Gentle Touch

The Susan

2009-09-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

Susan is all purpose AD(:

Allen's Magic

2009-09-24T07:36:00.000-07:00

Allen is capturing the life of Emma and Robert Anthony Jr

Nicolas Holland

2009-09-24T07:31:00.000-07:00

Nicolas Holland is being coached by Parthi and Kwasi

32 years ago

2009-09-24T07:28:00.000-07:00

Parthi & Allen are recreating the life of Emma & Robert's in early 70's

young Robert

2009-09-24T07:23:00.000-07:00

We have found an another great actor Nicolas Holland

Behind the scenes: The Funeral Home

2009-09-15T20:19:00.000-07:00

The Riggers

2009-09-15T18:57:00.000-07:00

Allen & Walter do you need comment? One picture is = 1000 words. Here we have 5 so 5000 words...

Daniel the Performer

2009-09-15T18:52:00.000-07:00

Daniel you are not an actor at all, you make us believe you are the Charles Anthony. After seeing the dailies I was thinking about your performance all day long... You are just amazing

Amazing Madison

2009-09-15T18:49:00.000-07:00

Now I know why Parthi is keep using Madison. Wow she is amazing actor

The DP & The Director

2009-09-15T18:46:00.000-07:00

you guys are just an extraordinary workers

The home of the Dead

2009-09-15T18:42:00.000-07:00

Josie you are brave too

working still

2009-08-28T14:47:00.000-07:00

The God

2009-08-28T14:42:00.000-07:00

Do I need to say anything about Allen after all is the God!!!

Madison

2009-08-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

Madison is another method actor.... great child actor

Josie a fine actor

2009-08-28T14:35:00.000-07:00

Josie is a fine actor more than that she is a wonderflul human being

cameo

2009-08-28T14:11:00.000-07:00

Parthi does a cameo role as Dr. P. Rajasekar, I guess there are lot of Indian doctors in American hospitals but int he film or TV you don't see them so we have done it...

Making of "A Gentle Touch"

2009-08-11T07:39:00.000-07:00

watdhing or coaching

2009-08-10T08:50:00.000-07:00

I guess Parthi is explaining the scene

Dr.Elizabeth

2009-08-10T08:44:00.000-07:00

Jennifer as Dr. Elizabeth tells the hard story to Robert and Isabella (Claire) BTW Jennifer has done stunning performance and she is the great actor wow what a excellent show. She had given a new dimension to her role...

The bag is full

2009-08-10T08:41:00.000-07:00

The bag is filled with oxygen now, and the secene is on its way

grandpa

2009-08-10T08:37:00.000-07:00

Madison as Kelsy meets her grandpa at the hospital with her actor dad Robert.. mmm nurse Purple Dulce going to taker her away for candy?

preparing for the shot

2009-08-10T08:28:00.000-07:00

As the hospital room is not a set and its real it was little difficult to compose the shots, but our DP is GOD he created a great shots. At times Walter becomes a boom operator too I guess! They are preparing for that mystery women arrival... and finally she comes with a flower...

Marsha

2009-08-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

Oh still we have not corrected our mistake? no this was from the earlier shots... Marsha the marketing director of the hospital visited and pointing out our mistake. Then we documented her visit to the set

Fan int the nose

2009-08-07T09:30:00.000-07:00

Once the Oxygen mask started to work Daniel started to feel fan in his nose. Boy he has been put into lot of trouble. I guess the actors have to go through so much...to make it look and feel real!

Nurse Amanda

2009-08-07T09:16:00.000-07:00

Today Amanda's one of the busiest day schedule she had given us up to 2 PM only. So we are trying to shoot her scenes as quick as possible, so think what should happen? someone somewhere going to miss something...if you guessed that then you are 100% right. The first mistake bunch of flowers in ICU was wrong and next oxygen mask pouch was not inflated...now we have almost finished the scene and shot for hours. Nagi comes in panic and pulls Parthi aside and tells the story of wrong doing, thanks to passer by Dr. Joseph and Marsha who watched the scene in the monitor. Now the debate starts, First AD Kwasi thinks its OK but Parthi and Allan decided to scrap everything and starts from the scratch....lots of hard work goes into the drain. BTW we are shooting the real ICU along with real patients so whatever the director and DP decided was right when we noticed the real patients. I am sure some of us will be mad at Nagi but good job Nagi. You did a right thing... Friend in need Friend indeed...

Bunch of flowers?

2009-08-07T09:12:00.000-07:00

Boy bunch of flowers in ICU?

