There has to be a way! [27th Nov 2008][PRAHAR]

‘Mrugjal’ chi katha mala majhya bhavane dili. Tyala ti college madhe natkacha workshop kartana milali hoti. Ti katha majhya dokyat itki basil ki hyach kathevar chitrapat banavnyacha tharavla. Majha mitra aani tya music companychya CEOlahi katha aavadli aani aamhi kamala suruvaat keli. Sachin Khedekar ne vishwas daakhavla. Tushar dalvine hi lagech hokaar dila. Reshamlahi katha aavadli. So far so good.
Mag vel aali patakatha-sanvaad lihaychi. Eka prasiddha lekhakakade aamhi gelo. Tyanehi hokaar kalavla aani nantar khup helpaate ghalayla lavle. Kadhi Pune, kadhi Churchgate, kadhi ghari, kadhi office. Pan lihun matra kahich dila nahi. 3 mahine asech gele. Majha mitra aani company che CEO asvastha vhayla lagle. Bhai ne mag mala suchavla ki, tujhya dokyat jya prasangancha maanda aahe kivhan te kalakaar kay boltil, hyacha arakhada asel tar to kaagdavar utarav. Mi hya aadhi kadhihi kahihi lihilela navhata. Pan aaplyasathi kunala vel nasel tar aapanahi thamabaycha nahi, asa mi tharavla aani bhavane saangitlya-pramane mi prasanga, majhya paatraanche swabhaav, bolnyachya paddhatikaagdavar utravu laglo. Kuthlya prasangi kay sanvaad, kase abhipret aahet, he lihun kaadhla aani tyacha vaachan kela.
Te sarvanna aavadla. Hich ti final script. Mala chitrapatasathi milalelya anek abkshisanmadhye katha-patakatha-sanvaad hyanchihi paritoshika aahet. Pan problems sample navhate, te suru zale hote. Shooting-chya aadlya divshi aamcha tharavlela cameraman (punha ek pratishthit naav) mhanala, mi ha chitrapat karnaar nahi. Tyane pratyek goshtit khot daakhvayla suruvaat keli. Majha mhanna evadhach ki, manya aahe aamhi navin aahot; pan aadlya divshi?
Parat majhya bhavane tyachya eka mitracha naav suchavla, jo add-films cha cameraman hota, to Santosh Sivan barobar kaam karaycha. To Mumbait kami aani southlach jasta asaycha. Tyacha naav Suhas Gujhrathi. Shooting-chya aadlya raatri mi tyala bhetlo. Tyalahi katha aavadli. 7 chi shift aamhi 9 chi karun ghetli aani mi eka navya cameraman barobar shooting-la suruvaat keli. Majhya hya cameraman-la tya varshi sagli sarvotkrushtha chayachitranachi paritoshika aahet. Mhanje jya goshti duravlya tya changlyasathich mhanta yeil.
Shooting darmyan-hi aamhala bharpur problems aale. Kadhi stock nahi, kadhi cheques nahit, kadhi yogya kapade nahit. Hya saglyavar math karun aamhi aamcha banavla. Ek divas 7 chya shift la ravivaar aslyamule 9:30 paryanta majhyakade stock-ch navhata. Mi lab madhe jaun special letter deun to stock aanla. Toparyanta camera ikdun tikde firvat vel nibhavun nheli. Tyamule kunachya lakshaat aala nahi, pan nashibane aani devane khup saath dili aani majha pahila chitrapat purna zala. To release zala, pan tya pudhchahi kahi mahiti navhata. Ek divas majhi aai paper-var kothimbir nivdat astana Zee Marathi Gaurav Puraskar cha entry form tila tya paper-at disla. Tine mala phone kela, tovhar aamhala tyabaddal kahihi mahiti navhata. Paper-at na number gheun mi Zee Marathi la phone kela, tar toch divas nemka entry cha shevatcha divas. Request karun aamhi dusrya divshi form bharla. Tyanantar pudhe je zala tyane majha aayushya sampurnapane badalla. Majhya chitrapatala tya varshi sagle puraskar milale. Sangaycha itkach aahe ki kitihi problems aale tari mi sodun dila nahi. Devane bharpur saath dili, adchani dilya pan marga-hi dila. Mi taavun-salakhun baher padlo aani ‘Mrugjal’ astitvaat aala. Kaaran, ‘dil se’ karma tha. Himmat nahi haarna, bas koshish karte rehna. Where there is a will, there has to be a way!

SATISH RAJWADE