Lights Camera Action

By Asya Girdhar

Isn't it uncanny? that I'm the producer and even the director, 

who has no idea about the film's topic,

but I'm still expected to be the scriptwriter as well?

To shoot the film in one take, 

isn't really an easy task, is it? 

Because I have no editors by my side, 

just silent critics reviewing each scene and observing every minuscule error I make.

I'm writing the script, and they're writing my film's destiny, 

whether it would get sponsors, attain fame, or just leave soundlessly.

I'm putting on my costume to act in the scenes, and changing them as soon as the set changes, 

because a robe is considered a misfit at a party. 

And what will the film's fate be, if it's not fitting into societal standards?

I don't want it to flop, 

I want it to succeed. 

But isn't it uncanny that I have to perform every responsibility perfectly, when I've never experienced this before?

'Lights, camera, action,' they say, and judge me each day. 

And I'm supposed to make a film without even knowing what to say.

By Asya Girdhar