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Originality is a Myth | Chaar Vichaar - S01E01 | Vidar Joshi & Dr. Anaya Joshi | Semicolon Films
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Originality is a Myth | Chaar Vichaar - S01E01 | Vidar Joshi & Dr. Anaya Joshi | Semicolon Films

In this episode of "Chaar Vichaar," we feature Dr. Anaya Joshi, an Ayurvedic purist and practitioner who also happens to be the sister of our host, Vidar Joshi. Today, we discuss dysfunctional families, flaws in the medical field, challenges as an Ayurvedic doctor, subjective reality, labor, and much more. Listen to the full episode and share your thoughts with us on the socials mentioned below. Timecodes 0:00 Episode Starts 0:12 Chaar Vichaar Intro 0:24 Welcome to Chaar Vichaar 0:47 USP of Chaar Vichaar 1:05 Introductions 1:57 Identity 2:40 Why are we doing this? 4:34 Idea behind Chaar Vichaar 5:02 Originality is a myth. 6:37 Concept of Mithya 10:55 Vidar and Anaya’s bond 12:08 “Maa baap bhagwan ka roop hote hai” 15:23 Pregnancy 16:52 Disturbance in the shoot 19:13 Subjective Reality 19:38 Mocking average marriage enjoyers 21:52 Marriage 23:53 Ayurvedic Doctors 25:40 Piles 26:12 Understanding about Ayurved 26:24 Challenges as an Ayurvedic Doctor 27:49 Karma 28:19 You are the issue 28:56 Hypocrisy of Doctors 30:05 Ayurved - the cooler thing to do 30:32 About the brand Mochi 30:58 What bugs Anaya as an Ayurvedic Doctor 31:28 Verify before using any product 32:22 “Jeene ke hain chaar din baaki hai bekar din” 32:42 Concluding 33:25 Contradictory Thoughts 33:44 “Tu kon hai mujhe batane wala?” 34:18 Thank you for tuning in! 34:45 Chaar Vichaar Outro 34:56 Post Credit Scene If you want to create your own podcast, reach out to us at: hello@semicolonfilms.com Podcast Credits: Created by Semicolon Films Featuring: Vidar Joshi & Dr. Anaya Joshi Director: Harsh Salunke Producer: Yoshita Pareek Creative Producer: Vidar Joshi, Dharam Joshi DOP: Yashwant Joshi Sound Recordist: Yashwant Joshi Editor: Vidar Joshi Music: Arambh Saraswat Graphic Designer: Vidar Joshi, Harsh Salunke Artwork: Vidar Joshi Title Sequence: Dharam Joshi Promotional Content: Vidar Joshi Marketing & Social Media: Bipasha Biswas, Harsh Salunke Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed on Chaar Vichaar, a podcast by Semicolon Films Podcasts, are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the production team. Any content discussed is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. We strive to maintain a respectful and inclusive dialogue, and any inadvertent offense caused is unintentional. Listener discretion is advised.
Never Meet Your Heroes | Chaar Vichaar - S01E02 | ft. Vidar Joshi & Geet Sagar
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Never Meet Your Heroes | Chaar Vichaar - S01E02 | ft. Vidar Joshi & Geet Sagar

