 'money' plant at home (a potted plant, since you may not have access to growing it outdoors) and give back to Mother Earth some of her oxygen you will have consumed in your life time.

Be an #OxygenAngel SEND US YOUR SELFIE...

Grow a Tulsi (Basil) or the 'money' plant at home (a potted plant, since you may not have access to growing it outdoors) and give back to Mother Earth some of her oxygen you will have consumed in your life time. Become a #PlantAngel - Tulsi is one of the few plants that gives out oxygen 24 hours. :)

Send us your Selfie with your potted plant to post and share with us your story too, who you are and why is this important to you. (rakbak16@gmail.com)
Or post it on our Page directly, Plant A Life - Plant Angels.
By sharing with us your selfie and reason you may inspire thousands to pay their gratitude to our mother, Earth. :)

You will plant a better life for others :) when you will plant an angel (Tulsi.... ) for Mother Earth. Let us plant 'angels.'

Build a new generation of #PlantAngels & #OxygenAngels

#RakeshAnandBakshi
#PlantALife

Growing a plant teaches us how even we need to strengthen our own roots.

https://www.facebook.com/PlantAngels/

Some walk the talk. Few, walk the walk! #SurfsetFitnessIndia walks the walk!!!

A Sunday morning love story. 

Some walk the talk. Few, walk the walk! 

#SurfsetFitnessIndia walks the walk!!! 

A fitness regime that was fun, edgy (using Surfing boards!) and can be challenging if you live to push the envelope. 

Assisted and lead  by superb trainers, Alisha and her sister, these two bundles of energy (yet harboring deep calmness) took us cyclists on a ride across an ocean of stretches and cardio within less than an hour. 

We fell in love, with these surf boards. Look forward to revisit as regular members. Fee, Rs 500 an hourly session, conditions apply.

#BeautifulBicyclesBeautifulPeople and #RakeshAnandBakshi thank Kajal Tejsinghani, Ankita for this awesome Sunday adventure straight from the oceans. :) 

And thank you to Alisha and her sister for accepting my humble gift of my book "#DirectorsDiaries The Road To Their First Film." 

Be inspired. Stay inspired. 

And stay fit! :)))

Thank you Kajal, Ankita for this awesome Sunday morning you gifted us cyclists. Some new muscles were born today. ;) . 

From - Shachi Somani, Mann Joshi, Meghna Rodrigues, Nishant Patel, Vaseem Patel. We missed those who could not make it. :( 

:) 

Surfset Fitness https://www.facebook.com/Surfset-Fitness-India-708989765856299/

Entertainment Ka Baap! Kehete hai Fever 104 FM ko. RJ #AnuraagPandey

Entertainment Ka Baap! Kehete hai Fever 104 FM ko.

RJ #AnuraagPandey Rj Anuraag Pandey #DirectorsDiaries #RakeshAnandBakshi Thank you to #HarperCollinsIndia #RiddhiWalia #MirabilisInc Deepali Shastri

Beginnings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgbvst-mhOw

Convictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQgoJwP1sd8

Filmmaking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bnPI95HCs

#BicycleAngels 158A) recipient of help. “There are people in the world so poor, that God does not appear to them except in the form of a roti, or bread.”

158A) recipient of help, a livelihood bicycle.

“There are people in the world so poor, that God does not appear to them except in the form of a roti, or bread.”

Ram Anuj (45-50)

Watchman, in a residential housing society.

Ram’s mother died when he was a young. His father does not own land, and occasionally works as an agriculture labor. Which is not often. Because of which Ram could not be educated beyond class eight.

Ram suffered severe deprivation during childhood. Sadly, to describe his childhood circumstances I don’t need a vocabulary of more than three words – ‘hand to mouth.’

Deprivation pushed him to migrate. Bambai accepted him. Ram became a watchman. The only profession an uneducated poor youth could have got, he believes.

Beti bachao, beti padhao. It is a great initiative. Thanks BJP and other regimes before. However, is it possible to achieve for a father like Ram, who has four daughters and is the only earning member, at the salary of a watchman/gateman, Rs 4000 to 5000 a month.

The good news, his daughters are getting an education. Government aided. :) I felt very happy helping Ram. Helping him will help his daughters. It reminded me of “Hungry man, reach for the book. For Education. It will be your weapon to rise above hunger..” - Bertolt Brecht.

