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Time to re-work on my second book's cover. Any suggestions for 'That Frequent Visitor'? The book is a Gothic thriller set in 1948 Calcutta and Contemporary Kochi with elements of dark humor, essential romance and psychological frenzy present in plenty.

The Tea Seller's Son by K Hari Kumar (An Excerpt from WHEN STRANGERS MEET.. ) On a very hazily lit noon, when one could see enough to distinguish darkness from light, the little boy turned his head first to his left and then to the other side. Then he checked straight, as if in a single stride he would measure the entire length that he was meaning to cross to get to the other side of the road. His destination was a dusty container office across the road that took care of the construction site booming in that part of the village. His father had told him ‘Arshad, when you grow up this place will make you rich and we will open a bigger tea stall outside the mall so that more people can drink our tea.’ ‘What is a mall, Abbu?’ he had asked innocently. ‘It is a big shop that has everything in the world. You will like it.’ His father had told him. ‘Why can’t we open a shop inside the mall?’ ‘We will do that too, we will do that. But you must serve very good tea to thos

K Hari Kumar's second book, a thriller "Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing", I remember Jayantakumar Sir quoting Norman Mailer's definitive statement in 2012 as I signed on the contract for ' When Strangers meet..'. Almost a year and half later, I sign on the contract for my second novel, 'TFV', which is due for a winter 2014 release, that is, exactly nine months from now will see the birth of my second child... sister to 'When Strangers meet..' I thank my everyone at Srishti, my parents & well wishers, and above all my readers, without whom WSM would not have survived the tyrants of the time. For the time being, all I am giving you is an abbreviation for the title- #TFV  Cordially, The Stranger

Photography basics Here are basic elements of Photography explained in the simplest way. For more go to  www.facebook.com/kathaharik Exposure Exposure is a term used to described the distribution of light levels in a picture. Generally speaking, a good exposure has an even spread of darks and lights that are evenly distributed across your image. There are instances in which you can shoot a scene in either a high or low key using a narrow range of extremely bright or dark light respectively, but these are typically more advance in nature requiring skill, but also sensitivity to the aesthetic of the image being create. For our purposes here, lets focus on what is generally associated with conventional image making and what defines a “good” exposure. Exposure is manipulated in photography with 3 mechanical principals that are combined to achieve exposure. These are lens aperture, shutter speed and ISO sensitivity. We will look at each of these individually. Apertu

Model  JD Maan Photography  K. Hari Kumar

Project Encounter* (2011) The first teaser of upcoming action movie. Heavily shot with plane cameras and usage of surreal special effects, this movie boasts of an all-star ensemble from India and Hollywood alike. Starring - Nicholas Cage, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, Penelope Cruz, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, John Abraham, Suriya Sivakumar, Kamal Haasan, Prithviraj, Genelia D Souza, K Hari Kumar, Varun Chakkravarthy, Jashan Maan, & Junior NTR Directed by K Hari Kumar Music used - Carmina Burana LOL! Ok,,,,it's just imaginary stuff! This was my project for college...nothing big.

The Man who loved Me Directed by K Hari Kumar Genre - Horror, Suspense, Gay/Homosexual, Psycho Thriller Starring - K Hari Kumar, Jashan Maan, Varun Chakkravarthy, Yogesh Kumar, Shivam Gupta Music - Adrian Loftin & Richard Allen Assistant DOP - Varun Chakkravarthy Story, Screenplay, Editing, DOP, Sfx & Direction - K HARI KUMAR Production - Krishna Cinema House (Synopsis) Aarav is about to propose to Sanaa at a discotheque in a mall at suburban Gurgaon. But Aarav is called by his best friend, Martin, to a mysterious hideout where the Psychotic Martin reveals his lusty feelings for Aarav and forcefully tries to molest Aarav. Aarav escapes. But the real twist awaits Aarav at the mall. Can his secret be kept intact? REFLECTIONS   The short film is a Hindi, English, Malayalam Tri-lingual. Although the original version ran for 14 minutes, but it's length was trimmed to fit in the 10 minute deadline set by the Indian Film Festival 2011's guidelines. The film deals wit

Damaged Souls Artist : Richard Allen Lyrics : Richard Allen Album : The Man who loved me OST Picturized on : Jashan Maan, Varun Chakkravarthy, K Hari Kumar Location : Gurgaon Music Video by : K Hari Kumar Director : K Hari Kumar How do you find the video? Download the Mp3 and wallpaper

Here's the first look of the latest film THE MAN WHO LOVED ME.