The bag is empty

2009-08-07T09:06:00.000-07:00

Nothing shot in order in the film business, this was the climax of the film but was shot first. First time Daniel had nice bed in the day time, also notice oxygen mask cover is not filled with air... the pouch is empty

Daniel

2009-08-06T19:54:00.000-07:00

Daniel should count his days to stand at the stages of Oscars. Great performance. Parthi, Daniel and Susan preparing for the scenes

The show.begins

2009-08-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

Arrival

2009-08-06T19:43:00.000-07:00

every one of our cast and crew started to arrive

Lady Marsha

2009-08-06T19:31:00.000-07:00

Marsha Terry the Marketing Director of the Rockdale hospital is the great human being and become a great friend of everyone of our crew and cast members. She was awesome women. Wow what a personality. We have originally scheduled for up to 6 PM but as you all know in the film making business there is no said time. So we went beyond our time and shot the film till 10 PM. Marsha was totally in support with us and without making any issues and stayed with until we packed and gone. She never changed her attitude and smile from 8 AM till the last minute of it. She just came from the vacation and next day is her daughter's birthday but she was commited to us. Thank you Marsha

The Hospital

2009-08-06T19:09:00.000-07:00

Actually took while to fined a right hospital to shoot. Finally we found a hospital with the help of Dr. Srini friend of Parthi. Rockdale Hospital was the great place to shoot our film. As the matter of fact they have opened the door for us at their critical care unit where people really battling for their life and death. It was a great day for us. The entire ICU staffs & physicians were totally in support with our project. They were volunteered to check and teach our actor Drs and nurses procedures etc. We were in the room 116 and 117, other than that the entire hospital was houseful. During the day we heard at times weeping or crying sounds of patent's relatives. It was sorrow momentum and we felt bad for those people. However, even those relatives or staffs of the hospital cheered our gangs to continue with our job. It was all worth....

Sean the Editor

2009-07-21T12:35:00.000-07:00

Sean is our editor stop working even after he met with a terrible motor cycle accident. I can't believe the love he has for art & film. God Bless him. I don't know how he is managing with one eye and one hand?

Bravo Bravo

2009-07-13T18:34:00.000-07:00

This Friday we have finished all the difficult car scenes on the road. Great job by everyone. The crew and cast worked continuously for double call sheet without any complaints. I guess at one point Naveen lost his energy and he ran into sound van for shot nap but he couldn't, so he started to do the script notes from there.

As usual Allen did his magic with his camera and used natural lights as much as possible to create the great shots.

Daniel wow how can you remember all these pages and pages of lines.... Walter's flawless sound work is great. Parthi you know how to extract the work from people without even saying a single wrong words or wrong face...I admire you...

The officer's car

2009-06-22T20:54:00.001-07:00

Marty on the move

The Car

2009-06-22T20:51:00.001-07:00

Working still

2009-06-22T20:43:00.000-07:00

2nd AD

2009-06-22T20:41:00.001-07:00

2nd AD watching the rig or his car?

Few good men & the Officer

2009-06-22T20:36:00.001-07:00

The Sound guy

2009-06-22T20:33:00.000-07:00

Walter the sound guy/man....

Nagi's Shot

2009-06-22T20:31:00.000-07:00

Nagi know how to show himself in the picture...magic mirror shot

The Director

2009-06-22T20:27:00.001-07:00

Peep show

2009-06-22T20:25:00.000-07:00

Daniel is strippppping............!!!!?

Sleeping Beauty

2009-06-22T20:23:00.001-07:00

Robert is sleeping or getting ready with his lines?

5thday

2009-06-22T20:16:00.000-07:00

Birthday boy

2009-06-22T20:10:00.001-07:00

4th day of shoot started with pleasant surprise to all of us. It was the day Allen was born 60 years ago.... ( I may be wrong he never told us his age but its my guess) when Parthi & Nagi heard that's his birthday they brought a nice cake to the set.. It was early morning and we surprised Allen with Cake... BTW Susan was very happy.....

Working still

2009-06-22T19:57:00.001-07:00

Driving Ms. Diva

2009-06-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

Allen brought back his "The Dukes of Hazzard" days experience to build the rig for Charles Car. Allen did a great job of rigging the car... Diva Daniel drove it without fear on the highway 141....

