LIVING LIKE A CAVE MAN IN THE MODERN WORLD.

My firm had a hard time in 2017. We had more failure than success & the ratio made sure that we face them in that way. In spite of that, we were able to exceed expectations when it comes to a few projects we did & we had a feeling that this would be the end & nothing worst can happen beyond that. 

Then came 2018, we were in full swing. Producing for major brands & trying to challenge ourselves in various genres. I thought now we can handle anything that comes in front as we had gone through the worst. But life is unexpected, we faced one of the biggest issues which were beyond our imaginations.  As a filmmaker, my systems (apple) & cameras are a major part of my business. What would happen if everything crashes down at once?  All your 7years of investment & your hard work vanish in seconds. A disaster we weren't ready that took us by storm in seconds leaving us paralysed physically & emotionally. It was like living like a cave man in modern society. 

Now just to give you an idea what exactly happened. Our back up hard disk got crashed, our main system Macbook pro faced a meltdown due to a condition name spectre which is affecting one in an every million of the products that the company sold & now its affecting more & more systems on a global scale. ( Apple is working on an update to prevent this from happening) but it's too late. Still, I thought ok we can rebuild & start all over again when another wave of disaster hit us hard, our DSLR camera & memory cards got corrupted & the internal working software got crashed. 

Proof of my situation! Now at this stage, we can't shoot, edit & can't even perform the basics like typing a screenplay. I know you might face the same thing that I am suffering, I had this thought why me? I was honest, dedicated & had come a long way to build my world around the career I always wanted. But then I thought all these years I faced end number of issues that made me stronger than my previous version. Maybe it's because I never took a break to look back & appreciate what I achieved. I was never satisfied with my achievements whether it's international film festivals nominations or awards or anything else. I never celebrated as I always felt I can do more. Now that most of my work physically gone made me realise how far have I arrive in life. Long back I was only dealing with small passport photographs in a 350sq feet space somewhere in a small city is now dealing with films & also sometimes represent my country through my art. I had a privileged in my life to hear my name announced along with a sentence that followed"a filmmaker from India" From passports photographs to weddings, from weddings to corporate films, from corporate films to fashion films, from fashion to advertising, & now from advertising to web series & regional feature films, never took a break in the middle & maybe that is why somethings happen to make you realise the value of your contribution towards your art. This is a gentle reminder to all the young souls out there. No matter how hard things are, if you believe in yourself you can achieve & every obstacle are designed to make you stronger. So face it because you are in for a ride. I always had this thought when I grow old I would have stories to narrate not about some office drama but real-life adventure & I am proud I did collect a few of them till now. Now, what am I gonna do? Take a break sit back relax & when I am ready, get back to race. It's a type of open letter to all the young souls & also to the people who are young at heart. It's worth trying for what you love to do, no matter what believe in yourself & face every dish that the universe presents to you because they all are there to make you strong. 

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