Sahirr Sethhi

Filmmaker. Mumbai / Los Angeles. UCLA MFA Directing. FTII Screenwriting.

[Sahirr Sethhi @Sahirr]

@iamanurag_3 Hey, how much are you selling for?

[Sahirr Sethhi @Sahirr]

@hindolheroic How much are you selling it for?

[Sahirr Sethhi @Sahirr]

@wickedbl0ke @Diamond46184101 @Akash_Gupta123 Are the tickets still available? Can you dm me the price?

[Sahirr Sethhi @Sahirr]

@pfinallyhere @vinit_06 Hey! Can’t see your message

[Sahirr Sethhi @Sahirr]

@devaiahPB Lol, lemme know if you get any leads.

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

An inspiration at 43 years old 🙌

Rohan Bopanna becomes the oldest World No.1 in men's doubles history!

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

As he was struggling to break into Hollywood, Matt Damon read about how Quentin Tarantino did it:

Essentially, he got a big-name actor (Harvey Keitel) to want to star in Tarantino’s first movie (Reservoir Dogs) then leveraged that to get the movie funded.

“And so,” Damon said,

“We wrote ‘Good Will Hunting’ and that part that Robin [Williams] eventually took—we called it ‘the Harvey Keitel part.’”

“Ben [Affleck] and I wrote the movie specifically because we wanted the parts as actors…But we knew [we needed] a big-name actor who could get us some money because Ben and I were worth nothing.

And so we wrote ‘the Harvey Keitel part’ really open-ended. So we could adjust it: if Morgan Freeman or Denzel Washington wanted to come in and play it—we could make that character from Roxbury [a neighborhood in Boston], and we could explore the historic racial tension in Boston. If Meryl Streep took the part—instead of a father-son relationship, we could make it a mother-son relationship.

So we really left it open-ended because we wanted to cast as wide a net as possible because we were just trying to get the movie made.”

“And then once we got Robin to sign up to do it, that’s really what got us a green light to make it…He changed our lives.”

Takeaway 1:

In one of my favorite talks, "Runnin' Down A Dream," the venture capitalist Bill Gurley explains that while studying the career trajectories of three of his heroes—the restauranteur Danny Meyer, the coach Bobby Knight, and the musician Bob Dylan—he noticed a pattern:

They studied the career trajectories of the icons in their respective industries. Like Damon, they studied how others successfully got their foot in the door then climbed to top of their profession. And then, they took similar steps towards doing the same.

Coincidentally, Tarantino did this too. He made scrap books for each of his favorite filmmakers: Brian De Palma, Howard Hawks, Douglas Sirk, and Martin Scorsese. "I was like a film historian," Tarantino said. "I was obsessed with studying how they did it, the evolution of their careers."

"Greatness isn't random," as Gurley puts it. Instead, it's usually a predictable step along a studied path of strategically modified emulation and, of course, determination.

Takeaway 2:

In the clip above, Damon goes on to explain that, not only did Robin Williams sign on to be in "Good Will Hunting," he also went off script and improvised one of the most iconic lines ("Son of a bitch, he stole my line") in the movie.

It reminded me of something Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull writes in his book, Creativity. Inc.:

"Getting the right people is more important than getting the right idea…If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it or throw it away and come up with something better."

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“Bob Dylan said, 'I'm a musical expeditionary.' I looked up 'expeditionary'—it's to travel for scientific research or exploration. And that's what Dylan did...For hours upon hours upon hours, he studied what other artists did. He was a mimic. He was studying, studying, studying.” — Bill Gurley

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[Greg Silverman @gregsilverman]

