I am a visionary but……………………..

I am a visionary. I know I sound pompous but I can not help it. Just take a look at the following instances and then pass your judgement.

As a kid I thought that I will make cars affordable to all:

Somehow Ratan Tata got to know about and he decided to take it from me. Before I was capable enough he came up with his Nano.

My mother tells me that as a kid I was a big fan of Mithun da:

The world now realizes the potential of his movies. While movies like Mrigya and Swami Vivekananda are favourites of classes, his B-grade movies have enthralled masses. Last heard police in several states were thinking of using his cult classic Gunda as a third degree method.

During my school days we were a set of three friends. We had our set of adventures. Life was good. I promised my friends that I would make a movie on our friendship which will be different as it will reflect male bonding:

Before I could even complete my Higher Secondary, Farhan Akthar thought it is better for him to initiate the concept of male bonding. I was shattered the day Dil Chahta Hai released.

I promised my friends then that I will recreate the story of three friends in a novel:

Chetan Bhagat had to ruin that for me when he published Five Point Someone. The idea was so similar I could not go ahead translate my feelings into a book.

Once I became more mature I thought that organized retail will help the farmers and will provide a viable option to the customers:

Before I could even think of getting MBA and imbibe enough self confidence to get ahead with the project, Reliance utilized the financial muscle to enter the retail in a big way with Reliance Fresh.

Once I realized the concept of love I thought of making a love story between a living person and a dead:

Shahrukh ruined my chances by enacting first in Mohabbatein and then in Paheli.

Coming from a state lagging behind in the infrastructure I thought that one day I will invest in infrastructure of the country and will have Out-of-Home advertising as an alternate medium of revenue from the improved infrastructure:

The infrastructure boom and the increasing emphasis of the advertisers in out-of-home media have just left me behind by few years.

After Lord of the Rings came I decided that once I move into the film industry I will answer Hollywood with a more lavish interpretation of Mahabharata:

Bobby Bedi declared his intention of producing Mahabharata on a grand scale even before I have read the entire text. Though nothing has happened till now. Many serial makers renewed their interests in the classic to serve the TV of 2008 with their version of our historical epics.

I decided finally that I will make a career in animation and special effects coming up with country’s first state-of-art studio producing world class animation from the country:

With sudden impetus on the industry and competition coming in I am forced to think whether I would ever venture into the field.

However some of my ideas are still to be implemented. I am relying on the fact that at least on one count I will be able to fulfill my dream. Till them I am not going to tell anybody about my ideas.