Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Concerning Werewolves


I had my first scene in the movie today :)

Its called Indian Werewolf (tentative title) and it stars Neville Pillay (Of ECR fame) and Kajol Maharaj (of hopefully a 'One Night in Kajol' fame)

I play the role of Mo - The Werewolf's friend and fellow Manchester United supporter (as is evident from my 'costume' - this is actually the second time in my life I wore a soccer top - its not really my thing) As you can see - the Blue Jeans with the orange patch is going strong and has made its way into full high definition :) Yeah baby.

I had some concerns about my character - specifically the delivery of my lines - Director wanted me to be deadpan - so I tried to be like Jaffar, but I might have come out sounding a little monotonous. And I kept saying Cunt instead of Bitch, so we had to have a few retakes.

I have no doubt that this movie will bomb at the box office, but I dont care - because its a wonderful experience working on it, and I know we'l make a killing in DVD sales :D Were half way done and its already three times better than Broken Promises (not that thats much of a boast or anything - a youtube video of my neighbours dog pissing against a wall is better than Broken Promises)

Will do my death scene next week, so im looking forward to that - Theres some special effects props and we have this awesome make up person - should make for some fun facebook profile pics :)

MJ

15 comments:

Az said...

Looks like that werewolf really got to your jeans boet :P

Nafisa said...

Durban to Bollywood? Congrats :)

Waseem said...

if by dvd sales you mean people copying and giving their aunty, then there will be quite a bit

Nooj said...

i was thinking abt ur jeans when i read the post so it didnt hit me. you were in a MOVIE. that's tuff stuff. being in a movie wasn't on my list but if there are any openings for hijabi snipers lemme know

Antonio said...

mmm....I had a dream that you were being attacked by a big hairy indian half-animal, but I thought that was the norm for Durban.

r said...

you're killing plot for us you know. Now we know you "die".

TheDivorcedMuslimah said...

Awesome dude! You must let us know when it gets released :-)

By the way, I almost took a role in Broken Promises-I backed out at the ...good thing I did, hey?

TheDivorcedMuslimah said...

I meant I backed out at the last minute :-)

Az said...

Besides my stint on "The Res" and a few local soaps, the only movie I ever got close to was "Breaking and Entering" starring Jude Law and Juliet Binoche. I was working in London at the time and went for auditions, but as a part of the Borough of Camden crew, we were allowed on set while they filmed. I remember just starring at Juliet, I loved her in Chocolat with Johnny Depp...I couldn't bring myself to talk to her. But it was some Awesome awesome stuff :D

My dartboard said...

You want a job as an extra?

Shafinaaz Hassim said...

now about that autograph...

M Junaid said...

Azra - I love my infamous orange patch jeans :D

nafisa - Bollywood - naah :P

Waseem - exactly what i mean. damn pirates :P

Noojie moojie - Hijabi snipers? ask waseem - i am king with a sniper rifle :D when i saw hijabi sniper i thought about that guy from washington

Antonio - glad to see that i'm the highlight of your dreams ;)

R - Damn! Didnt think about that. curse you and your acute insight:D

Fuzz - thanks :D naah - you should have taken it - they are all life experiences. but I wouldnt lose sleep over losing a role in that :)

OH - why does that offer to Azra sound so dodgy ;)

Kimya - if i ever do become famous i'l take a page out of baba alis book and just carry yo yos or something and give them out instead of autographs

My dartboard said...

That was actually an offer to you

Az said...

Did I miss something? Something about dodgy offers?

well whatever...

M Junaid said...

OH - in that case - sign me up :D