A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager
were on their way to a meeting. They were driving down a steep mountain
road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened
almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers,
until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside.
The car's occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were
stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to
do?
"I know," said the Departmental Manager, "Let's have a
meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some
Goals, and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the
Critical Problems, and we can be on our way."
"No, no," said the
Hardware Engineer, "That will take far too long, and besides, that
method has never worked before. I've got my Swiss Army knife with me,
and in no time at all I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate
the fault, fix it, and we can be on our way."
"Well," said the
Software Engineer, "Before we do anything, I think we should push the
car back up the road and see if it happens again." - Unknown
Bengaluru-based Rabi Kisku is making waves in the city.
He is all set to release his small budget film, Kya Yaaron that is a satirical take on software engineering. Rabi says, “I am the writer, director and co-producer of this film that took us 28 days in total to shoot.”
Set in Bengaluru during the 2008 recession, Kya Yaaron creates a realistic situation of modern India. “I have looked at each company as a small country. People from different cultures and ideologies come together in this single office. It is a collage of the bigger picture of India,” says Rabi. He was on a train to Hyderabad when the title of this film struck him.
He says, “During this journey, a group of software engineers entered my bogie, looking poise with a fancy accent. The minute they met their relatives, they started conversing in a slang language. Your slang words and accent resurface when you meet your peers. So, this is like Software.. Hardware.. Kya Yaaron.. What the Hell.”
About making this film on software professionals, he says, “Nobody had made a film on software guys. The lives of my software friends always intrigued me. Their situation right after recession was shocking. Many people I came across were idle for a month. It is awful when you have everything and suddenly things are taken away from you.”
The film comprises 16 professional actors, but amateurs in film industry. He says, “It wasn’t as difficult as I had imagined as they are all aspiring actors. The only glitch was when I had to train them from scratch according to the script.”
Ideally from an engineering background, Rabi got into film making right after college. A song from Lucky Ali’s latest album, Yeh Zindagi is the OST of the film. Rabi says, “As Lucky Ali is a Bengaluru boy, we thought why not approach him for the track. He is the most supportive and chilled out guy I’ve ever encountered. It is wonderful to have him on board.”
Rabi’s first project right after college was Silicon Jungle. “I see it as a poor man’s version of 3 Idiots. I had penned down this script before Five Point Someone released,” he says.
A youngster with big aspirations, Rabi is currently scripting his next film. “The film is titled Dreamers Boulevard. The story is about a girl who is a Bengaluru-based collegian and has big dreams. She wants to become a writer but resides in a male dominated society. She battles the conflicting times.”
