Debojo Sanjiv

Through My Lenses

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

@Flipkart It's been a week now I am waiting for my delivery as promised by you (order: OD438837562860646100). You have missed it twice. Your last update: delivery on 20th😳 @flipkartsupport what's happening? Please act & update.

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

A rare Bollywood actor who made me feel at ease in our first interaction. He was a celebrity & I was nobody. Still he used to reply to my messages even in the middle of the night. We chatted mostly about stories, food & the ad world being our first job. Sir, RIP.
#NanaPatekar

[Akhilesh Sharma @akhileshs21]

@jackdbrody @suno I was using @suno for story voiceover, not anymore. 20 download limit doesn't work. Give atleast a 100-200 download per month.

[Akhilesh Sharma @akhileshs21]

@Flipkart @Flipkartminutes Ordered 2 frozen products and received both expired!! It is absolutely careless attitude. We were about to eat it but then I decided to check the expiry date. Do you take any responsibility? @fssaiindia @Tukaram_IndIAS @ZeeNews @republic @gupta_rekha

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

@Somnath_Temple Om Namah Shivay🙏

[Akhilesh Sharma @akhileshs21]

@Uber_Support @Uber Why is the toll changed 470. It should be 130. More than 3 times?

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

@HathwayBrdband my internet is again down from yesterday. Please repair it asap. My complaint ID is 03032026B615881. Please act & update.

[Sunil Gupta @HeySunilGupta]

I’m completely stranded at Moscow airport… alone, helpless, and running out of hope.

No one from @makemytripcare or @etihad is answering my desperate messages.
Russia doesn’t accept Visa or Mastercard anymore.
I have ZERO cash left. Not even for food or water.

The Etihad ground staff is avoiding me more than my ex ever did — literally turning their faces away and telling me “just call customer care”… which has been busy for hours. I’m standing here like a beggar in my own nightmare.

I don’t know how I’m going to get home. I’m scared. I feel abandoned by the very companies I trusted with my journey. My family is waiting and I can’t even tell them I’m safe.

Please… if anyone from Etihad, MakeMyTrip, or even the Indian embassy sees this — HELP ME.
And if you’re reading this, just one RT could save me. I’m begging.

#StrandedInMoscow

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

@HathwayBrdband my internet has been down since morning. Can you please fix this asap? My ticket no: 23022026B493103. An immediate update with timeline will be highly appreciated. My contact 9820587955/Mumbai.

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

WoM works in geometric progression style. The 2nd person on Fri had started WoM. It took 5 days to become houseful on Thurs. Today it could have taken just 1day because of social media. Great things happen with time. @shekharkapur you have to be a #Masoom to recreate this epic.

[Shekhar Kapur @shekharkapur]

Throw back pic from my first film, Masoom.

On the first day of release, I went to the main theatre … and there were only two people in the whole cinema hall.. and one of them was me !

Those days ‘black marketing’ of cinema tickets was really prelavent .. young men, or even gangs, would bulk by cinema tickets and then sell them at higher prices on the day of the show.. of course if the hall was full ..

Except the first show on the first day for Masoom, the hall was completely empty !

Outside I got surrounded by some pretty angry looking young boys when they discovered I was the director .. they had lost their money that day ..

I must have looked pretty crestfallen. So one of them actually took pity on me, and said ..

‘Sir .. the problem is you’ve made an ‘article’ film’ .. if you want a career , don’t do that ‘

Article film ?? I kept wondering .. article film .. I realized he meant an ‘artistic film’ .. Don’t ever make an artistic film this young black marketeer was trying to warn me ..

Well, the Friday of release .. all the cinema halls were empty .. as they were on Saturday, Sunday , Monday , Tuesday ..

The Distributors of the film gave up trying to support the film. It was too expensive to keep the film showing to empty halls ..

I remember the feeling that day .. when they told me they had decided to give up trying to hold the theatres .. I walked the streets of Mumbai and thought about what I was going to do next in my life , for making films was certainly no longer an option.

Something strange happened on Thursday. A friend called me and asked if I could help him get tickets to Masoom. I told him that was a bad joke. But then ..

On Thursday one cinema hall had filled up .. then on Friday there were lines of people waiting to buy tickets .. and over the weekend the distributors were scrambling to get back the halls they had given up, and my ‘Article’ film was declared a hit ..

What happened that weekend ? People say in retrospect it was ‘Word of mouth’ .. but how could it be, when hardly anyone saw the film ?

What happened that Thursday ? .. I still wonder as am about to go into making ‘Masoom, the next generation’ .. years after Masoom the original became a cult film ..

Is ‘Masoom, the next generation’ another ‘Article film’ ?

#film #Masoom #throwback #directing #FilmDirecting #Career

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

@SangmaConrad Many many happy returns of the day. Cheers!

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

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[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

#NetajiSubhasChandraBose #NetajiJayanti #Netaji #AzadHindFauj #ParakramDiwas2026

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

#Christmas #MerryChristmas #Christmas2025

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

@iHrithik doesn't agree with the #Dhurandhar film depicting Pakistan responsible for 26/11, Kandahar hijack, Parliament attack, terror currency😳Hope he will agree on the film's key dialogue — Hindustan ke dushman Hindustani hain, Pakistan toh dusre number hain @AdityaDharFilms

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

AI is as good as its creator. It's just a tool, more so for branded (ad) content. For a longer format, AI (created) writing may not yield the desired result.

[Shekhar Kapur @shekharkapur]

Shekhar Kapur: AI can’t do what Cate Blanchett or Shabana Azmi can | Hindi Movie News - The Times of India https://t.co/m6Xfpo2Cq5

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

Thank you @CASURESHJHA for taking the effort to tell a story of Bharat. Congrats @SirPareshRawal for your splendid performance. But the film lacks cinematic drama & proper BGM which leads to the downfall of the film. No innovative publicity results in empty theaters. Unfortunate.

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

Both are great, but if I need to choose, it's always #Masoom, being it's a human story. More relatable.

[Shekhar Kapur @shekharkapur]

Between Masoom and Mr India, which one would you prefer, and why ? @Abishek7 said Mr. India

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

#HappyDiwali #LakshmiPujan

[Debojo Sanjiv @debojospeaks]

@HathwayBrdband My internet has been down since last evening. It's been more than 12 hours. Please fix this immediately. My complaint ID is 05102025B475124. Let me know how much more time you need to repair this? Expecting a reply on this.