Behind the Scenes 2

2009-06-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

I guess 2 pictures = 2000 words

Behind Scenes 1

2009-06-04T14:16:00.000-07:00

One picture = 1000 words so here it is

Working Stills

2009-05-22T13:03:00.000-07:00

3rd day of shooting

2009-05-22T12:33:00.000-07:00

I guess the last minute disaster news and the film making are born with each other. This time we got a call in the middle of the night from Daniel, and bombed is with very sad news.. our Jessi and Dean house was burglarized and still police investigation was going on.... the time was almost 1 AM, we have next day call time 8 30 at 40 miles away from Decatur...... When Parthi told me I was upset but angry at the burglars.... Thank God they did not attack Dean or their two giant dogs.... I think this was some amateur thieves. However, sweet hearts Jessi & Dean was on time.... they did not show any emotions of their ransacked house and lost properties... I think they are really good actors :) Once they finished their scenes, Jessi hugged Parthi and told the story. Jessi and Dean simply great people.... Actors have no personal emotions....I am sure God will teach a lesson to those inhuman thieves.... Our 2nd AD Naveen was on time but he came home that morning only 4. 30 AM from a party I guess... but he was up and running with Ist AD Kwasi and 3rd AD Susan... By 6 30 Pm we have covered everything as planed. Allen, Walter, Marty, Susan, Kwasi, Parthi, Naveen and all the actors are great to work with...Thanks to my eyes and hears i.e Nagi...

Stacy Sheets

2009-05-22T12:22:00.001-07:00

Yet another great actor Stacy Sheets. She is not only a great actor but great human being too. She is very sincere and polite to the core. He call time was 9 AM but her scenes came almost late in the evening.... but she did not show no adverse reactions and she was still fresh and happy cheerful person.... Stacey you got great place in our hearts.... thank you for the support and hope to see you soon in many of our forth coming projects

Daniel the supporter

2009-05-22T12:16:00.000-07:00

Although Daniel was not required to be in the set he volunteered to be there to support Jessi and Gabriel scenes... It was a great idea and it really helped to get these great emotions from G & J... Thank you D

The light magic

2009-05-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

Marty our lighting director and the Cinemotography God Allen created great light magic...when I looked at some stills and dailies I said wow..... It is a blessing to work these creative taleted people....

Smart Soft International

2009-05-22T11:59:00.000-07:00

We were very lucky to find a location for our main theam of the film. The story based on navigational operators and their offices. Our location scout Anand found office of Smart Soft International in Suwanee, GA. Our charming parthi with his magical power got permission to shoot and use their logo in the film. Our special thanks goes to Mr. Murgadass, Chariman & MD of the Smart Soft International. He flew from Middle east on Saturday late night but he was on the location next day morning to give us moral support thank you sir....

The tech support

2009-05-22T11:49:00.000-07:00

Meenakshi an Indian Tech support from Smart soft International was assigned to us by Mr. Dass the Chairman and MD of the compnay. Meenaakshi was a great support, within no time he organized whatever the team wanted.... We were little affraid while we were filming at the server place but Meenakshi was confident and he made things very easy for us. So our AD Susan decided to place him in the movie and made him sit next to Gabriel and asked him to play a minor role in the film. I think Susan did a write thing.... now Meenakshi is an actor too

Arthur the emergency operator

2009-05-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

Gabriel J Dean is another great actor and voice over artist. When we were looking for an actor for the role Arthur the emergency room operator our choice went to straight to Gabriel. G is not only an actor and voice over artist, he is one of the gifted play write as well. This August he will be moving to join the writing program in prestigious Texas university with full scholarship.. Did I mention that he is happily married to Jessica... BTW for next three years Jessi and G going to live in two different states.... they have great understanding so their long distance marriage will work well.... Good luck kido..

The mysterious operator

2009-05-22T11:26:00.000-07:00

We were looking for an actor who could play the role of Melanie the mysterious operator with whom the main lead fall in love with her without even seen her at least once in his life time. As the main lead do not see Melanie our casting director decided to only hear the voice of a potential actor, we have heard at least 100 voices finally one day we heard Jessica Roseland, everyone in our team felt that the Jessica Rosseland is the mysterious operator . She is a natural born actor. As like her voice she sweet and beautiful...my director was so happy and the rest is the history...

The curtain comes down with rain

2009-05-19T14:27:00.000-07:00

Finally by 1 PM the rain started slowly...... after a while it become very Strong and strong.......BTW where is Nagi? the lesson is if you are an official photographer then you won't be there.....(: right Nagi... is a sweet heart any way

Heart Attack

2009-05-19T14:22:00.001-07:00

Charles getting his heart attack and Allen is capturing that with his 2nd unit camera

working stills

2009-05-19T12:58:00.000-07:00

The Pizza Story

2009-05-19T12:54:00.000-07:00

Allen never eats the production meals... that's his practice for decades... very rarely he eats it and this was that momentum now...Thanks to Nagi, I guess he got a expensive pizza may be? (:

final count down

2009-05-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

Allen and 2nd AD looking at Parthi's possition and First AD is very sriouswith his script...

