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		<title>The shoot &#8211; crazy but it works!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pietro&#8217;s notes about the shoot: My crew in India is always the same. Closer to the shoot they come down from Mumbai &#8211; Deepak Anjaria &#8211; the best Gaffer in India and a really good DoP himself &#38; Brian D&#8217;Souza &#8211; best Focus Puller In India, and Robby our assistant. Great to have them with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=12&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How it started&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The voice of experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A blessing we had was the arrival of Vinuji (of Suresh-Vinu fame) into our crew- an experienced director who was kind enough to join us as Associate Director. It was Vinuji who handled one-on-one the actors dialogue coaching which was crucial at our sync sound shoot. His pleasant temperament has helped us through many a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=13&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So much work BEFORE the shoot?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Talkies&#8230; Cinema&#8230; Movies&#8230; these 3 stuffs had always facinated me&#8230; I would have been a Doctor&#8230; Engineer&#8230; the last choice a Business Administrator! But that passion for reels kept me going 24&#215;7&#8230;I am no one today&#8230;still have an identity as AD to ANJALI MENON&#8230;the best director I have worked with till now&#8230;no flattery meant here! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=14&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Cinematographer speaks&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pietro Zuercher, an alumnus of the American Film Institute and award winning Cinematographer shot the film. Originally from Switzerland, he spends more time travelling through continents shooting films &#8211; almost back to back! Pietro shares his version of the lucky red seed experience. &#8220;One day I get a call from Anjaly Menon asking me to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=11&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The script and other stories&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://manjadikuru.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/the-script-and-other-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>manjadikuru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arvind Ashok Kumar was the first crew member- official designation &#8211; Director&#8217;s Assistant. Originally from Kerala, Arvind is a trueblue Mumbaiite. Today he works in the Art &#38; Design department of mainstream Hindi films (like Don 2, Talaash.). Back then he was First time assistant to a first time feature director! Sheer madness  Here&#8217;s his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=16&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Casting- Round 1</title>
		<link>http://manjadikuru.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/casting-round-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once the script was done and the seed funding was in place &#8211; the priority was CASTING. We started with the most difficult part &#8211; the children&#8230; we had to find two boys and two girls (ages 5-12). Tried many routes &#8211; advertised in newspapers, worked through agents, talked to kids in the neighbourhood, asked filmmakers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=17&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Answers to those questions&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>manjadikuru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How can I watch this film?&#8221; &#8220;Is it coming to the theatres?&#8221; &#8220;When will it release?&#8221; These are three questions that are sent most often to my inbox! So for all those people &#8211; here is the answer : Manjadikuru / Lucky Red Seeds has only been screened at film festivals so far. (fortunately to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=18&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time to smile again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>manjadikuru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since the last post&#8230; that folk tale has been truly metaphoric of the journey this film has taken since. During this time I had many moments of hopelessness where it didn&#8217;t seem like there was light at the end of this tunnel. But there IS plenty light and so let&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=19&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manjadikuru/Lucky Red Seeds are found in Krishna temples in Kerala. In fact nowadays, that is the only place we see them. The origin of this practice lies in the folklore of the Guruvayur temple. The temple of Guruvayur houses the deity of Vishnu*, and this particular idol is believed to have been worshipped by Lord [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manjadikuru.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29650960&amp;post=26&amp;subd=manjadikuru&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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