This blog was written after the meeting
conducted on 28th Feb ’13 at Prajakt's (Owner of our production house & my
Mentor) flat. Please accept my sincere apologies for posting it too late. I
couldn't post it then for some obvious reasons but i had written it few days
after 28th Feb.
Hey Friends & my Dearest Readers,
I know you were there since I started blogging with short articles &
fictional stories; also you were there when I started my new journey towards my
dream of becoming FILMMAKER. "" been there, read that", must be
your words when anybody asks you. So keeping the trend of letting you know what
happened with me recently & maintaining the dignity of Honesty, here is the
confession of my first failure at Professional level. Many of you may think I
should not write such blogs or at least should not post them, but believe me
guys (& girls) writing it on page then rewriting it for posting on blog is
an eye opener for me, confessing what i did & where i commit mistake didn't
disturbs me but make me feel light & better. None of you should take it any
negative sense because its fact that every coin has two sides. So, how my life
can be just Good, getting Better & at its Best without any pot holes?
To start with fact, I don't know how many
of you knew about my new project or new assignment I got after working as a AD
in LASTBENCHERS movie. Well good news was I have been hired as one of the
DIRECTOR for new music video album and we have a team of 15 guys to work out
the Project. For me it was a three level
high leap (don't ask how, do your calculations or leave it). Our project has
objective of writing, composing, singing, shooting videos for songs &
editing all videos, then to make a DVD of Album, ready to sale for customers.
28th Feb. was decided as final date to submit our project.
We fail to deliver. I failed to deliver
what was expected, promised by me & was quite an easy & achievable task
with a time span of almost 2 months. Shame. Pity. No, not Pity but real Shame.
Why I failed has no reasons but only excuses. What could have been done was not
done so of no use of saying it now. I am angry, disappointed, defeated &
disgraced. To fail to deliver a product is one part but to fell from your eyes
is big deal, to lose respect & faith from your Mentor is a big deal, to
look in mirror & then avoid eye contact is a big deal. With all due respect
to my efforts & hard work I put in making videos, in making product as good
as possible, I have lost respect for myself. My job was never a work for me,
its my pleasure, my passion, Dream, so how I couldn't do it, make it happen
& achieve it.
"Bura lagta hai, jab Dil toot jaye
koi hath na thamey,
koi rah na dikhaye,,
par
jaan nikal jati hai
jab koi kahe “I don't hate you, coz you
have lost that place where i could care & respect you."
This could be difficult for most of you to understand
but at the end all should know – “I Failed”.
This is my first failure and it may
followed by hundred others & many new ones, but I won't be repeating this
mistake again.
I could have posted my sentiments &
happenings in my status update of FB or Twitter but i wanted to add meaning to
this happening, so getting it on my blog, so that you could read in peace or
even take a copy of it with you to understand what i meant.
Lessons to be learned from this incident-
1. Never neglect your deadlines at work.
2. If your Boss is your good friend &
you respect him as Mentor, then you have two more people to satisfy with your
work.
3. When it comes to team work, you need to
lead. If it’s not you, then don't expect anybody.
4. Don't ever let yourself compromise on
what you wanted to do. If it’s your name labeled on that product, you better
make it Worthy.
Now most of people around me & reading
my FB status knew that we have submitted our project & it got over whelming
response from our Producers. And this adds more meaning to this blog because I did
what was expected & promised. And we all must remember that getting work
done is of utmost importance. Keep yourself up & positive & ready to
deal with any critical circumstances.
