They
say….plan out everything in life if you wish to be successful….but the beauty
of life lies in it’s unpredictivity. Even if you make thousands of full-proof
plans for your future, you cannot plan life….rather Life plans you.
This
Experience of mine somewhat takes me closer to the above statement.
So, being a
bright student in my school days I always used to think that I should only
study and study and study……never ever did I pay any heed to extra curriculars
as I used to think them to be a waste of time. Little did I know that my view
will drastically change someday!
Now coming
to the story which brought me here, this is about one of the most memorable
journeys that I have experienced till date. Just the way gold mines are discovered
accidently….then that raw gold has to undergo so much struggles such as being
heated and hammered….and only after resisting all that does it become good
enough to be called an ornament and gets the attention it deserves ……Everything
that occurs in our lives too follow the same rule….and sililarly this story
too! A story which started with just a
series of coincidences….which then went through many stages of excitement, day dreaming,
ambition, dedication, hardwork, happiness, emotional turnmoils and even betrayals & heart breaks…..and finally, ended on a positive note.
Now, coming
to the point , let me tell you the exact flow of events which became the
foundation of this story. So, we all know,even if technology has reduced the
time we talk to the people around us , it has in some way brought people closer
too,those people who are far away…but have same pattern of thinking, interests
and choices…who haven’t even met....but can understand each other's feelings without even saying! And this bond according to me sometimes turn
out to be better than the offline ones because these bonds don’t exist with the
intention of getting something as a return gift for the friendship….so atleast
for me, Twitter is one such place which has replaced my need of talking to
friends around me to a large extent, which used to be compelling earlier irrespective of whether I liked it or not. I love joking around with my friends on
Twitter a lot……and there is one more Blessing of my life whom twitter has
brought me closer to, Rajeev Khandelwal whom I lovingly call Hero 😊 I call him my Best Blessing because
he in some way or other effects me in a very positive way,whenever I am in need….and I
really don’t know how :) My connection with him too is something which seems
Pre-Planned by my fate ever since I was a 7 year old baby….but will tell about
it some other day 😉
So coming
back to this story, twitter and Hero became the foundation to this association.
One morning, he tweeted about his new chat show “JUZZBAATT” and as usual, we started our daily routine of
talks on twitter and I jokingly expressed the desire to interview the host
himself someday ….just like any other conversation, we had fun and forgot about
it.
Had to
travel that night to attend a cousin’s wedding , so didn’t go online and my
phone started ringing continuously at around the train timing,which I didn't pick up then….it was only
after I called them back after boarding the train did I understand what the
matter was. The Brand head of Zee Tv , Mr. Kausik Misra had replied to my tweet
asking if I was really intrested to Interview My Hero during Juzzbaatt’s Press
conference….I was pleasantly shocked. But I knew I couldn’t attend it as I was
already out of station and also my exams were near, so nobody would have
allowed me to travel to Mumbai, just for it…Such a dream opportunity coming to
me all of a sudden and then going away was trying to dishearten me but a new
Idea struck me. I tweeted to Kaushik Sir if I could do something through My
Youtube Channel….Honestly speaking, After hearing so many NOs in such a short
span of time, I expected the same this time too. But it was different this
time, he gave me his mail id and asked me to send whatever ideas I had. This
was such a pleasant shock for me…..My friends started congratulating me and I
was getting so hyper that all my co passengers were staring at me and my
parents had to remind me again and again that I was in train. I didn’t even have a paper to jot
down my ideas….took my father’s pen and wrote on the paper bag in which the
bedrolls in trains are supplied. Texted so many people if they had good ideas……only
3-4 of them responded….Some were my obvious friends who are always there for me, one of
them was a normal friend who encouraged me a lot during those days and one was
someone whom I always considered to be a very good critic of mine…there were
people whom I expected to be with me but didn’t too, but why look at the darker
side! I worked out on the ideas the
whole night and came up with 15 of them and mailed them the next morning.
And then
the talks started and finally, I got the first behind the scenes video on April
29 which I edited and uploaded on April 30, 2018……thus this journey started
officially. I had been told that all my ideas were good and I could go ahead
with any of them.
