Since Friday, I have been in Philadelphia. My friend was out of town and we were using her apartment as a set for the film I have been working on. The apt was home to my character and her husband. I have worked on movie sets almost all my life…behind and in front but this weekend was truly a long weekend. Don’t get me wrong-I love the work, it’s the waiting between takes that is so tasking! Now I know why people can make careers out of being stand-ins for actors and actresses. Why there should be a caterer and a prop master. This is a low budget indie film so everyone is wearing several hats…so the actors have to think about when to get food (like getting food from a shady restaurant in Philly –Kabobeesh-at 11pm and the entire cast & crew – 5 of us—have been struck with food poisoning!) and the director has to worry about damaging the walls and not being too loud for neighbors (my friends only request was to not damage her walls and of course, the walls were damaged.). It gets challenging to do it all! Regardless, I had a good time being Ria. Probably my most favorite character to date.
The film is called Nokhotrer Doshe (in Bangali) – loosely translated in English it means – well—not sure what it means exactly..Nokhotrer means stars or celestial and Doshe means the fault of. Maybe along the lines of… “Its Fate” or “Its in the stars”. The writer/director wants the English title to be Urban Tribes…But I really don’t like that, don’t think it accurately captures the meaning of the film. The film is about Bangladeshis living in America. That’s all I can probably say right now. It will be in English and Bengali.
I really loved the script and believe the characters. So, looking forward to the final product! Hopefully, it will be ready by summer ’07!
Check on the link “Film I am working on” to see pictures from the filming.
The film is called Nokhotrer Doshe (in Bangali) – loosely translated in English it means – well—not sure what it means exactly..Nokhotrer means stars or celestial and Doshe means the fault of. Maybe along the lines of… “Its Fate” or “Its in the stars”. The writer/director wants the English title to be Urban Tribes…But I really don’t like that, don’t think it accurately captures the meaning of the film. The film is about Bangladeshis living in America. That’s all I can probably say right now. It will be in English and Bengali.
I really loved the script and believe the characters. So, looking forward to the final product! Hopefully, it will be ready by summer ’07!
Check on the link “Film I am working on” to see pictures from the filming.
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