We wrapped the filming of Pune Highway two nights ago—a shoot that took us to the bylanes of Bandra, the outdoors of Bhor and Satara and the interiors of Madh Island. 

Having just finished the shooting schedule after a gruelling 40 days, certain conclusions have formed in my head. Cinema is perhaps the most challenging of art forms, the stress is moment to moment. Sometimes you think, cinema is the fine art of managing the small things, at other times, it’s the science of minimising mistakes. The big picture is always staying in the moment while you tell your story visually, at others, as your director of cinematography, tracks his camera slowly into the face of your actor, and you joyfully yell, ‘Cut… got it!”. You know, that’s a moment of magic captured on celluloid, but at all times, especially for a first-timer like me, it is a journey, a voyage that begins with 120 scenes of a “Final Draft” page, to the final shot, on an editing table.