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Status Completed Producer Jayshree Production Director Biplab Bandyopadhyay Writer Rabishankar Bal

DHULO BALI KATHA

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ajaditya belongs to that class of people who have a deep-rooted ancestral legacy in North Kolkata. He resides at one end of an edifice which was probably built by his grandfather. His only sibling, Joga is mentally unsound and has taken refuge at a street footpath. Thus, the rooms, the staircase and the memories are the only companions of Rajadiya.

He builds a museum in his ground floor, inspired from the The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia. He names it The Museum of Relationships. With time, the museum gets covered with various items ranging from Partition, citizenship, murder and love. Rajaditya’s uncle sometimes tries to persuade him to sell off his share and move into an apartment. Will Rajaditya surrender his dreams to the wisher of his uncle?

Or submit to death?

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Producer: Jayshree

Director: Biplab Bandyopadhyay

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“Mother says her son is missing.

Son says his mother is missing.”

ETI NAKHYATRA A STAR

Status Completed Producer, Director, Writer Pankaj Mazumder

(Featured Film)

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iro an aged woman, was abandoned on road by her own elder child Niren. Earlier she was taking care of by her second son Dhiren and Daughter in law Torali. After their Producer & Director: accidental sudden death, she had been looked after Pankaj Mazumder by her elder son Niren and his wife Charo, who has two teenage daughters too. They also had to details look after their orphan nephew Sanku. Due to poor economic condition they could not cope up their Email hypecommunications@gmail.com responsibilities properly. Ambitious and self-centric Charo somehow convinced her husband Niren to Sales Contact +91 8254906457 abandoned his mother. Accordingly, they did so. But Niro’s youngest son Biren, who lived far away in a Tea garden, came to rescue her. Eventually she had to take shelter in an Old Aged Home. But her youngest son was insisting her to return home with him. But she did not wish to return. After few days she faced some unwanted incidents, which make her mind to go back. Before returning home, in a TV interview, Niro revealed, she knew much earlier that she would to be abandoned by her own child. On the day abandoned, she hided her all pain and supported her ill minded son to be abandoned herself and tried her best to protect him from probable accusation. Before that she tried to awake his conscience too. But it was no use. Later, she framed to establish in her world that her son was missing. But due to alertness of police, she could not establish it properly. In the meantime, Niren and her wife Charo begged forgiveness for their act. But on the way to home she commit suicide. She felt that, old aged or senior citizens should get their respectable due life. They should not be deprived from their basic needs, love and care. Forgiveness may heal a criminal mind. But it would not eradicate crime from the society. Fight to eradicate crime is necessary.

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Producer Yuvraj Kumar Director & Writer Vedanti Dani

Inkblot

(Thriller)

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nkblot is a story of Serbian writer Sara who takes up a job of writing a thriller, to save her drowning career and travels to a haunted cottage for inspiration. After rejecting the horror story prevailed in the house initially, she starts finding the traces of the myth.

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Producer: Yuvraj Kumar

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ISIS Enemies Of Humanity

Producer & Director Yuvraj Kumar Writer Daria Gaykone

(War Drama)

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SIS Enemies Of Humanity is a film based on terrorism.The Film shows in detail functioning of ISIS which is a terrorist group playing havoc all across the globe.It exposes the commander of ISIS camp who indoctrinate the youth for violent acts of terror in the form of Armed Jihad, Sleeper cells, Suicide bombers and Lone wolf attackers.The film counters this violent ideology and provides a practical peaceful solution.

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Producer& Director: Yuvraj Kumar

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Jallikattu - Festival of the Untameable Spirit.

(Documentary)

Status Completed Producer Super Audio Madras Pvt Ltd Director Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Writer Mridula Joseph Music Director R.K. Sundar

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allikattu is a popular bull taming sport that takes place in Madurai, Tamil Nadu during the festival of Pongal. A centuries old practice, it dates back to the Sangam era when it was known as ‘Eru thazuval’ or embracing the bull. The term Jallikattu comes from the Tamil phrase ‘salli kaasu’ which means coins and kattu which means a package that is tied to the bulls horns as prize money.

There are variations in the sport but the crux of it requires fighters to pounce on a running bull and try and hold onto its hump for a specific period of time or distance without falling off or getting hurt. The bull will try everything in its power to disengage the rider, shaking them off, stamping them, rearing up and at times even goring fallen participants. It takes one who is fleet footed with quick reflexes and has boundless courage to attempt this sport.

