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Coconut Pudding - Documenting Beautiful Memories.
Coconut Pudding Films was started in 2018 by Saish Bodke and Ashoo Dhond. They provide cinematography and photography services for all kinds of events. Commercial projects, ad films, and promotional videos are their forte. They also undertake photography and videography projects for local as well as destination weddings in Goa, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Delhi, and other states in India. They also provide their services for engagement ceremonies, pre-wedding functions, and corporate films.
Coming from the same background, Saish and Ashoo share numerous similarities along with the will to deliver top-notch quality projects. Ashoo, hailing from Panaji, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from Don Bosco College, Panaji.
After completing his course, he moved to Mumbai to pursue a Diploma course in Filmmaking. There, he got the opportunity to work on documentaries, ad films, and other independent film projects. Saish completed his graduation from Goa College of Art, specializing in Applied Art. He then did a Diploma course in Filmmaking in Mumbai, post which he freelanced for wedding films and other commercial projects in Goa.
While being successful at producing a number of ad films in Goa and Mumbai, Saish and Ashoo
simultaneously used to take up projects for weddingfilm shoots in their close-friend circles, due to theirlove for film-making and wedding ceremonies.During their first wedding season, they closed around 15 wedding film projects. An interesting fact is that their first-ever client hired them for their wedding by having a look at one of their ad films.
After doing 2-3 wedding films for clients from their close peer group, they thought of venturing into the business full-time, owing to the growth in the wedding industry and a lot of incredible work in weddings. As time passed, people were open to trying something different from the usual wedding bandwagon. This behaviour of ‘open to experiment’ made the transition smoother and the magic of Coconut Pudding Films was introduced to the world.
As they explain the quirky name of their brand, Saish and Ashoo cite the example of a wedding. There’s so much happening at a wedding; the bridal couple is experiencing so many precious moments for the first time in their life. They’re having a ball of a time and when it all ends, they lounge on a couch and reminisce all those memories through pictures that make them rejoice. The experience feels just like having dessert at the end of a meal. The taste leaves one satisfied at that moment. Coconut Pudding is like that dessert that one savours after a heavy meal. Hence the name ‘Coconut Pudding Films’.
Indians host weddings as if they are celebrating a festival. Couples would want their wedding to be the best, and Saish and Ashoo at Coconut Pudding Films hold this aspiration close to their hearts. Right from the outfits to the décor, they don’t compromise even the slightest bit on the quality and professionalism of their work while capturing these once-in-a-lifetime moments.
When one delivers top-notch work to one client, maintaining the quality of the deliverables throughout becomes a challenge, especially when one has back-to-back weddings. Hence, Saish and Ashoo meet the client numerous times before the wedding, to understand them in a better way so that they can make the wedding film as personal to them as possible.
Along with being blessed with understanding clients up till now, Saish and Ashoo’s family, friends, and partners were and have been supportive throughout, especially in understanding and being okay with the fact that the nature of their jobs cause them to work during certain occasions and festivities.
Most often, they’ve had repeat customers or the same families hosting different functions due to the rapport they’ve built through the process of knowing them or being part of their D-Day!
Ashoo and Saish are immensely grateful for all the support Coconut Pudding Films has received to date. They plan on scaling up their work in the wedding industry, but as they do, they want to continue to maintain the relationships they have built with their clients. Keeping the quality of their work high and meeting the expectations of their clients was, is, and will always be their top priority. As they say, “pictures are a mixture of raw, real, and rare feelings of one’s best moments, screaming emotions and touching people's souls”. So whatever the occasion might be, Coconut Pudding Films is all what one needs!
