Creativity at its Best Melbourne mum marks her maternity with the most iconic places during lockdown era

Creativity at its Best

Melbourne mum marks her maternity with the most iconic places during lockdown era

As the world is still feeling the impact of lockdown, a lot of milestones are being missed especially with Australian citizen’s families living overseas.

Weddings are missed by families, babyshowers and even birth of grandchildren.At the same time, lot of businesses have suffered due to no celebrations during the lockdowns and even post. Be it Photography,Food,Fashion, Make up, Retail industry- the blow is across the talent sphere.It has had its share of not only financial but Mental health impacts.

We spotted Melbourne based celebrity interviewer, filmmaker & entrepreneurial Aussie mum @dheepa_awtani who was on a mission to #supportlocal and still celebrate her maternity with @babydeannaw in the gloomy Melbourne lockdown phase in the most fashionable way.She planned it all during the thin window when Melbourne was lockdown free and the photos are just astounding.

Founder of @babydelaw, Dheepa quoted “Impact of the pandemic has been ramified & seems perennial globally,so me & my husband Dixit Awtani decided to strengthen the fact that Melbourne is still the best city to live in the world,supported local talents for this photoshoot,bring a smile back to all aspiring parents & cover the places Melbourne has been iconically known for daily exploration & tourist point of view.We need to #VisitMelbourne in a new refreshing way.” From adorning a red bridal gown at the Parliament, to a tribute to Harry Potter shows at the Princess Theatre & for many live concerts, movies and performances missed, to the heartbeat of Melbourne commute & travels – Flinders street station & Vic Trams to the cozy yet artistic dates passing through the prominent Hosier lane,they captured it all.

Each concept had its own mood board and the photos were made picture perfect by local businesses like @lucylaurita_designerblog, @imodaemporium,@ jeanettemaree @shakila_salon, @alind_tiwari @sudhakarthikphotography @abfotoworks @mishkaphotography & more.

Mum of now 2 daughters- Deleena &

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Deanna, host & Mental Health Ambassador Dheepa, said that while it was an extremely tough time during lockdown for many people as it lacks social connect & engagement, she could relate the time as if being the members of a farm where animals enjoy everyday of their life in a secure yet capsuled environment.Hence, they also did a photo shoot at the famous Doveton Myuna Farm with its animal family- majestic horses, enigmatic snakes, native blue tongue lizards & more.

“Sociologically, despite of having visas & double vaccinations done, due to covid restrictions my parents could not come over from United States of America to be in our fragile parenthood journey, grandkids have missed their presence, we couldn’t celebrate our renewal of 10th anniversary vows & my elder daughter’s Deleena’s birthday 2nd year in a row because of continued lockdown.Myuna farm photoshoot was a tribute to all the birthday celebrations kids have missed especially with grandparents due to pandemic”

Now that parents of Australian citizens

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and residents are regarded as Immediate family by the Department of Home https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1myslGaaBuX1fiB2sEeCXdU... Affairs Australia, Dheepa is beyond ecstatic for this positive change starting 1st November and is certain the feeling is mutual amongst the Expat diaspora in Australia who are waiting to be united with their families. Love.Lost.Locked.Life- An absolutely creative way of capturing Melbourne & maternity time. Hopefully time comes when the world is soon lockdown free.

Photographer: Sudha Karthik & Anandh Bala(AB) photography

Dheepa Awtani is Founder @babydelaw @babydeannaw , Executive Director @ yffglobal Young Fighters Foundation Fund, Young Female Achiever of the Year at The Indian Sun Community Awards, winning IFFM film maker,Analyst & premiere banking professional, entrepreneur, Media & Entertainment- Victoria AIBC, multicultural Ambassador for AFL, MHFA and ex-cricket Australia , Social Media connoisseur & Digital Media producer of BYSQ Itz Showtime, | @bysqitzshowtime | @dheepa_awtani| media@bysq.com.au

‘Notun Surjo’ wins award in IFFM A short film by Pulak Bose

By: Daljeet Bakshi

Film Director and Founder of Imagonic Motion Media based in Melbourne , Pulak Bose directed short film

“Notun Surjo”. This Australian made short film has won the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne this year out of 3000 entries.

Pulak Bose is the founder of Imagonic Motion Media, a media production house based in Melbourne. He is a director, cinematographer, editor, photographer and a music composer. He leads a team who work passionately on short films and music video projects. His films have won in multiple international film festivals. His original music compositions have been played on SBS Radio and have been showcased during the Indian Independence Day celebrations at the Indian Consulate General of Melbourne.

The film Notun Surjo was entirely shot in Melbourne, replicating an Indian household. The film centered around human trafficking, modern slavery and political issue concerning religion in India. Pulak thought nothing could be more relevant than depicting the emotions between a mother and a son while he is amidst the crisis of surviving in a foreign land. The challenge for this film was replicating an Indian middle-class house set up in Melbourne but the Imagonic Motion Media team pulled together a beautiful set depicting some major aspects of a Bangla household used throughout the movie as props. Prior to IFFM, Notun Surjo’ (The New Sun) has also been the winner in 3 film festivals (TIFF, REELS, AntiClock short film competition) and was highly appreciated by esteemed panel of judges including Onir, Rajeev Masand, Shriram Raghavan. Comments from the jury included “The film was a poignant one, without any ambiguity. Clean storytelling. Minimalist yet effective”.

Speaking to us , Pulak and Chondryma Chakrobortti stated that this win has given boost to their vision of production of more short films in Australia .

We wish them all the best and once again congratulations to Imagonic Media team .