So, finally I am done with my examinations for this semester. I reach back home and that's when My dear old daddy dear tells me that he has registered for a naukri.com and that he was going to pay around 2100 rupees for a membership that runs for 6 months long and straight. Now what has that got to do with my post??? Well...There is a wee bit of a relation... ;) otherwise why would I put you through this??? :P Since Dad had committed a electronic remittance of 2100 bucks, a vague idea that had creeped into my mind 2 weeks ago while going through the custom blog feature provided by BLOGGER, cramped back. The idea of acquiring a custom domain for my blog - REFLECTIONS. And hitherto, I didn't make an about turn..kept on moving..and after storming my head for about 4 hours, I came up with a simple name REFLECTONS OF INDIA, since it's the Indian Culture (both authentic as well as Westernized Modern Indian Culture) that I will be sharing on this little place that now belongs to

We made My Name is Iyer...which turned out to be a so-so affair....but hey! that was the first experimental... Now..just to brush up things...and loosen the lasso round our necks before our exams ( Check out DATESHEET for MDU Rohtak (BTech (All sems) Dec 2010-Jan 2011 ))..here's the trailer of Iyer Returns

After My Name is Iyer, we bring you some trial Action sequences from Krishna Cinema House... The stunts are inspried from The Matrix, Super hero & Tamil Action Films. In this Video - K Hari (That's ME :P), Varun, Atul & Yatin. Camera has been handled by Varun & me It's directed & edited by me using Adobe After Effects & Vegas Pro Do leave your feedback...

A few of the bloopers that we had during the shoot of MNII (My Name is Iyer).....the real deal is yet to come...coz it's with Varun... This are some of the bloopers....

    Krishna Cinema House lanuched on 5 November 2010 Check out KCH's official page at facebook.... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gurgaon-India/Krishna-Cinema-House/130404257013902

My Name is Iyer by K Hari Kumar The Story of Iyer, a loser who walks out of the dead to save his dying father and on his way changes the life of a good for nothing brat who is eloping from home  to defy his father's will in this short encounter. Please rate this effort it's excellent it's good needs improvement very bad..woek harder    pollcode.com free polls Music - David Garrnett & Vijay Gee (Intro bg) Starring - Varun Chakkravarthy, Abhimanyu Arora, K Hari Kumar Production House - K4 Motion Pictures Story, Screenplay, Editing & Direction by K HARI KUMAR

So, finally we have the last trailer.... The movie is ready for release...My Name is Iyer in its final edited version seems quite satisfactory. Pray for Us...everyone...pray for us! Music -Vijay Gee feat. G.Ramesh (Reverberations 2 - Pulse of Chennai)

SrinivAsa Kalyanam Directed and Edited by - K Hari Kumar Music - old Telugu film song & G.Ramesh Location - Shri Krishna Temple, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi Date - 17 Octiber 2010 Camera - Sony DSC W270   The Legend of Tirumala or popularly known as the story of Srinivasa Kalyanam (the marriage ceremony of Lord Srinivasa) in Southern parts of India, is the most fascinating story behind reincarnation of Lord Maha Vishnu on the Sacred Hills of Tirumala in the form of Lord Srinivasa ( also known as Venkateswara) and the marriage of Lord Sri Venkateswara with Goddess Padmavathi. The Story is so fascinating that it is being told and read in every home of South India again and again with great amount of interest and passion. Lord Venkateswara is so popular in Southern parts of India, that every home has a child named after the Lord Srinivasa or Govinda or Venkatesa or any name out of thousand names the Lord is known with.

Here's the first trailer of My Name is Iyer. Iyer is still a mystery in this one, keep waiting.

Finally we wrap up the shooting of My Name is Iyer in South City-2, Gurgaon! A long array of comical mishaps ended with a more satisfactory shoot of the movie. The trailer will be out soon on youtube. Keep watching! This one has the two lead actors from the movie.

Finally we start the shooting of my first short film- MY NAME IS IYER. Don't go with the title, coz it's not a spoof on My name is Khan nor is it a comedy of any sorts. Although our shooting was full of comedy and errors. After semi-successfully ending shoot at day 1 (also got interrogated by the Delhi Metro Policemen for suspicious behavior =P), I finally give you all, the first look into the Film.