After casting Margot in three films in a row - SUICIDE SQUAD, TARZAN and FOCUS, she and her husband Tom, came to see me and asked me to support them starting a production company. All three of those films were made to support other talent and ideas. Not Margot. Suicide Squad was our IP and a writer director who had broken through on TRAINING DAY for us. And Will Smith. Not Margot. TARZAN was a bet on our star HARRY POTTER director David Yates. Not Margot. And FOCUS was Will again, but also a bet on the writers of CATS AND DOGS and directors of CRAZY STUPID LOVE. Not Margot. But she took the opportunities and shined brightly. She overdelivered on every opportunity she got. We gave them a first look deal at Warners and supported them every way we could. They worked extremely hard and have created a company in LUCKY CHAP with a real voice and differentiation. BARBIE is their first blockbuster, but not their first success. They are well on their way to becoming an iconic production company now. Good for them and mega congratulations on BARBIE!! (which was started and produced after I left. I had nothing to do with this success.). Being a studio executive is not a complicated job - support the talent you believe in (making sure to choose talent that creates positive experiences for other artists). Help them find material that fits their world view. Connect them with other artists that could cause a 1+1=3. Be constructive and fearless in your notes and feedback. Be trustworthy. Celebrate wins and provide comfort when things don’t work (as many projects won’t). Keep an eye out for new talent within those projects so that you can rinse and repeat. Who will emerge from BARBIE? Who overdelivered? America Ferrara in my opinion. What about yours?

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Not my own creation but had to share:
For the Hindi music / movie lovers / followers

There was
a romantic poet :

अभी ना जा���
छोड़ कर कि
दिल अभी
भरा नहीं

🔸
There was
a philosophical poet :

मै
पल
दो पल का
शायर हूँ

🔹
There was
a regretful poet:

कभी कभी
मेरे दिल में
खयाल आता है

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There was
a poet who was
a committed lover:

मेरे दिल में
आज क्या है
तू कहें तों
मैं बता दूँ

🔹
There was
a poet content with
his life:

मांग के
साथ
तुम्हारा

🔸
There was a poet
who compromised
his love for his lover :

चलो
इक बार
फिर से
अजनबी
बन जाए
हम दोनों

🔹
There was
a downcast poet :

जाने वो
कैसे लोग थे
जिनके
प्यार को
प्यार मिला

🔸
There was
a carefree poet :

मैं
जिंदगी क��
साथ
निभाता चला

🔹
There was a
non-materialistic poet :

ये दुनिया
अगर
मिल भी जाए
तो क्या है

🔸
There was
a patriotic poet :

ये
देश है
वी��
जवानों का

🔹
There was
revolutionary poet :

जिन्हें
नाज़ है
हिंद पर
वो
कहाँ है

🔸
There was
pessimistic poet :

तंग
आ चुके है
कशमकश-ए-जिंदगी से
हम

🔹
There was
a peace-loving
humanitarian poet :

अल्ला
तेरो नाम
ईश्वर
तेरो नाम

🔸
There was
a secular poet :

तू
हिंदू
बनेगा
ना
मुसलमान
बनेगा

🔹
There was
a flirting poet :

ए मेरी
जोहराजबी
तुझे
मालूम नहीं

🔸
There was
a reminiscing poet :

जिंदगी भर
ना
भूलेगी
ये
बरसात की
रात

All these Poets had
ÖNE name :

#Saahir Ludhianvi !
Wishing him a wonderful 94th Birthday

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The Otamatone is an electronic musical toy developed in Japan known for its unique design resembling an eighth note, accompanied by an endearing animated mouth

Listen to the sound of creativity
https://t.co/FFN56vPFZK

[James Rai @MovieDisciple]

Imagine looking out the window and seeing this �

[Phil Lord @philiplord]

PROJECTIONISTS!!! I’m sending you all a present

[Sarah Bee🐝 @BirrelleBee]

This flying squirrel faked his own death, and created a whole crime scene…for attention. I think I’m in love. https://t.co/SZfrtNlDI0

[Michael Vaughan @MichaelVaughan]

Surely the greatest catch of all time ��� 🙌🙌

[Sahirr Sethhi @Sahirr]

@timothygood @HBO @hbomax Big hug!!! More power to you.

[Flawless @Flawlessai]

Our software harnesses the power of generative AI to change filmed dialogue.

TrueSync opens a new world of possibilities from fast and efficient AI reshoots to the creation of immersive, visual translations, for any language around the world.

#GenerativeAI #Hollywood

[Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk]

Gattaca movie “I never saved anything for the swim back” I think life is a bit like that….You aren’t meant to plan your return…U r meant to move forward. Don’t come back…try to finish what u started. Just a 57yr olds’ advice things.

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

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