I created My first #Juzzbaattstories video
for the First Guests of #Juzzbaatt , Ronit and Rohit Roy and uploaded it on May 10…Juzzbaattstories were the real fan stories of the celebs which depicted how they positively effected someone's life…..It was just an experimental video
from my side and I was not very confident about it, but it was liked and
Praised by Many Including Rohit Sir himself 😄 And then, I decided to go further
with #Juzzbaattstories as a Spinoff Series……and thus the Journey took off with
Flying colours.
In this
span of 3.5 months, many obstacles came & went away whether mental,
emotional or physical. But every hardship that I undertook for it was worth it 😊 I remember, one day I decided that
if My Hero can shoot two episodes a day, why can’t I, without even thinking
that unlike me, they had a whole team to take care of everything…..I did shoot
two videos that day but had to walk around 7-8 kms under the scorching sun in
search of different locations as well as had to come back each time to my room to
change clothes for the different videos , which increases this distance further…even
gatecrashed a closed park through a broken part of fence…. such an interesting
adventure it was….literally got blisters on my feet for the next two days ………..but
when the same video got the fasted view growth among all my other videos, no
words can explain my feelings then....I had never ever experienced such kind of satisfaction ever. Also I got praised by almost every celeb for whom I
made Juzzbaattstories. My
Viewers and participants in the series were not only from across the country
but also from world over, such as Argentina, Australia , US and some other
Latino-American countries....Sometimes,we even failed to understand each others languages, but that couldn't stop those bonds from prospering….I had really not expected this kind of exposure when I
had proposed this idea. I was living a
miniature form of the dream which had always been close to me but I never dared
to dream it, maybe because I had never been confident enough…..but
Juzzbaattstories installed that self-confidence in me.
As days passed by, A big dream of mine which I
can’t disclose now, came at an extreme proximity to reality for sometime and
then suddenly went far away too due to some unavoidable circumstances….it was a
phase when I was all alone…..I had gone very close to my breaking point…..I was
about to give up…..about to abandon #Juzzbaattstories midway but my hope and
love for what I was doing, kept me going. And I am sure, I will make that dream come true very soon :)
I gathered
Myself back and decided to Give the Series the Beautiful Ending it Deserved. Meanwhile some fake
company claimed copyright over 4 of my Juzzbaatt videos….Many people adviced to
just forget about those Videos as filing a counter copyright claim might lead
to court cases but I decided to take up this risk and claimed it back, though it took a long time and costed a lot of views, but they are back and safe :) 5th August
2018 saw the last Juzzbaattstories for none other than the Host Himself and
featured Many of my friends. It was a gift of Love from my side to My Hero as
well as a Friendship day gift to my friends.
And that
day, I got the compliment I have been waiting for all this while. I had mailed
Hero after uploading the first ever Juzzbaattstory that I expected his
compliment only when he truly felt that I deserved it and finally, this last
video made him feel so…..Kausik Sir too Praised me in a Public Tweet….And of
course, everyone who came in contact with me during the course of this video
series made me feel special. Juzzbaattstories had finally Succeeded in it’s
Mission to Spread Smiles…..and that day, All those smiles reflected back on My
lips😊😊😊
The people
who crossed paths with me during this
journey will always be special😊Juzzbaattstories gave my thinking a new
direction , my self confidence a great boost , reintroduced me to something I believe
in and gave me courage to persue what I always Loved. And I’m sure fate had
greater plans behind bringing Juzzbaattstories to my life than what meets our
eyes.
Now,I can
proudly say, I officially worked in association with ZEE TV for a project….It
was My first stepping stone to a Beautiful domain I love! At this moment, I
really don’t know what exactly future holds for me….neither would I like to
plan it because now I realize, God is much greater in terms of imagination and
planning than we can ever be. I’ll just do my work with full honesty and
dedication….and rest, life itself will take care. 😊
Link to the
videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTJ6cqJkMyQ&list=PLhKa-ln70VekGZfmHad6i874S6N9IJauX
