7 o' clock . That was a time unheard of. But they woke up early for the D day . JB woke up early that day , so did bleak , shank and AJ . They began to trickle into JB's shack from fifteen minutes past 7 . Bleak reached there by 7:30 . They tried to tape a soundtrack onto an olympus microrecorder . But that having failed they tried with a regular tape and recorder , and that suceeded . Now everything was ready , the guitar , the keyboard , the backup power , the Sony Handycam , all the right wires , the screenplay board . Everything was loaded into Bleak's M800 , and AJ and JB clambered on top of AJ's Hyosung GF170 . The journey had begun , with Bleak at the wheel of the M800 . They first stopped at JJ's house and picked him up in his "cochin hanifa" costume . Well that would have to suffice they summarised and got on way . Bleak being new to the arena of 4 wheeled vehicles , was a bit slow which suited everyone fine since the destination was high range , Ponmudi .
Most of the drive up the hills was uneventful , except for tons of goals self inflicted by Shank , mildly hurting his pride . Then suddenly they ran into a ceiling , a ceiling of fog or clouds . They could'nt see even 5 metres in front of them . But they carried on , and on the first scenic location jumped out of the car and setup for a shot . JB's was the first , with bleak behind the lens . JB poured out his heart in front of the camera and then JJ joined in with something resembling the wail of a mortally injured donkey . AJ rocked with the slash act , staging it , faking it perfectly . They had got their shot and it was a wrap . Next up , making their way slowly and steadily up the hill they proceeded onto top station . There the mist intensified , and the bearing to the hill or the risky path leading to the top was hidden . Suddenly to top it all off came the rain . The cold cut them like daggers , tearing at their skins , the winds threatening to blow them off the mountain . Finally when they reached the top of the mountain , the fog was so thick that much of the shots taken were threatening to go wasted because of the lens fogging up .
With Ponmudi in the bag , the team started on way to Kallar . There they descended down the steps to gushing waters , with force enough to wash away anyone in their path . The team threaded among the slippery rocks in knee deep gushing mountain stream , bone chillingly cold , waters , sometimes needing a lot of persuation from the director to make it across a slightly riskier stretch of water . Finally the shot was done . A few shots of JB's vocals were also taken . Kallar was a wrap too . The team now moved to Aruvikkara , where a few shots were filmed between rock walls . So finally the day was over . And there was almost half an hour of video . Everyone was happy . They all went home happy .
Now poor director needs to turn editor and learn Premier to edit out the video into a 5 minute rock video .
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