Scriptress

2009-05-19T12:46:00.000-07:00

Susan is discussing with Kwasi about the script notes.... Daniel and Parthi looking somewhere....

being wired

2009-05-19T12:44:00.000-07:00

Our sound man Walter is wiring Daniel for the shot

ready to shoot

2009-05-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

Parthi and Allen discussing the proposed shot. Our first AD Kwasi listening and 2nd AD still thinking about his car may be....

The Car

2009-05-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

Finally our 2nd AD and his car arrives..

The fight is over

2009-05-19T11:59:00.000-07:00

Susan and Allen talking about the Queen's fight at the barber shop parking lot. The queen called Susan is Lady.. She is a British so she took that as honorable word

Susan Bird

2009-05-19T11:52:00.000-07:00

Susan is a great lady to work with... she is a pro PA and 3rd AD. She is very sincere and hard worker. She can be a bouncer as well so don't mess with her. Parthi told me a secret of her. She fought with a wild tiger in her form in UK..... Super women.......

2nd day of shooting

2009-05-19T11:22:00.000-07:00

The call time was 8 30 Am. As usual everyone assembled on time except this time our 2nd AD Naveen. Our 2nd AD never likes the Sun to be up in the sky. He is just 21 can we blame him for that? We were force to wait for him because we are using his car as Charles prop car.... meanwhile the rain God was threatening to pour his love. Time was running.... we were holding the two parking space which created little tussle with a queen but the strong women Susan, and the God Allen intervened to solve problem. The owner of the Saloon was very nice and sweet guy, some what he pacified everybody including his employee cum beard queen...time was ticking... 9 AM no Naveen yet..., 9 30 AM not yet by 10 15 our AD arrives and hit the curb and creates a small damage to the rim.... now he gets upset coz he loves his car more than any thing.....oh no... it was another episode... but every thing solved and we kept our first shot at 10 30 AM.... by 1 PM we got everything we want... thanks to every one......BTW the rain God came with vengeance... at 1 PM

working stills

2009-05-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

Marty the light God

2009-05-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

Marty is another great friend of Parthi who volunteered to work with him in this great project. He is another vertran professional grip, gaffer and light man of Hollywood

Malcolm in the Middle

2009-05-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

Malcolm is another great guy to work with...he is a good writer too but at times gets moody..He is PA, extra and any thing he gets in his hand he works with that to get the production run smoothly

The production controller

2009-05-14T08:59:00.000-07:00

The production controller Nagi is an angel too.. I guess I need to say this otherwise no food for me. He is a great friend of Parthi too. Very easy to work with him. He is seen in the mirror...

Mark the Barber

2009-05-14T08:54:00.001-07:00

We know Mark as actor and singer from our last project. He is also a professional barber in ATL. So he got the role just like that

second AD

2009-05-14T08:49:00.000-07:00

Our second AD Naveen is new to the films but he is smart like a hell. He understands the film lingo and other technical stuffs just like a pro. He is seen with Parthi and Daniel at the set...He deserve to have two shots of him

The Old Man

2009-05-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

After several days and months of hunting an actor who could play the believable role of Charles Anthony. We landed with Daniel Burnely. He is one among the finest actors in Independent film world. The only problem with him his busy schedule of date with theater and films. Other than that what a fantastic actor he is....

First AD

2009-05-14T08:36:00.000-07:00

Kwasi Turner is a silent killer. He is very organized and wonderful human being. He loves, drinks, eats, breath cinema... He is a good friend of Parthi too...

Allen The God

2009-05-14T08:31:00.000-07:00

Allen is the great DP to work with... he is very experienced and well respected DP in the world of films. BTW he thinks is the God any way..... I think is an angel too

Sound Guy

2009-05-14T08:19:00.000-07:00

Our location sound engineer Walter James seriously watching the scene... I guess he hearing too

First day of filming

2009-05-14T08:07:00.001-07:00

We had a blast on the first day of the shoot. The call time was 9 AM and every one assembled almost in time except our PA cum extra Malcolm, he last his connection bus. However, we shot our first improve scene by 10 AM. until the rain came at around 3 20 PM we have covered almost all the shots except 2 shots. Everyone was awesome at the set.