The crew left around 6 am to take some beauty shots around the city. Around 10 am, after breakfast, we left for the Martyr's Hall for the commemoration ceremony of war veteran wives of the Ladakhi Scouts regiment.
The setup and shoot were smooth, and it felt amazing to spend my birthday at such an event. Met Col Sonam Wangchuk, the Lion of Ladakh, and General YK Joshi who was Chief Guest at the event. Got our first set of tracking shots on the way to the wreath laying ceremony at the Hall of Fame. That was a proud moment - to be shooting over there with Col Wangchuk, the CEO and co-founders.
Drove the LP's i20 back to our resort where we had a group lunch by the river, and then shot an impromptu jam session with Daniel Waples and a Ladakhi damian player. I went for a recce of Ladakh Serai resort with my AP and the local LP. It is one of the most serene, green, peaceful hotels I've seen in recent times. The place had multiple apple and apricot trees, and we ate some that had fallen down on the ground because of yesterday's dust storm.
Went back to the city in the evening and spent some time at Babloo Sharma's lamp shop, buying props for the bonfire music performance planned in Osse Khar tomorrow. Came back to Ladakh Serai for dinner. The crew had brought a small cake for me, which I cut, and we all had some dinner and drinks.
Seems like a good crew that's going to gel well and have fun shooting together. All in all, a great birthday spent doing work I was born to do. Feels great :).
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