Asadism Finally :)

First thing first, sincere apologies for being MIA, not my fault seriously, I mean I thought about writing a blog and every time something will come up and I'll be lazy, but here we are and I'm thinking how can I justify my absence and where shall I start. Hmmm how about I share my morning with you guys, I left our film 7-welcome to London on render last night and it took 10 hours to finish but there was a crash in between which meant I had to start again. P.s when I said our film, it means it belongs to each and everyone for you cos it was made from love and for your pleasure. We are doing a big screening for industry people in next two weeks as its finally ready to the standard I always dreamt of. 

Anyway, How are tricks, what is new in your lives, I watched the Lincoln Lawyer the other day and I highly recommend this legal thriller, when I was at university, I had a Scottish female friend who always thought I was the brown version of Mr. Matthew McConaughey. Today I can say I just want to be Asad Shan aka me. We all have an identity crisis time from time or even we have idols or we admire certain individuals for their looks, their views, their style or certain attributes, but have you realised how we just need to be happy with ourselves and thank the lord for the existing blessings we have. 

Showbiz is a funny business, having been part of it for the last 5 years. John Abraham who is a lovely bloke told me that people always tell him this n that about acting, looks etc. He said he started his career at 33 and has been acting for touching 7 years now. He said if you have a certain quality or possess a skill, flaunt it. That's the advice Karan Johar gave him and he shared with me. One should always believe in them. 

I have been very lucky to have patient loved ones, whether my parents, family and friends. They believe in me and that’s really important. Your loved ones become your strength.

Gosh I feel like talking in one tangent, I mean I have no set topic nor I’m going to rip people apart or their movies etc but I always felt there is lot of unity required within media. The insecure people are the ones who are always bitching about others but I was given an advise by someone, that let the dogs bark, once they are tired, they will stop. You just walk past them.

We just finished cutting our first music video for 7WTL, and let me tell you it’s looking amazing. We are gunning for a summer release as Cricket has pushed all movies behind and well we will be ready by then. I hate being a perfectionist like seriously, its like a disease, everything has to be proper and to the highest standard which means I set myself and the team the hardest of targets and make them sweat more. I am a strict director when it comes to work and I know what I need but I love my habit of listening to others and doing what is right for the product. 

I have to thank a few people who have been a pillar in my life, Don’t worry I wont name and shame you guys J .Its my dream to make films in UK and to unite with all the right talent here and everywhere else.

I went to my local Labour party meet and was offered the position of secretary for my ward in my first meeting. I think I’ll keep my eyes on the bigger prize. It was really interesting through to receive an email from Labour saying that they have given their blessings to the current Govt to bomb Libya and save their souls.

I have also realised that twitter and facebook has made me ample new friends and loved ones. People that I admire for their honesty, their love and realism. That is such an attractive quality.

I have to confess, I ended up watching Julie & Julia (now it’s hard for a straight hot blooded male to admit this) but I did watch it as I had heard so much about it and it was about cooking. Now in a perfect world, I would love food on table but that means my mum’s anchor butter sponsored cooking (NO Thanks) hence I have actually started making small bits and bobs in my kitchen. Ok fine I have a grill machine and oven but it still counts as cooking. FYI my mum and I’m sure all our mothers are the best cooks in the world. They are just a different breed J

Finally I just want to take this opportunity to say that you all make a difference to my life and thank you for being there, regardless of the work line I am in, I think of myself as a normal being trying to play his part in this beautiful universe

Till next time leaving you with love and blessings

Yours truly,

Asad

Xoxo

p.s I wish I would read and revise this but I have enough faith in you guys , wink wink 

Ideas and thoughts :)

Hello all, Before I blabber away and carry on with this Blog, let me just wish you guys one last time a happy new year and may all your wishes come true (reasonable ones) of course.


Now I was suppose to write this blog an hour ago but between eating my dinner (salmon salad ) , I was flicking through various channels on my sky box and ended up catching the Simpson's movie and the legendary dialogue by Homer to his daughter Maggie, "you were my greatest mistake ever" which made me chuckle cos all my friends who are the youngest in their family, they all end up saying that they were a mistake. (do they mean there parents were not suppose to have sex), I mean whats the deal there people, are you trying to be funny cos I am sure your parents won't find it humorous , then why categorise yourselves as a mistake ... luckily I am the first born (you should see the cheeky smile I have on right now )


OK, true fact about me , If I am at home, I can not have lunch or dinner without watching TV, DVD blah blah. I know its not a good habit but I am addictive, problem is which most people wont realise that if you did that, you will end up eating loads more than you were suppose to, so be careful :)


Guess what, I ended up watching America's top model , Jesus Christ , that show is funny , hey before I carry on , let me just say I had no intention to say any of the above before I sat down which just shows how our attention span works in life, 20 minutes in front of the TV and my thought process changed. I mean some girls on ATM (America's top model) were HOT, some were blah but like all reality shows, there were tears etc and you only make it on screen if you do the extra drama and have a background story, like I have slept in a sleeping bag my entire life. OK I am bored and hence switched off TV so I could focus fully on this BLOG.