Exemplified as a sign of bravery, this historic sport has breathed new life into the survival of the rare breed of Pulikulam bulls and is world over regarded as one of the most dangerous, thrilling and adrenaline pumping festivals ever. Watch as brave fighters come forward to take their chances while taming the beast.

Join them as they celebrate the festival of the untameable spirit.

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Producer: Navin Daswani

Director: Gopinath Krishnamoorthy

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Status Completed Producer Super Audio Madras Pvt Ltd Director Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Writer Vamanan Music Director R.K. Sundar

Kulasekharapattinam A Spectacle for the Gods (Documentary)

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he festival of Dussehra is celebrated all over India as the triumph of Durga/Kali over dark forces in the form of the buffalo-headed Mahishasura.

But in Kulasekharapattinam, a nondescript village in the southern part of the district of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, the celebrations are most remarkable. The Kulasai festival is a grassroots event marked by piety and pious commitment to the deity Mutharamman who presides over the temple at the heart of the celebration. The popularity of the festival can be seen by the record crowds of devotees that come to the seashore temple. Kali, in the form of Mutharamman kills Mahishasura, who gets transformed into the lion that she rides.

Those who take a vow to appease the deity deck themselves in the likeness of Gods and Goddesses like Kali, Durga, Shiva or Krishna or even as gypsies, bears or beggars! It all depends on the vow they take. This feature gives a new dimension to the Kulasai festival: while the devotees pledge their devotion to their deity and divinity walks in their midst.

Producer: Navin Daswani

Director: Gopinath Krishnamoorthy

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Mehrunisa (Drama)

Status Completed Producer, Director, Writer Sandeep Kumar

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ehrunisa, an 80 year-old Indian actress of yesteryears, shocks everyone by breaking into pieces, and burning the bed of her Producer & dominant husband a day after his burial. Mehrunisa’s Director: estranged daughter Jasmin and her granddaughter Sandeep Kumar Aliya, visiting the elderly matriarch, find it tough to connect with her. In the midst of the emotional details turmoil Bollywood knocks on Mehrunisa’s door.

Email After decades she is offered a minor role in a big film skfilmz@gmail.com to be shot in her town. The script and the attitude of Sales Contact the film makers reminds Mehrunisa of patriarchy +43 676 6351257 suffered in her life. She decides not to cave in but Website sandeepkumarfilms.at/en/ to stand up against patriarchal values. She reads mehrunisa.html the film script brought to her recently and begins to imagine the same story from a female perspective.

Sparks of regret and suppressed emotions flame up Mehrunisa’s lifelong wish to play the lead role for a change. She demands that the male superstar is replaced and the story is narrated from a female perspective. The whole world laughs at her. Even Jasmin. But not Aliya, who is full of admiration for her grandmother. With her help Mehrunisa orchestrates various plans to realise the uphill task of battling the Indian film industry which in her eyes is a mightier patriarch. Mehrunisa’s resolve to even attempt to change the system makes her a role model, not only for her daughter and granddaughter but for millions who watch her story flashed across the screen all over the country.

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Status Completed Producer, Director, Writer Nathan G

Obsessed

(Drama)

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family man who got back his Obsessivecompulsive disorder while trying to protect his family by washing hands frequently on the fear of covid virus and how his family and others suffered from his sudden behavioural change.

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Producer & Director: Nathan G

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Riyaz

(Drama, Disability, Musical, Youth)

Status Completed Producer, Director, Writer Mriganka Borah

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iyaz’ is a story about a blind boy, Ashim who always used to contradict the norms of the society through his poems. He Producer & dislikes listening songs, poems composed by people Director: as he laments that their words are irrelevant and Mriganka Borah could not be related with this life and started putting down his feelings in words. According to him, being details blind makes him disconnected from the materialistic Email and emotional attachment with the earthly beings. mriganka.films@gmail.com But life has something up his sleeves. His life took Sales Contact another turn when Karabi entered his life. Karabi is +91 8638079926 a middle aged woman and widow staying as a tenant in his house. Karabi seeks solace in her singing to forget all her sorrows, loneliness and emptiness of her dead beloved husband. Karabi performs ‘Riyaz’ (Singing practice) everyday, which at first disturbed Ashim, though gradually it turned into an attraction. He gets attracted to her songs, her melancholic voice which makes him feel her sorrows and loneliness. This gradually makes him fall in love with her. But his love is not acceptable in the society he lives in. It is unimaginable for Karabi also. However, in the eyes of Ashim, his love is free from all bondages. This is because he is not a slave to the external beauty, colour of the skin, age difference, caste, religion etc. which other people give much priority to. But love is not the only thing that he finds within himself. He finds the same weakness, the same sexual desire and lust.

