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Aparna

Creating as I go

About Me



Writer / Director / Producer / Artist / Compassionate

My Sister - AMULYA MALLADI
My Films - NUPUR (ankle bracelets) / MITSEIN / HANGLIDER

My Interests

Films / Books / Travelling / Photography / Art / People

I'd like to meet:



Everyone

Email me: [email protected]

Music:

Indian Classical / Bollywood / Pop / Jazz / Blues

Movies:

Bridget Jones / Gone with the Wind / Love Story

Books:

The Good Earth / Team of Rivals / Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Adventures / Enid Blyton / Amar Chitra Katha / Osho

My Blog

The Need for Validation

I came face to face today with how powerless the need for validation makes us. Imagine if we did art only for self pleasure and that once we shared, we were free. Comments, Compliments all were just...
Posted by Aparna on Wed, 14 May 2008 01:22:00 PST

Giving up the Sword

Giving up the Sword - I have a scene in 'Mitsein' where my herione gives up her sword so she can be at peace and be strong. I did not fully understand what that meant till today when I gave up my own...
Posted by Aparna on Sun, 04 May 2008 01:55:00 PST

Open

Ok so I have stopped all the ’Doing’ and am just ’Being’. Who am I being. I am being open to whatever is coming my way with ease and grace. I am being open to fun, love and ...
Posted by Aparna on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:57:00 PST

Path of Ease, Grace & Fun

There is always the way where you bull doze to accomplish something and then there is path of ease. The Zen solution to life. I have disguised my bull dozing in so many sheep's clothing and have acc...
Posted by Aparna on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:24:00 PST

Stillness

Silence tells the best story. My life is my ultimate master piece and the utlimate story. Most times it is loaded with in authenticities and I can't see through the murky waters. Mostly caused beca...
Posted by Aparna on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:42:00 PST

Removing the Dimmer

Probably one of the most painful things in life is to be a huge and extraordinary person and live a puny little life. That is painful. Being scared of and underestimating the world. Assuming that i...
Posted by Aparna on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:39:00 PST

Actor

As a director, I see every actor [whatever level of experience or background] as the best in the universe and that they can do anything and everything. In reality, the actor is cast even before I wri...
Posted by Aparna on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:09:00 PST

Elaan*

I belong to this generation of women and so does my expression. My generation has realized that it was about not breaking barriers made by men or by culture or by a society. We are removing boundari...
Posted by Aparna on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:16:00 PST

A Hole in the Boat

The logical thing to do when there is a hole in your boat is to work on plugging it. However in life I have had a different way of dealing with holes in my boat. As I watch the leaky boat sinking, I...
Posted by Aparna on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:20:00 PST

Integrity

We all have an internal compass that is pointed towards the so called 'Nobler' qualities such as honesty, intergrity, love, compassion etc. etc. However, in our quest to survive we come out short in ...
Posted by Aparna on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:16:00 PST