Had a productive day today as my Grading editor was working with me and we have one reel to go before we put all our footage together, wooohoooo sorry a bit of technical info there, I apologise for the intellects who are not sad like me (work in films )


I have to share something funny with you, which is that I got great feedback for my blogs and before I sat down today, I had no idea what I shall write or what I wrote last time, which is scary and funny at the sane time, but now everyone has these expectations because just like life, you set yourself a standard and then your entire life you have to be consistent and fulfil those tasks. In my case I just write as I speak or think, hence welcome to Asadism and the Jazz continues.


I have a million thoughts going in my head right now and I am trying to grab one, but it is so hard. I tell you what I love best on a daily basis :) It is the ME time, when I am all alone and my phone is on the charger (silent), TV is off and it is dead quiet outside on the street, I love that moment, I open my window and I look out, I feel and breathe that silent air, it is stunning (now that doesn't mean I hate people) , I just find moments like that very inspiring. 


Now this blog will not contain me bitching or putting anyone down so all you people who are looking for gossip or masala, try something else for tonight , cos we are all about peace and harmony. On that lovely note, many of you are starting work again from tomorrow, I wish you all the best, stay happy and in great health.


love always and yes I have no idea, what I have written above, wink wink


Asad
xxxx




p.s we are enrolling at Iconic Bollywood Acting Academy for the Jan batch 2011, so all you lovely people and your friends, come and learn a new craft and skill. It is super fun, The link is provided above for the courses. God bless and peace out :)

Addiction

First thing first, thank you so much for your continuous love and your wonderful feedback. I love connecting with you all and mostly its about sharing one's thoughts and ideas. I mean Chris Nolan said an idea can change the freaking world, now I ain't doing that jazz, Cos that would mean I will have more responsibility to rule this world and spread Asadism but I have no plans :)

You know I had a random thought which was about addiction. I have not understood addiction till I played Yakuza3 on my Playstation3 and slept at 6am one night, what the F ... but knowing how I control over my emotions and people who know me well also know that I have a wonderful ability to switch on and off, like literally if I stop talking to someone or decide to, I erase that from my life ... it has served me well in life. I am not saying that I know it all or anything like that but I am happy with what I do. If anyone is expecting some intellectual bullshit in this blog, go and listen to Deepak Chopra, the guy is a legend , talking about Dr Deepak Chopra , ha ha I watched the little fockers and he had a special appearance and movie was fuck all ... Gosh I do not swear but that felt good .... I mean it was a typical studio executive sitting down one fine day and deciding that hey its freaking Xmas and we don't have a blockbuster and we need a movie , so lets make the fockers ... and that it was ... we were put through the misery but truth is IT IS YOUR OWN CHOICE , your inner voice telling you which movie to watch , always listen to yourself and not the critics, Cos critics will ruin the film for you by giving out spoilers. I always make my own mind up about every film, I just watched Tees Maar Khan , A Bollywood film, now the only good thing about the film was Katrina Kaif looking smoking HOT and Akshay Khanna who was brilliant , rest was all mindless bad script. People have said to me that I shall be nice about every film , well I am super nice cos I always ask you to watch every film on your account cos its about your own mind, its your decision, its your taste, I remember dragging my brother to watch Wong kar wai 2046, once the film was over, he threatened to disown me , now I loved it but he didn't ...


I have made a film which most of you are aware, things have started moving fast and we are working on final few things, will let you know when we ready to announce something, I am a perfectionist and will put my best step forward, I mean that's all I can do, and people will judge my film on its own credibility not because they like me and I am proud of my team and everyone who has worked on this.


so when it comes to watching any film, basically its your own call and your own choice, screw everyone else (literally not practically) and don't try this at home unless you are married :)

I started writing a new film, romantic comedy and film starts with the most hilarious VO and first line of the script is Saif Ali Khan, Now Saif is not in the film but its a super funny scene and I laughed and laughed till I was coughing after I read the first scene, I am quite excited about writing this.

Also I went shopping on Boxing day and only travelled five minutes to Canary Wharf and Zara was my love for that day, Happy with the stuff I got and also excited to bump into people who I knew from ages ago or who know me from TV etc, its a blessing to have nice people around you and I am super blessed.