The bicycle we gave Ram is second hand. Our previous beneficiary, Dhobi Mahadev (the 154A the recipient) donated his old bicycle to Ram, after we bought Dhobi Mahadev a new bicycle for which he even paid half the cost. However, Mahadev’s old bicycle was in a very bad state. We refurbished it completely before gifting it to Ram. Thanks to Dhobi Mahadev too for donating his old bicycle to Ram.

Ram was very grateful we helped him. Very. So, just before he left with his bicycle I casually asked him if he has ever helped strangers randomly, just like our donors helped him.

Ram said, “.. I do. Every now and then. When I come across a destitute on the streets, if the person has not eaten I offer him or her my own food tiffin.”

I looked at him a while.Then I asked, “What makes you want to help random strangers.”

Ram looked away. He was not with me any more. Then he said, “I cannot see another person hungry. (paused) I know how it feels to be hungry. (paused) During my childhood years, many times I did not get food daily."

Ram’s eyes had turned moist. He looked down, and we both went silent.

I let him recover, and return from his unfortunate distant past, which I had forced him to travel to by asking him that question.

After Ram rode away, I received a message from two friends who wanted to hang at a café nearby after their gym routine.

I pondered on my own immediate existence: I bicycle long distances, and I walk and run short distances. But can people like us, who also visit amazing gyms and bicycle or run many many kms often, ever be stronger than those children, women and men who go hungry for days and sometimes years? I think not, because the latter are much stronger.

It is said, there are people in the world so poor that God does not appear to them except in the form of a roti, bread. And God does not even visit them every day. Maybe that is why they believe so deeply in his miracles?

Thank you to by rider friend Yogesh Shetty, for paying handsomely for the refurbishment of Ram’s (Dhobi Mahadev’s) old bicycle. It will serve their family well and for long.

And thank you to Kohinoor Cycles (http://kohinoorcyclestores.blogspot.com/) Siddharth Vora (https://www.facebook.com/siddharth.vora.58?fref=ts) for the good service he provides us.

#RakeshAnandBakshi https://twitter.com/RakBak16

#BicycleAngels:

FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/309043432570135/

WordPress http://bicycleangels.wordpress.com/

Beneficiaries of help: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.357090647765413&type=1

#HumanityOurReligion #Empower #Empowerment #Charity #Donation #Livelihood #Bicycles #Inspiration #RakeshBakshi #ProudIndian #JaiHind #Humanize #Equalize #Spiritualize

Review - If you love cinema or have ambitions of making your own film, you need to read this book. Today!

If you love cinema or have ambitions of making your own film, you need to read this book. Today!

Review by Screenwriter Blogger & Author Adite Banerjie (@ Goodreads.com and Amazon.in)

(Five Stars)

Bollywood today is an international phenomenon. We have a lot of filmmakers who have given Indian cinema a sheen that is not only global but helped give it its distinctive signature.

However, while 'masterclass' interviews with top Hollywood directors are easy to find, readers who want to know more about Bollywood's filmmakers would be sorely disappointed at the limited amount of literature available on the subject.

Rakesh Anand Bakshi's debut book, "Directors' Diaries: The Road to Their First Film" is a huge contribution in filling that gap.

The book is studded with interviews of some of the top filmmakers of Bollywood--ranging from Subhash Ghai to Imtiaz Ali, Govind Nihalani to Farah Khan, Zoya Akhtar to Vishal Bharadwaj. The interviews with 12 directors open up the world of Indian cinema and also the signature styles of filmmaking of each of these filmmakers.

It also is a peep into their personal journeys, the ups and downs of their careers, the heartbreaks and triumphs and how these have shaped their own films. The book also explores the working relationships between directors and their cinematographers, editors and art directors, providing insights that are valuable not only to the lay film enthusiast but also to budding filmmakers.

If you love cinema or have ambitions of making your own film, you need to read this book. Today.

Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1537954246

Link to Adite https://www.facebook.com/AditeBanerjieWriter/

#‎AbbasMustan‬ Burmawalla ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬ ‪#‎RakeshAnandBakshi‬

#‎AbbasMustan‬ Burmawalla

‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬ ‪#‎RakeshAnandBakshi‬

The Directors on Cinema & Filmmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bnPI95HCs

‪#‎RohitBakshi‬, Gachibowli, Financial district, Telengana, Hyderabad, introduces ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬ for corporate promotion

‪#‎RohitBakshi‬, Gachibowli, Financial district, Telengana, Hyderabad, introduces ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬ to his family and friends gathered yesterday to honor their family heritage.

Rohit is promoting our book, voluntarily, in corporate circles and corporate event platforms in Hyderabad, as our fathers were great friends from their pre partition Rawalpindi childhood days, and because he loved our book.
Thank you.