Timecodes 0:00 Intro 0:18 Welcome to Chaar Vichaar 0:47 What are you? 1:34 Poetry 3:44 “Gods don’t exist anymore” 5:13 Science 6:36 What is success for an artist? 8:48 Meditation 9:43 “Plane rukva denge” 9:57 Meeting Geet for the first time 11:08 Winning X-factor! 12:39 What’s going wrong? 14:08 Negative emotions 14:57 Ab batao kaha hai woh? 17:27 “people were hating me” 18:10 Motivation for being in X-factor 18:34 Coldplay Concert 20:00 Never meet your heroes 20:56 About Gender Discrimination 22:25 Brother’s and Sister’s 23:27 Loneliness 25:24 How to live by yourself? 26:09 Matheran Story 27:06 Pain 27:56 “Everyone deserves a closure” 29:18 Portrayal of life through social media 29:58 Pressure of being positive 31:24 “Hum sahi honge usmein bhi waqt lagega” 31:40 Being a workaholic 32:24 Thoughts 33:25 Like Share Subscribe! 34:00 Outro If you want to create your own podcast, reach out to us at: ⁠hello@semicolonfilms.com⁠ Podcast Credits: Created by Semicolon Films Featuring: Vidar Joshi & Geet Sagar Director: Harsh Salunke Producer: Yoshita Pareek Creative Producer: Vidar Joshi, Dharam Joshi DOP: Yashwant Joshi Sound Recordist: Yashwant Joshi Editor: Vidar Joshi Music: Arambh Saraswat Graphic Designer: Vidar Joshi, Harsh Salunke Artwork: Vidar Joshi Title Sequence: Dharam Joshi Promotional Content: Vidar Joshi Marketing & Social Media: Bipasha Biswas, Harsh Salunke Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed on Chaar Vichaar, a podcast by Semicolon Films Podcasts, are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the production team. Any content discussed is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. We strive to maintain a respectful and inclusive dialogue, and any inadvertent offense caused is unintentional. Listener discretion is advised.
Art is a Luxury? | Chaar Vichaar - S01E03 | Nemil Shah & Vidar Joshi | National Award, TMKOC, Films
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Art is a Luxury? | Chaar Vichaar - S01E03 | Nemil Shah & Vidar Joshi | National Award, TMKOC, Films

In this third episode of ‘Chaar Vichaar,’ we have with us none other than Nemil Shah. Nemil is an independent film producer, director, and writer based in Mumbai. His debut short film, named Dal Bhat, won various accolades, including the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film, and was also an official entry to the Oscars. You will hear us share our radical thoughts on various topics such as the ideal world, ownership, independent films, illusions, coffee, artificial intelligence, art, mind, sunsets, beards, farts, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, and many more. We are eager to know your thoughts on these topics, do tell us in the comments how you feel about this. Timecodes: 0:00 Episode Start 0:14 Chaar Vichaar Intro 0:28 National Award Winner Nemil Shah 0:52 College Days & Bond 2:16 “Would we still be friends?” 4:16 Travelling 7:45 Film Made in Amazon 8:16 Dal Bhatt 9:23 Change as a filmmaker 12:47 Experimental Films 16:05 Commerce of Films 17:30 Production Company 20:05 Gutsy 21:55 Coffee 22:19 Nemil’s Writing Process 24:03 Writing Process 26:45 Privilege 27:35 Is Art a Luxury? 28:30 Illusions 29:15 Films don’t discriminate 30:48 Risk 31:46 Crew’s In 32:45 Back to Discussion 32:58 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma 35:55 Sidemen, Beta Squad, Comedy Factory 36:46 Advancement of AI 37:07 Can AI replace Humans? 39:50 Text to Video 40:53 Darwin’s Philosophy 41:33 What is right? What is Wrong? 42:12 Memory is unreliable 43:44 Ownership & Borders 46:55 “MERA” 47:40 Sunsets 48:44 How do you see life? If you want to create your own podcast, reach out to us at: hello@semicolonfilms.com Podcast Credits: Created by Semicolon Films Featuring: Vidar Joshi & Nemil Shah Director: Harsh Salunke Producer: Yoshita Pareek Creative Producer: Vidar Joshi, Dharam Joshi DOP: Yashwant Joshi Sound Recordist: Yashwant Joshi Editor: Vidar Joshi Music: Arambh Saraswat Graphic Designer: Vidar Joshi, Harsh Salunke Artwork: Vidar Joshi Title Sequence: Dharam Joshi Promotional Content: Vidar Joshi Marketing & Social Media: Bipasha Biswas, Harsh Salunke Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed on Chaar Vichaar, a podcast by Semicolon Films Podcasts, are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the production team. Any content discussed is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. We strive to maintain a respectful and inclusive dialogue, and any inadvertent offense caused is unintentional. Listener discretion is advised.
Against All Odds With Devashish Makhija | Where We Talk About Films S01EP011 | Part 02
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Against All Odds With Devashish Makhija | Where We Talk About Films S01EP011 | Part 02