I will never write shit about people or dis people just to make others laugh or to win spectators , each to their own and its your own battle , just live and let live.

p.s I have no freaking clue what I wrote above but I wont change anything,

see you soon, lots of love

Asad
xxxx

Merry Xmas and here we are 2010

First thing first, bowing my head down to all you guys ... you wonder why ... well I am actually embarrassed because I never kept my promise alive of blogging once a week, which is a RIGHT number ... yes once a week, last time I blogged was 5th Nov 2010. I tend to keep my promise always and my excuse will be working, shooting, mentoring, teaching , post production, shooting in snow and literally killing myself , falling ill and yes being lazy ...

I have so much to share with you guys, I mean I have like a million billion thoughts in my head everyday, sometimes some of them are worth sharing and some aren't. I recently tweeted that I read somewhere that always speak well of others even if they don't, that should cause them some embarrassment even though it probably wont cos they lack self respect and are just pure losers. I don't think there is such a thing as a Loser ... All popular people deep down are losers cos they are scared of being alone or being acknowledged ...

I was in Royal China last night for dinner with my co producer of 7- welcome to London as she was travelling to join her family in India, her husband and daughter left a day before and we decided to meet to discuss work  and catch up. In the midst of our dinner , this Bollywood Actor called Aftab Shivdasani walked in and sat two tables away from us. I always studied body languages and I was actually in stitches  as he was hoping that people will recognise him so he was putting his head down , after five minutes he realised that there were no Desi people there and his hunger of being recognised was all over the place so he kept looking up flapping his arms etc. See the hunger of knowing that you should be recognised is like a drug.

On the contrary to that my brother always tells me off for being super nice and talking to everyone, (If someone comes up to me , I am always nice ) or I get told by my mum for being a tramp, yes my mother tells me off for being dressed in my track bottoms when I am at home, I always tell my brother that your work speaks for you and we are a public commodity and well tracks make it comfortable for me to switch on between work and gym but when I head out  I look like a million bucks or I believe ... p.s I am not kidding , wink wink

Truth is hard to handle , yes one has to be sure of themselves, I certainly am happy with what I do or have achieved and will continue on working hard at my goals and mission statements in life.


I have been blessed with amazing people in my life. From my parents to my closed loves ones or people I have faith in and trust. Thank you so much for being part of my life , for putting up with me and for trusting me. Also if i have ever hurt someone intentionally or unintentionally, please forgive me. By saying sorry I can only feel better and sleep well and I do not feel small.

I want to write more but will do in a day or two, for now I think this is enough,

Merry Christmas to all my loved ones and to everyone out there, please keep me in your prayers and remember to be nice and have a great time with family

peace out and love

Asad xx

Asad Shan Blog: Happy Days

Asad Shan Blog: Happy Days

Happy Days

Heyyyllooooo peeps,

With an Innocent smoothie in my hand, I have decided to keep up with my promise to continue writing. Thank you so much for enjoying my previous blog, I have also decided to share my thoughts on various elements and review films as well cos at least I wont be biased and will be totally honest. (NOT pointing fingers at any one LOL), please please go and watch EASY A. Great casting and what a script. I was thrilled and ecstatic with the screenplay. I have finally locked down on talented people for the making of 7, music promo's and songs. Gathering all the material and ready for the Big Bang soon Inshallah. I hate being so tough on myself at times because I expect the best and feel quite anal when it comes to perfection ha ha . But hey you have to put your best step forward.

 I always enjoyed Vjing. I suppose I always felt I was born to do this. I mean  remember being at school and swtiching onto B4U music in London and thinking to myself, I could do this, Little they knew that this boy from East London will actually manage that, it was a dream come true and being the face of the channel for 2 years. Now I really enjoy being on ZING, we have the highest TRP show Brits Bollywood, a wonderful team behind it and its based in London, Love it. I have to thank every one who enjoys my shows and showers so much love. I hear from so many people and it makes my heart smile that you guys love it so much.

I love going to the gym and working out, its like an awakening, this buzz just fulfils and fires you up for more. Having my cinema in the same building does motivate though. :) That is the only ME time I have, rest is all work work work work work work and did I mention work.

I am also inspired by people and their thought process. I observe a lot and I remember few years back used to be really hyper but now with more responsibilities and concrete mission statement in life, one becomes more focused. Always believe in yourself and be a go getter. (you can do it  - ben stiller)

I have to say I loved the Hangover and the same director has come out with due date. I cant wait to see this film. Perfect Diwali gift to all :)

Anyway wish everyone a great Diwali and a fantastic new year, the ones who do not celebrate, I wish you a fantastic happy weekend and lots of love xoxo

I shall BLOG regularly :) Promise

Before you read , I would like to apologise for any errors or grammatically write up. I am writing this as a Diary and hence not in any particular order and scribbling all down with whatever comes in my head and in an instant span of moment : ENJOY

Well here we go, I had decided ages ago that I shall blog, then I got very busy with work and I had to stop. Now I did mention to a few close people this is what I really want to do, they were like don't do it, cause you wont be able to keep up with the habit. Now I am very determined to do this. I Love challenges.

