Friday, February 24, 2006

Meet Mr.Busybee

They(read girls who are trying to hit on you & old women who have nothing else to gossip about) say it shows when you're in love. So judging from the unshaven guise & my shaggy hairdo, it must be safe to say that i'm nowhere near LOVE.
A sudden tryst in my life has surprised everyone including me. All the workload that has been bestowed upon me requires that I give it my 100%. I have this tendency to prioritise everything according to their importance levels & start working on them. Since I have taken up multiple tasks, I need to spend a little more time than others on the workstation. This has kept me away from a bustling social life that I once was notoriously illustrious about leading.
Its sad to note that I'm on the railroad that leads to WORKAHOLICSVILLE. A place that I did not think much of in the past. But now tha I was approaching it, it kinda provided a serene trance for me to lead my life in. No buddies to help, no girls to flirt with. It was a much needed sanctuary that I had been craving for a few years now.
Status messages of "busy" , "too damn busy" have adorned my Messenger offlate. To the disdain of many I must assert. Suddenly eating at my "world famous in Ameerpet" Chinese bandi had become a Herculean or should I say Adityan task. Hadn't spoken to a friend "just for timepass" in over weeks. Hadn't gone for a drive in months( 2 to be precise). After Mumbai Matinee, it seemed I was never gonna have a first or second show.
But as Oscal Wilde quoted in one of his short stories,"Hope springs eternal" & to my rescue came Tuck Kumar. This gentleman postponed my college fest by a month & made my work obsolete. So now I'm absolutely jobless.
But what was weird during these trying days, was that I adapted to the situation well. I didn't complain to my mum that the food wasn't spicy enough. I didn't whine to my friends that I needed a hug although I needed one real bad. People started complaining as to why I had become sober & wondered if something had happened, everyone loves a wild comic don't they ??
Life seemed in colours of grey rather than the cool blue that it had always been. But I'm happy that the phase is over, but it has definitely left a telling effect on me. The metamorphosis has left its impact, but positively I would think. Just to celebrate this , me along with a bunch of friends had a STAR WARS MARATHON PARTY at one guy's place. This was to announce to myself " I'm back". After this my other job on hand is get a decent haircut & shave. Thats all for now, Cheerio .
LAST SEEN,ADITYA WAS ASKING THE MUSINGS TEAM FOR MORE WORK BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING BORED. SO MUCH FOR "IM BACK".

