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Date:2009-09-18 21:07
Subject:my experience with parichay
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Mood:pleased



If you are afraid it is one more of those articles telling you about what went wrong on 15th sept.Chill maadi. Relax. Push back your seat and read on.its not about 15th sept at all, . its about a family of emotions, a club of joy, a fraternity of excitement. Its about – the people of parichay parivar.

For me it all started when one fine evening I bumped into sunil(fortunately) while on my way back from a green connect presentaiton-“ kahan ja raha hai”,I asked… “chal na maze karenge” he replied and started dragging me with him. the reasons I followed him that day were twofold- first nobody says no to a invite for “mazaa karenge” and secondly when he is dragging you, you should accede yourself to his muscle power or else you might just hurt yourself.
I thank him to this day for that dragging because.. .the “ mazaa karenge “ event turned out to be parichay auditions. gautham with a smile on his face was guarding a conference hall where auditions were happening, inside sat 4-5 people who looked very knowledgable, smart and professional. One of them was Rahul Sasidharan, do not remember if subbu was there coz he is the kind of person who wont notice at first go… you look at him and say to yourself… ahh he looks just like me, he wont be involved in the decision making.
That event was remarkable not because I was selected. Infact I was rejected(cleared first round and kicked out in second round of auditons). But it was remarable coz I met a really nice girl,friendly na d gracious.,pretty and good looking and a fabulous person-jyoti phogat. She , now my very good friend ,indirectly made me realize that I can be friends with girls too .The 10 mins rehearsal for the auditons with her were full of fun and laughter. That time I had no idea in this whole wide world , that it was just the beginning of meetings with some really cool people
So auditions results came.. and that was it- The End of parichay for me. I felt a little bad for I had spent a weekend practicing some dance moves which I never performed in front of judges. On the auditons, it was one guy who asked us to perform some “chidya kabotar “ type dance moves. I later realized, that guy was kishan, one of the fabulous dancers I have seen. He is superbly awesome.I have had not much interaction with him, but one thing is for sure, whenever he is starting his dance classes, I will be the first to enroll.
btw if you are just wondering, how come is got transformed to zoozoo from Baweja ( or b ewajah) when I was never selected, it happended a lot later.. a week before the scheduled parichay on 27th aug, I got a call from a person called rahul s.. a… s…i…. d… h a r a n(that is how he gave me his mail id).who wanted to make a cartoon out of me. I went and met him that evening in MC hall. Photshoot was on and the big stars of parichay were there posing for swaheels camera. That was the first time I realized that parichay was big, really big

Swaheel, the guy with the camera, really humble and helpful. He is the one guy who made whole of the paricahy team in CC smile after the main event, for he had the camera in his hand. I really feel sorry for the guy, for he is under tremendous work pressure, even when he is not on his seat coz after one pic.. people bounce on him with” “ one more one more… please please, ek solo,ek solo, with subbu ,with subbu.””
At the photshoot,were present some familiar faces. Rashmi R Nath- I performed with her at the auditions -they took her not me:P.. gargi thakur- I performed with her at the auditons-they took her not me :P, Nithya Naomi- did not perform with her in the auditons J. 3 strikingly different girls. Rashmi- the sweet,simple and sober girl. Her peculiar hand wave,whenever she sees you with her blistering white teeth smile,really peps you up. Nithya- Smart, lavish and lovely,. But I seriously need to mention here her patience and team spirit is commendable, waiting gently for her turn to record her dialogues. Last but not the least- Gargi Thakur- from a distance you can tell that she is fundu type ka girl, really cool and tension free. Ideal for the simran character. She looks intelligent. And just looks intelligent
Days moved on very normally but nights.. they suddenly become longer,long nights recording, practsing, talking ,chating, listening to the parichay technicalities.. and just fearing drep down…” yeh kal na bula le”.weekends seemed two days of being dumb.. coz those were the days I started to come to campus but I did not know what to do.. totally confused..wondering, whether I will do something fruitful today.but somehow, I dont know how, I was prepared for my small tiny role(which i did not realize was funny, till one run through at the amphi,where people really liked the rumeo Juliet zoozoo sequence).
Finally the D day-26th august, evening before the parichay.one really bothered and apprehensive lady .. I asked somebody”yeh kyun parehsan hai..isko iski team se mila do yaar”.. I got the reply” shut up.. she is the HR”. Talking to the HR was one very sensible guy. He has a stable head on his shoulders. Very friendly, convivial and welcoming guy- Praven kanniah. The way he handled the situation that day plus the on 15th sept night was amazing. He is so selfless. Recently I read NRN ‘s book which says to keep society before self and he epitomizes that thing. He keeps parichay before self. I still remember , he was telling somebody on the night (15th sept )- “ people will feel bad da”… btw not to forget he is also a fabulous dancer. I really wonder whom I will vote for if there was to be a dance competiton between Kishan,Praveen, Aman, Avinash and Anna.
Don’t know who will win.. but it will be event of the century.
Talking about the dancers.. somebody please tell me, why the core team of parichay- the veterans- subbu, anna.. don’t look old. When somebody tell you that the guys named subbu and anna are the head, you picture in your head 2 really old people, who would give you all the gyan in this world on how to organize any event. But when you meet them you are like