On this episode of Where We Talk About Films, filmmaker and host Vidar Joshi speaks to Filmmaker, Fiction Writer, Graphic Designer, and Poet Devashish Makhija. He’s known for his films ‘Bhonsle’, ‘Ajji’, ‘Oonga’ and his books ‘Forgetting’, ‘When Ali Became Bajrangbali’. In this episode, they talk about his struggles as a filmmaker, Writing Novels and Poetry, Working as an AD on ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Bunty aur Babli’, His intense filmmaking approach, and a lot more. Chapters: 00:00 - Cinematic influences - 2 2:22 - Approach towards writing a film. 5:14 - Financing Ajji. 6:57 - How to sustain your integrity as an artist? 10:22 - Decoding a scene from Ajji. 19:11 - Working with actors. 22:28 - Showing violence on screen. 25:17 - Devashish Makhija's take on style of a director. 27:36 - Exploitation in independent cinema. 31:43 - How do you function where there are so many issues going around? Where We Talk About Films is a podcast where we discuss cinema with the artists who have brought us the stories we have loved. It's an exploration of the art form and how they approach it. We sit, we talk, we explore films and of course we face some internet issues. Listen to the Podcast on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61mA9ZI... Anchor: https://anchor.fm/semicolon-films Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/where-we-ta... Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/fm873ovo Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/where-we-talk... Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/semicolonfi... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semicolonfilms/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/semicolonfilms/ Credits: Host: Vidar Joshi Content Team: Aditya Raut, Lehar Khan, Darshan Merchant, Vidar Joshi Stop Motion Artist: Lehar Khan Graphics: Vinayak Chhabra Post Production: Bhumik Shah Music: Aaryaman Simhal
Against All Odds With Devashish Makhija | Where We Talk About Films S01EP011 | Part 01
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Against All Odds With Devashish Makhija | Where We Talk About Films S01EP011 | Part 01

On this episode of Where We Talk About Films, filmmaker and host Vidar Joshi speaks to Filmmaker, Fiction Writer, Graphic Designer, and Poet Devashish Makhija. He’s known for his films ‘Bhonsle’, ‘Ajji’, ‘Oonga’ and his books ‘Forgetting’, ‘When Ali Became Bajrangbali’. In this episode, they talk about his struggles as a filmmaker, Writing Novels and Poetry, Working as an AD on ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Bunty aur Babli’, His intense filmmaking approach, and a lot more. Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 3:10 - His journey from writing children books to writing short films to making features. 6:55 - Overcoming failures. 9:09 - Coming out of dark place and writing children's book 11:14 - Process of developing short films 13:19 - Revenue in Shortfilms 15:51 - Turning an idea into a screenplay. 19:36 - Sticking with a dark subject matter for longer period of time. 23:29 - Working with child actor in Ajji. 25:37 - Finding answers through a film. 28:08 - Raising question through his films. 29:57 - Cinematic influences - 1 Where We Talk About Films is a podcast where we discuss cinema with the artists who have brought us the stories we have loved. It's an exploration of the art form and how they approach it. We sit, we talk, we explore films and of course we face some internet issues. Listen to the Podcast on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61mA9ZI... Anchor: https://anchor.fm/semicolon-films Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/where-we-ta... Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/fm873ovo Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/where-we-talk... Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/semicolonfi... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semicolonfilms/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/semicolonfilms/ Credits: Host: Vidar Joshi Content Team: Aditya Raut, Lehar Khan, Darshan Merchant, Vidar Joshi Stop Motion Artist: Lehar Khan Graphics: Vinayak Chhabra Post Production: Bhumik Shah Music: Aaryaman Simhal
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