by Gee Sahota · Published March 29, 2017 · Last modified November 23, 2017
Here I am, hot pursuing my film dream, I’ve a great social life, self-esteem is at an all time high, yet I can’t bag a first date! What do I have to do to get a date? It’s not as if I’m not trying, nor am I trying too...
The magic of being in THE NOW moment began back in Julyish, propelling me to write and co-produce my first short film, which kinda came out of the synchronicityy blue. I’m currently working on the second…that of course meant I had to push this blog back. Having wanted to launch this...
Note: Sticklers for screen formatting rules will find all the rules broken here as this blog’s technical limitation screws up any attempts to style it so. INT. COFFEE SHOP – DAY Sonia, solemn, stares out of window into the distance, hugging coffee mug in between her hands. The ghost of Vijay sits...
Note: Sticklers for screen formatting rules will find all the rules broken here as this blog’s technical limitation screws up any attempts to style it so. INT. BRUNO’S FLAT/HALLWAY/BATHROOM – DAY Ruby tiptoes to the bathroom, anxious. She’s dishevelled having just woken up. Looks over her shoulder, afraid. She enters the...
Note: Sticklers for screen formatting rules will find all the rules broken here as this blog’s technical limitation screws up any attempts to style it so. INT. FREDA’S HOUSE/BEDROOM – NIGHT Another unbearable night. The Texan drought isn’t letting up. Crickets chirp outside the wide open windows. Some advert jingle echoes on the...
Here’s Sonia’s first journal entry, the protagonist of my yet to be named Indian screenplay. Vijay, the spirit of her past life husband, whom she’s just met, has coaxed her to write it so she can keep log of her journey to find her screenplay story. 22nd October 2012 A...
The events in this short story are actually inspired by true events that happened in my own life. In many respects, Sonia’s my alter ego – an extended version of me, stretched and altered for the cinematic version of my life. After all, we have the same film and love goal....
Big Dream / Film & Screenplays
by Gee Sahota · Published August 6, 2016 · Last modified March 14, 2021
Everybody wants to be an actor or director, no? Those in the film industry, anyway. And then there’s me, who took a while to believe that I can write a screenplay. That’s become the BIG DREAM, to finish my three work-in progress feature length screenplays, which started out as an...
GEE’S TOP 5 TIPS #1 Every morning, look in the mirror, pucker up like Marilyn Monroe, blow kisses and say, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU. #2 Find and hug a banker as part of your forgiveness programme. If you can forgive others you’re half way towards...
by Gee Sahota · Published August 5, 2016 · Last modified October 15, 2023
My heart always dips when I think back to my Spiritual Emergency. I’m transported back to one of the toughest assaults on my mind, yet one that has revolutionised my existence. Today at almost 40 years old : I’m free : True to myself : Pursuing my heart’s desires. I’m not...