That s what blank.. you don’t know how to react. They come upto you and give you a really chearrful hiii
Which obviously you had least expected. Plus I like subbu’s chracertistic scolding for his team which inviarably starts as “ yooou stupppiid fellow”. And standing right next to the person on the receiving end of the scolding, you feel really happy. It is definitely not a feeling of schadenfreudes but a feeling of respect for the subbu’s devotion, his intensity, his spirit for parichay. Frankly speaking the only momnt I felt bad for parichay was the time when rain strted at amphi and I went inside the green room. Subbu stood there
With tears in his eyes… those were real tears, tears which not even rain could hide. Those were the tears for his parichay team.” Everybody has put in so much effort” he said. And continued crying
On the other end of the spectrum.. is another big shot. Anna- I havnet interacted with him either but he looks to be mature and settled. Really easy to get along with kind of guy.
And finally our director- Rahul- I have already introduced him in this article, but will take a little more space to tell you all that he is a brilliant director. He has a really keen mind. Wrote a fab story and presented in the best manner possible.
Then there is very own hero vaitihi- on any day.. be it rain or no rain.. he can win the award for
Speaking most no of times the word “da”.he is such a refined actor plus very perceptive, prudent and resourceful person. Thanks to him , I met a really nice ,sweet ,civilized ,polished, very mannerly polite girl .. her name was preethi. Last but not the least.. in this series of meeting really nice people I met my tuntun- priya chaturvedi
She was my savior. For she pulled off a difficult job of acting and lip syncing in just 2 two days.very supportive. Friendly and helpful. not forget beautiful… generally thse two words don’t go togheter-beautiful and friendly.. but in her case they do

Boyyyy.. I just looked back its already 4 apeges. And sstill m not tired. Don’t know about you .i wanted to write more about the fab people which I have met but not interacted much – aerobics queen-paloma, the very cherrful chandru, the ever energetic- soumaya, the quite and relaxed guy-aman,the suave avinash, giggling leela,the dashing DD, the superstar Anarkali(she is so good and at the same time so down to earth.. when I told her your performance was awesome.., you are superstar.. she was like” I am a simple girl re”), Compassionate and considerate Anoop, and many more such admirable,phenomenoal and sensational people

Its been such a memorable and learning exp being part of parichay. From aprichit to zoozoo to tintin, its been a really impressive and indelible journey for me. Don’t know when I will meet all these people again.Till the next time I met them its
Time Out guys.

MDI vs NITIE

For the unintiated, MDI and NITIE are two of top MBA colleges in the country...

"oh is it!!! and I thought we had IIMs.."

Ya you are right.. we have IIMs but theres a genre beyond that too.. lets not get into details of whose right above there and whose not,coz even m nt sure of that myself at this stage, but the point y m righting this post is coz the title is one big decision i had to make recently.

"so you got through both of them,pick any if both are good, y think"

hmmmmmmm.. I wanted to do just that. but then the logical ,thinking ,reasoning left hemisphere of my brain dint allow me to do that. and hence I sought advice. And there is where all the trouble started...

"Dint you evaluate the pros and cons of what the people had to say"


Ohhh.. woh bhi karna hota hai kya.. I thought just ask people which one of the two is better and thats it.Either I dont know how to evaluate a persons preachings(over telephonic converstations,F2F is much easier)or I am simply too dumb to do that.
I listeneted to both the parties and thought both of them made sense.Amazing!!!

"Then how did you decide"

I thoought i will do a lot of googlin on the stuff i was being told, bt somehow I found that pretty boring plus lack of time.So took the easier way out. my simple raesoning told me,whatever decision you take,you will have to "PROVE THE WORLD WRONG"... nd i guess thats true not just for this simple dilemma of mine but everywhere we take a decision.More often than not, we are welcomed by a world underestimating our talents, they try to prove us wrong.So lets us do the same too and hope we win.

Once I was satisfied with this philosphial reasoning of mine,I went ahead with the colg whose final results made me more captivated,more cheerful,more content...

I joined NITIE


PS: I would take this small space to thank one of my dear friends from MDI whom I interacted with during this course of time.I must say he is a thorough gentleman.tried to help me out of my dilema with complete sincerity and candidness.He is one of the most amazing persons i have talked to till date.I hope he appreciates my decision and I dont disappoint him.Thanks a ton dude:D

and ya he was right, If I had talked to him a couple of more times,I might just have taken a different decision!!!