Part 2
planning to write about it for quite long time now...to be precise when slumdog millionaire got its nominations for Golden Globes (or GG as we affectionately call it- Danny Boyle uvaaach!)
Thats the time the Globe came to know about A.R Rahman....thats the time everybody wanted to listen to the slumdog track...and want to watch what a feerang has done to Mumbai and India...
I wanted to be a part of that yet to come mass-frenzy! Wanted to see Slumdog Millionaire...actually I came to know about SDM in a blog by Anurag Kashyap.
so...as the story unfolds we come to know that there is more to it than just rag to riches storyline-said SRK while presenting SDM at the Golden Globes (BTW he was called 'king of bollywood' there...what a moment!)
in my office ( I work for a bollywood music TV chanel) some sites (sexually explicit/adult/hobbies/time waste/criminal nature/kids time.....) are banned...and obviously Torrent sited were also banned under the act downloads....but...
here the story actually starts...
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TIME A: few days ahead in the future- a library attendent in our office was asking me, “do u have 'chillamda milleni'?” my initial reaction was blank...
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TIME B: few days back in the future!
one of my friend told me gave me sermon about using proxy server!
And whoa! A new age has started in my life....DOWNLOADS.....TORRENTS....
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NOW
so one night I was working late....hardly anybody was using their computer...coz very few people were working at that hour
so the speed of internet was become quite fast...and I downloaded the torrent for SDM...and put it on download...
next day I told proudely about my kartood to my colleague (she always used to ask me to download some weird mushy movies for her) and she was like WOW, why ddnt she think of it before...she asked for the movie and I gave it...!
dude I had made three mistakes of my life...in a span of just a few hours....i downloaded the movi..saw it and distributed the pirated copy!
Well my colleague was advance to me about bragging about her movie collection and soon everybody was craving for the slumdog...
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12 th Jan '09
A.R. Rahman was climbing up the stage to receive the Golden Globe for 'all the brilliant indians'
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TIME A (again):
I was blank..'chillamda....chillam...weed....bengali weed...chilumda... “whats that?”, I asked...he said, “the film everybody is watching...you have it right? Somebody has deleted all its copies from the LAN” (wasn't me, but I thanked that ITwalah...who has by the way blocke all the sites) I saw a mail in my inbox warning us all not to save any movies on the LAN!
“yeah I have it...it originated from me...heck!”...he just understood the part 'I have it' and ran to get a blank DVD...
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NOW
what went wrong? Before the Golden Globe literally everybody in my office and the office adjacent to us has seen the SDM....so the support for A.R. Rahman was bigger than it could have been had I chose not to download the movie...or had kept it to myself... but really everybody was rooting for Rehman...and everybody was happy...we are watching the Golden Globes footage that has came to our library again and again...
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TIME C: few days back on the timeline...after TIME B...just before TIME A
a promo for 'Slumdog Crorepati' arrived in our library- the hindi version of SDM...again it tortured me....what I have done...it is actually releasin in India...when I downloaded it, then I ddnt see any chance, movement of SDM releasing here...so I downloaded it.
The rest of my day went in misery
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NOW
where exactly piracy is wrong? Where exactly is the thin line between the regular outine and THE SIN?
Few people from my office are now going to watch SDM (hindi me) in theatres...many people came to know about SDM because of it, otherwise they would have ignored like some...some Mira Nair film!
I mean I want to make movis someday...big movies..
what if I have released my movie....and returning to my home town after the premier and see my movie on my journey back, in the video coach bus! I mean. Would I be elated that the movie is reaching to the wider audience...or will I be upset, coz my producer will not get enough returns and thus blurs my chance of a next movie? I dont know...as an ameture film maker...i want my film to reach to the wider audience...
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THANK YOU
1 comment:
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COMMENT TIME..
You realise, this is actually a confession and will be valid in the court of law?
In britain i came across a case of this guy. who used to drag race on the roads and make speed records and stuff. which, is illeagal. and the dude made a video once and put it on youtube. dude was spotted through that video and arrested and convicted!
now this is not just a "kida" to bug you! my point is, look at the level of control a governing body can exert on people. decide what they should and should not do. and yet this is not at its worst. i mean you have seen big brother moveis like "total recall" and "equilibrium" right? where everything is decided for people.
how is this related to piracy?
dude, i dont think sharing and making copies of music and art you like is a crime. certainly not worth calling it "piracy". the whole thing originates from the fact that there is an "industry" behind "arts" these days. and that monster needs to feed. that monster needs to keep its teretory. where were copy rights and patents when music/art/drama/expression were invented? are these norms natural? i think not. they are as fake and feeble as this credit driven economy we live with. it is this "system" which labels some acts as piracy and exerts "control" over you. thats why its fun/thrilling/heroic to defy it! thats why people take pride in that.
all you really gotta do, is understand the meaning the word "piracy" has in this context. and see, that this spooon doesnt really exist.
yet, we being plugged into the same system. it is as real as anything. and your question regarding your movies is still valid.
unless, you find a way to unplug yourself from this system. the choice is given to you. subconciously. and you may be surprised to notice what you have chosen! so far at least.....
oracle was right wasnt she!?
sorry for the matrix mumbo jumbo
BTW
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