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

r"ADI"o mirchi

This blog might basically seem like an ego trip but please, read on. The last 10 days have been the most eventful of my whole life. I have to thank my dear senior Sidhu for that ( if you read.. please care to comment). Things initially started off on Jan 29th. He called & told me that Radio Mirchi was planning to setup in Hyderabad & they were auditioning for RJs. He thought I should try. I thought "Why not ?!". So I called up the place & after half an hour of dialling finally the phone rang & I was registered for Jan 31st. So I bunked MMS lab on that day & went for this audition having no expectations whatsoever.
I went there & found a huge crowd. But all decent people no mass guys, so everything went on smoothly. I was called in for my audition 3 hrs after my alloted time, this is Hyderabad man, hota rehta. Inside was the scariest room I had ever been inside. One microphone, a bottle of water, a stool & a speaker was all I could see. Everything else was black. For a moment it felt like I was in the movie PITCH BLACK, that Vin Diesel movie in which he has inbuilt night vision.
There I had to first read a script which I did satisfactorily I think & then I had to speak extempore on a topic "SHREYA-ASIN-TRISHA" in Telugu. If I tell you how I started off, it will surely make you roll on the floor. Ahem ahem ... " EE ROJU MANAM MATLADAPOTHUNAMU MANA TOLLYWOOD LO UNNA MUGGURU YUVARATNALA GURINCHI "... after this fantabulous sentence I decided "RETREAT MY DEAR FELLOW TO THE DOMAIN THAT YOU KNOW BEST" & well... the rest of the talk was in ENGLISH. After I was done, I knew I had bombed so I sped away from the scene as if I were wearing Quicksilver's sandals (I'm talking about the original Quicksilver...not me).
Then some guy who was working there, hunted me down & summoned me back. I thought maybe with my horrifying performance I might have damaged a mic or something. But to my surprise the Lady who was one of the judges actually said, "Work on your Telugu, we'll call you back". Aaaaaaaaaa ***thats me screaming inside my head***. Was delighted. Went home & crashed. My way of calling it a day. Since it wasn't a big deal I did not tell anyone. Just a few people who I spoke to on that day.
Then two days later I was walking down a road in Punjagutta when The Lady called me again & told me that I should be there on Saturday afternoon. Call it Providence, call it first saturdays, it was a holiday that day so I could attend the final round of auditions without having to feel guilty about bunking an internal. Saturday came sooner than I expected. The morning turned out to be pleasant. I met one of my favourite people on this planet. Then by 12 on the dot I was there. As usual, it was excruciatingly time taking again... It was 2.30 by the time I went in. This time I went into the same room, but on this occasion it did not seem that claustrophobic or intimidating.
I was told about my next task -
1. Had to speak against "Hyderabad is a hi-tech city"
2.Had to speak for " Sania Mirza should wear shorter skirts"
3.Had to host a show called DR.LOVE
Topic 1 - Judge says make it controversial
I started talking about Hyderabad having heritage blah blah... then to add controversy began talking about the Congress- TDP tussle.
Topic 2 - Judge says FIRE AWAY
I do not need any help to talk FOR such a topic, so went on & on & on until the Judges could take no more & they said next topic...
Topic 3 - Judge says give nonsensical advice but make it funny
Just when I thought I had given a pretty good performance, this one made me think again, because I absolutely fired on all cylinders here. A bisexual guy calls me on the show & asks who he should go for, Suneeta or her brother Ramesh... The advice I gave will surely go down in Radio Mirchi auditioning history. The judges were laughing like they had just seen a show of THE GREAT INDIAN LAUGHTER CHALLENGE. I cannot explain how I did it, you should have been there to experience it.
After this I was called out of the recording studio & quizzed about a few things. But one little thing stood out. SECOND YEAR ENGINEERING.
They said that this was a full time job & that it would be difficult for me to do both. I asked if they could work me into a night slot. They grinned and said "GREAT SHOW , COME FOR THE INTERVIEW ON TUESDAY".
They called me again to tell me that my interview had been postponed to Wednesday afternoon at TAJ RESIDENCY.
Wednesday came, attended college half-day, went home, shaved, had lunch, put on some good clothes & went to the Taj. Here I met Ravi & Chai, CSE seniors & good friends. He stated the obvious saying that it would me another 2 hrs atleast for my interview. So both,me & Ravi loitered around for a while. Then at around 5.30 his turn came. He went & was inside for 20 minutes. As soon as he came out I bombarded him with questions. He told me that it was a chilled interview... so take light bolke.
Then at 6 it was my turn.
I went inside, one guy was familiar, the other guy was from mumbai & his name was Tapas or something. It was a fun interview. Their questions went like
When did your father slap you last ?
Were you in love ?
Do you think you have the knack to make people do wild things ?
What was the wildest thing you have done ?
How many girlfriends ?
Stuff like that. Till this it was fun, then back to ENGINEERING. Anna started saying things like we need you for 8 hours. Willing to pay you around 25,ooo but we need you full time. What the hell would I say ?? Managed to blurt ," I'm good at multitasking sir, I can work something out & do justice to both roles." Don't know if I could convince him though. Anyways they said they would get back to me on 13th. My lucky number but dunno if anything would materialise.
But what I am proud of is that out of 1500 people, the 3 MGITians who tried out made it to the last 25 & I was one of them. There were thope people, like a girl who dubbed for Ayesha Takia in Super, a girl with 8 years experience at All India Radio, a mimicry artiste from Zee FM, a whole group from Wave 9 who made it.
But all said & done THE FAIRY TALE COMES TO AN END.