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Status Completed Producer & Director Vinu Kolichal Writer V Sudheesh Kumar, Vinu Kolichal

Sarcas Circa 2020

(Drama)

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fter facing failure in almost every venture, Mr. F and Mr. J, two friends from a small town in Kerala embark on an adventurous journey to a nearby city. Mr. F receives a call from a stranger who persuades them to take up and finish a task.

Sarcas Circa 2020 is a subjective take on how people with power lay out their connection with the ordinary people in the society and its manifestation in the lives of ordinary people we encounter in streets. Sarcas Circa 2020 captures and explores the experiences of the ordinary people and the uncertainties through which they oscillate between the known and the unknown.

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Producer & Director: Vinu Kolichal

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Status Completed Producer, Director, Writer Onkar Diwadkar

Still Alive (Psychodrama, Thriller)

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eera’s world collapses after the unexpected breakup of her 5 years old relationship. Driving aimlessly she lands up at the beach. Driven by the sheer need to reach out to someone, she make a call to emotional support helpline; but nothing soothes her. She tries to end her life by drowning, but the sea had other ideas.

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Producer & Director: Onkar Diwadkar

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TAPE STORY 03

Producer, Director, Writer Waadee Krax Seagull

(Slow Film, Drama)

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rinal is a drifter. He roams around aimlessly. Trying his hand at many things. A restless soul trying to get rid of his confusions. Once he was a successful celebrity. But he gave up that lie as well. Moved to the mountains in search of Moksha. One day a woman enters his life and it seems that he has finally found all that he was looking for.

But then he is a drifter without a shore. A wayward cloud.

‘Tape Story03’ is an independent microbudget film based on a short story by Saadat Hassan Manto, one of Urdu’s most prolific writers. The story deals with the issues of mental health and urban isolation. The film not only deals with these issues through its narrative but also through its innovative treatment. It has been shot very artistically with a special camera called the ‘Digital Harinezumi,’ famous for its painterly images. The film uses the innovative concept of the dual screen format to illustrate the duality of the human condition.

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Producer & Director: Waadee Krax Seagull

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Status Completed in January 2021 Producer, Director Baharul islam Writer Barkha Bahar

The Seventh String

(Feature Drama)

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ishtha who had fallen in love with a 31 year old man when she was only 13. She had to leave her hometown . After 12 years she comes back . While roaming around with her friends, she came across a hut where a lot of people meet and talk to each other and share their own stories.

Finally she went back to that hut and shared her story. She just wants to be free from her past. She wants to forgive herself and let it go. At the end of the story a man who was present during her story stops her to tell her that he was the one who had hurt her and made her go through so many things. She looks at him and tells him that she already knew it.

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Producer & Director: Baharul islam

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Tumi Malala (You’re my Malala) (Drama)

Status Completed Producer Sanjive Narain Director Roopak Gogoi Writer Avishka Phukan

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he story of the film is about two Muslim families in eastern Part of India, neighboring Bangladesh. The porous border leads to massive illegal immigration to India, changing the demography of the border states in India.

Producer: Sanjive Narain

Synopsis: Eight years old Nadia has a dream. Like Malala Yousafzai, she too wants the Nobel peace prize. Her summer holiday school assignment about Malala Yousafzai, introduces her to Malala’s life and now she too, wants students to teach, just like Director: Malala did. Her pestering leads Nadia’s mother to Roopak Gogoi engage the maid’s daughter Amina to play with her.

Amina’s family has no identity papers, as her father details ABDUL is landless, they speak in a dialect from Email Bangladesh at home. Abdul worried of rumors about roopakgogoi@gmail.com detention camps being built for doubtful citizens. He is desperate to get NRC papers (National registration of Citizen) to avoid problems.

As the friendship between the girls grows with time, to the utter disappointment of Nadia, Amina stops coming to play with her. She attains puberty. Abdul has seized the opportunity of her condition and arranged her marriage with a man, who has promised to help him with the NRC papers. Amina is only twelve years old. A story of bonds between two little girls, united by malala’s life story, but falling apart due to geo political, and socio economical realities.