I have to say my dear friend Divya in Mumbai has always pushed me to Blog but I have been slacking. I hope she will be proud of me and she does have the best blog ever.

Actually having four jobs (Film Director, TV VJ, Teacher, Actor/model) is really hard and on top of that being a public commodity could be the best or worse scenario, depends on the situation for example, like last night I went to the local Tesco and as always it was our Desi crowd working there, now picture this ..I was wearing a long big coat and Chav's will be proud of my outfit with a hoodie and sportswear :). ( Fine that's how I look when I go to workout and could not be bothered to change up)

Well suddenly I saw these two staff members walking pass me and then saying stuff like oh its him, and then they went pass me again which made me believe that I must know them or something or do I really look that different on screen considering I never wear make up ever, anyway long story cut short, they came up to me , they were huge fans and were super nice , I said I am looking for eye drops and some red bull and they started running around and got me everything and only left my side when I left the place, Bless them , they were super sweet. Those are the moments in life when you realise you must be doing something right :) Oh yes they did take a picture with me ...

A very famous script writer and now director from Bollywood told me once, he said if you want to make it as an actor, you have to be tolerable on screen and he said I was tolerable, I just nodded, P.s he thought I was too young for the character in his film eventually , ha ha , Bottom line is I had his blessing

Anyway I was suppose to talk about my Blog journey where did that come from :) LOL

So first of all congratulations to the 3rd batch at Iconic Bollywood Acting Academy (IBAA), very talented bunch of students and I am super proud of them. Very exciting to see new talent nourish and perform. Thank you so much for the Chocolates and the lovely card on the last session.

I have been looking at their show reels and their performances, Good fun. We are enrolling for the next batch which starts in the next ten days. So all you talented individuals whether you want to become an actor or presenter, have a general interest in films etc or in a professional job and would like to develop your interpersonal skills and confidence. This course is for you

http://www.iconicproductionsuk.com/bollywood/home.htm

It's 5pm and I am having a smoothie with some salad, I am a bit pissed off with the HSBC Branch in Green Street :) I went to deposit some cheques and they were to closing at 4.30pm and I got there at 4.28pm but they won't allow me in as they were still serving few customers, Like most people who can read and write like Zoolander , All I wanted to do was to deposit cheques via the machine inside, would have taken less than a minute. Lets just say it was a lovely monologue by me to the Branch manager and lovely Scott who tried to stop me. I promise you he shall never do this again. P.s I was super nice and in a true Gandhi style, It was peaceful, not after I gave a big lecture on my human rights and how I was a Business customer ;)

Bottom line is I didn't end up using the machine, hence it was more like a mock scene from falling down (movie buff's will relate to this)

I was at Diwali on the Square on Sunday, Good fun but extremely tiring. Met some lovely fans and also spent time with my brothers and the wonderful IBAA team and staff. We all went to see SAW3D after and it was my first SAW film and I was laughing at how bad it was but it's the number one movie this week at the US charts,

Another film I came across last night was HOUSEFULL at my parents place and I thought it was pants, Are you serious I mean I watched the last Climax Scene and the laughing gas scene was hilariously Bad , I was cringing and probably so was Ben Stiller who inspires every Sajid Khan film. Sajid is funny though and made a statement last week that Bollywood has no scriptwriters and hence he copies films. Bottom line is his films make money cos he works with the stars and that's a fact. So keep going Sajid

I have been working day and night on 7 - welcome to London, everyone keeps asking me when do you release, My answer is very simple, All in good time cos people don't realise how much work goes into it and especially I am a perfectionist and I am answerable to loads of people and the fans so will come out with the best result. Talks are going strong with some really big distributors so good news soon, touch wood. I am super proud of the way 7 has shaped up. It clocks at 106 minutes and my first cut was 135 minutes.

Big thank you and much love to all the cast and crew.

Met Sonu Nigam this week and he will be featured on Brits Bollywood on SKY 789 ZING on Sundays 11.30am , WED 6.30pm and Fri 3.30pm

Spoke to our head of Zing and she is super proud of our TRP. These are the highest ever, so thank you to all the fans and the lovely people who enjoy watching our show. we LOVE you

I locked myself yesterday and wrote the promos for 7 and the music videos. We are preparing all the stuff before the big Bang. I cant wait to conceive and get them ready.

Guys I am about to enter a work meeting but I shall write soon and at every given opportunity.

I have no idea what I have written but I promise you, it will always be from my heart and with purity.

love

Asad

x0x0

PS Confession: I actually enjoy Gossip Girl, and the new show The event on channel 4.