Tonite ‪#‎RadioZindagi‬ USA features ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬ ‪#‎RakeshAnandBakshi‬‪#‎AnandBakshi‬ Tonite Sat 8.30 pm PST Pacific time.

Tonite ‪#‎RadioZindagi‬ USA features ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬ ‪#‎RakeshAnandBakshi‬‪#‎AnandBakshi‬

Tonite Sat 8.30 pm PST Pacific time. (U can listen on Radiozindagi.com) Jiye Ja!

RJ #PriyamSharma #RadioZindagi USA, features#DirectorsDiaries #RakeshAnandBakshi#AnandBakshi 
March 5th 2016.

#RadioZindagi The 24x7 Indian Radio station in USA. That caters to Indian community in San Francisco, San Jose, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland. http://www.radiozindagi.com/ 

#BicycleAngels 157A recipient of help, a bicycle for leisure and play, and to improve balance and motor-skills in special children at ADAPT.

157A recipient of help, a bicycle for leisure and play, and to improve balance and motor-skills in very special children studying at ADAPT, Bandra west, Mumbai.

ADAPT, a center and school for education and therapy for children who have cerebral palsy. Formerly known as the Spastics Society of India.

This bicycle was donated to the children of this school and center of physiotherapy therapy for special children, by Mayura and Vivek Jain.

Thank you Siddharth Vora, of Kohinoor Cycles, for offering us a good discount on this purchase, which you always do as your contribution towards these donations made by our precious donors.

‪#‎RakeshAnandBakshi‬ https://twitter.com/RakBak16

‪#‎BicycleAngels‬:
FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/309043432570135/
WordPress http://bicycleangels.wordpress.com/

Beneficiaries of help: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

‪#‎HumanityOurReligion‬ ‪#‎Empower‬ ‪#‎Empowerment‬ ‪#‎Charity‬ ‪#‎Donation‬‪#‎Livelihood‬ ‪#‎Bicycles‬ ‪#‎Inspiration‬ ‪#‎RakeshBakshi‬ ‪#‎ProudIndian‬ ‪#‎JaiHind‬‪#‎Humanize‬ ‪#‎Equalize‬ ‪#‎Spiritualize‬

Imtiaz Ali's 1st film was his film school.

#ImtiazAli's 1st film was his film school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzC18coaoLw 
#DirectorsDiaries #RakeshAnandBakshi

RJ Meena Datt, Houston, Texas, USA; features ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬‪

RJ Meena Datt, Houston, Texas, USA; features ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬‪ #RakeshAnandBakshi‬ ‪#‎AnandBakshi‬

Frequency @ AM 1320 @ The Meena Datt show 7am to 2pm USA time.
Sat Sunday in Houston Texas.

Or log on to www.meenadatt.com and click radio or log on to KXYZ radio.com
Or tune in radio application from iPhone App store and select KXYZ radio and play.

#GugsChishi #GugsSema Director of #MusicTaskForce, Govt. of Nagaland, promotes the huge talent pool of youthful Naga musicians to pursue music as a profession. A unique and amazing organisation for music promotion in India.

#GugsChishi #GugsSema Director of #MusicTaskForce, Govt. of Nagaland, promotes the huge talent pool of youthful Naga musicians to pursue music as a profession. A unique and amazing organisation for music promotion in India.

Thanks #OpangJamir

Gugs With #DirectorsDiaries

The directors’ Beginnings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgbvst-mhOw

The directors’ Convictions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQgoJwP1sd8

The directors’ on Cinema & Filmmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bnPI95HCs

My Naga friends ‪#‎AugustineShimray‬ ‪#‎OpangJamir‬

My Naga friends with ‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬ ‪#‎AugustineShimray‬ ‪#‎OpangJamir‬ 

 Opang Jamir Augustine Horchuingam L Shimray

For my loved ones. I Love You Like.

For my loved ones. I Love You Like.

I love you like I love the calm of the candle-lit (star-lit) hours
Like I love the fragrance of blooming night flowers.

I love you like I love the rich smile of the fading day
Which lasts like the look we cast on a beloved going away.

I love you like I love the soft breathing of a flute
Whose soul is playing for me alone and all rest is mute.

I love you like I love river waters flowing like a gushing song
Playing the melody of my heart as the night rhythms along.

I love you like a bird loves the freedom of her wings
Together we’ll fly delightedly in a wild wandering.

I love you like I love the Earth’s fragrance on first rain
Which brings by her gentle-spell memories to love again.

- Rakesh Anand Bakshi #DirectorsDiaries