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Status Completed Producer V Creations Director Atlee Writer Atlee, S. Ramana Girivasan

Theri

(Action)

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oseph (Vijay) lives in a small town of Kerala. He lives with his 6-year old daughter (Baby Nainika as Nivi) and his close ally Rajendran. Annie (Amy Jackson) is Nivi’s class teacher who develops an interest over Joseph. This peaceful life of Joseph is shaken when a group of local goons from Kerala crosses path. They try to attack his daughter as a part of their revenge. Left with no option, he comes out of his shell showing his true face to the world. He thrashes the goons. Annie, who sees this is shocked. Vijay reveals his past to Annie. As one leads to other Vijay’s past starts haunting him again. How he raises back and faces the opponents forms the rest of the movie.

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Status Completed Producer 2D Entertainment Director Sudha Kongara Writer Sudha Kongara, Shalini Ushadevi, Vijay Kumar

Soorarai Pottru

(Drama)

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edumaaran Rajangam, a former air force captain aspires to start an airline company that’s affordable to all at a very low price. Though he gets his inspiration from Paresh Goswami, owner of a leading airline company, he tries to set himself apart by keeping service as his priority. Nedumaaran meets Sundari and proposes to her but she initially rejects him as she doubts if he could balance his passion and his personal life.

However, when they meet a few years later, Nedumaaran manages to convince her and they both finally get married. Meanwhile, Nedumaaran understands that Paresh is not the person he had thought him to be and gets disappointed after knowing his intentions are purely profit oriented. But Paresh considers Nedumaaran as his rival and creates more problems for the latter as he sets out to demolish his hopes. By the time Nedumaaran decides to give up on his ambition, he gets supported by his wife, friends, family, colleagues, villagers, and some good-hearted people who fuel his flight for the takeoff.

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Status Completed Producer Fox Star Studios Director & Writer Atlee

Raja Rani

(Romance)

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aja Rani is director Atlee’s debut project. The movie is a light-hearted romantic comedy about John and Regina who get married, even though they can’t stand each other and how they realize that there is life and love in their new relationship. Both have a romantic past of their own. How they decide to let go of their past and embrace the future is what the plot is all about. The movie stars Arya, Nayantara, Jai, Nazriya Nazim as the lead actors. Director Atlee revealed that he wrote the script with Arya in mind to portray the lead role, and was insistent on signing Nayantara as the female lead as he felt they made a good onscreen pair.

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Status Completed Producer S Cube Films Director Manu Ashokan Writer Bobby, Sanjay

Uyare

(Drama)

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allavi, a strong-willed woman aspires to become a pilot and successfully gets admitted into a pilot training centre in Mumbai.

With a busy schedule, she manages to cope up with the relationship between her and Govind. In her almost perfect life, her balance slides more towards passion than love. One day, she gets frustrated with Govind’s growing demands and asks him to leave her alone. But things take a weird turn as Govind attacks her with acid the following day. The injuries suffered by the acid attack reduce her eyesight and her life turns upside down eventually.

Losing hope she lands herself down from her high ambitions, but fate has different plans for her and blows some wind on her life.

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Status Completed Producer E4 Entertainment Director & Writer Johnpaul George

Guppy

(Drama)

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he story revolves around a village lad (Master Chethan) who is nicknamed as Guppy, who makes a living by rearing and selling the small fish Guppy.

Guppy has this dream of buying an automatic wheel chair for his ailing mother (Rohini) and he saves money for the same. Things gets into turmoil when Engineer Thejus Varkey (Tovino Thomas) comes to the seaside village for the construction of a railway bridge.

Many unexpected things occur when a small rivalry starts between Guppy and Engineer. The rest of the movie is about the intriguing issues between Guppy and the Engineer.

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Status Completed Producer Y Not Studios Director Sudha Kongara Writer Sudha Kongara, Arun Matheshwaran

Irudhi Suttru

(Sports Drama)

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he protagonist is an arrogant, rude but a highly successful women’s boxing coach. He becomes a victim to politics in the boxing association and gets transferred to Tamil Nadu. He challenges that he will make a champion wherever he may me. In this quest, he meets a 17-year-old fish seller girl with a rare fighting spirit but least interested in the sport. The rest of the movie is a battle of wills between the reluctant girl who has all the talent and is least interested in promoting it and a man who sees in her the capacity to achieve what he never could.

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