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ABOUT THE FILM
1984 is a period short film set in the midst of the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots. Bhupinder, his wife Renu and their two sons, Bhawsheel and Maninder find themselves caught in discrimination. As their ordinary life is jeopardised, the family becomes a reflection of a society trying to make sense of its circumstances.
A dream project, the film is a response to the chaos caused and the consequences hence, and aims at understanding the non-fictional world with a fictional take.
1984 is the cumulative effort of her innate desire to tell a story that is a response to a historic event and in her attempt to make film goers remember and perhaps, introspect. Her Punjabi heart always hovering in nostalgia of days in Chandigarh and the shades of an unfurled activist bring her to make this film.
Garima Pura is a final year student at the Symbiosis Center for Media and Communication, specializing in Film & Television. An extrovert always on the lookout for platforms to express herself, Garima is a writer, spoken word performer and thespian. An awardee of the '25 Under 25' Change makers in India Contest, she hopes to express herself through the medium of film.
She has worked as an Assistant Director in films during her time as an intern at Black Ticket Films and Terrible Tiny Talkies, an Art Director on an adaptation of Astrologer's Day, directed an ad film for Nike, Vodafone, as well as directed a short sci-fi film.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
BUDGET
WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE
BUDGET
WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE
We are independent cinema. Help us make sure that our future remembers our past.
While the entire cast and crew are committed to this project, we are short on funds. This is independent cinema, and we don’t expect a big budget, but without your donation it would be impossible to do justice to our subject. 1984: The Film is a period drama. All the camera, lighting and sound gear, set design, costume that we need to make the story believable and relatable will cost an amount that our student budgets cannot afford. While all cast members have agreed to work without pay, we need to arrange for their travel and accommodation. Above all, we want to give this film a shot at being better than what it is now by giving it all the resources we can gather.
Whatever donation you can make will go towards making this film a success.
WHO WE ARE
WHY WE NEED THE MONEY
We are a team of students pursuing Media Studies at the Symbiosis Center for Media and Communication. We are broke but still wish to tell stories that deserve to be heard.
Director
Assistant Director Shriya Pant wishes her life was a coming-of-age film. Currently a Media Studies student at Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication, she has worked at Grey Worldwide, Flint PR, Jamuura and Platform Magazine and worked on various film projects. She spends most of her time overdosing on honey lemon ginger tea, fangirling about Wes Anderson and collecting her favourite indie magazines.
Assistant Director Amal is a writer, editor and researcher. She is currently a final year student majoring in film and television and minoring in journalism. A curator of sorts, she has volunteered as an English and Math teacher, researched for WWF - India and dwelled into Ad Filmmaking at Leo Burnett. Making films is the interlude to her dreams of writing and teaching History & Politics.
Assistant Director Guneet Singh is the Director and Playwright of one of the most acclaimed plays of Delhi University Theatre Circuit "Welcome to the Machine". Currently a law student, he has been pursuing theatre for the past 10 years. His main interests lie in Filmmaking, Theatre and Poetry.
Assistant Director Haripriya Suresh is a final year media studies student currently specializing in journalism. While most of her time is devoted to scouring new music, trying to keep up with infinitely expanding reading list and all the coffee in the world, she's constantly on the lookout for newer projects and reading lists.
Production Head Gurmehar Anand likes to describe herself as a nihilist who has the ability to say the right things at the wrong time. Having interned with Ogilvy and Mather and The Glitch previously, she has also worked on three student short films before this, all revolving around the topics of existentialism and materialism of life.
Art Director Delna Anna Abraham is a student at the Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication, Pune. She was the former Art Director of The Bombay Review, an online literary magazine based out of Mumbai and New York. An adventure sports enthusiast and obstinate optimist, she has also interned with Genesis Burson-Marstellar, Teach for India and Cancer and AIDS Shelter Society.
Sound & Music Head/ Graphics You'll often find her lost in a train of thought. She gets her share of poetry from rock legends and finds solace in headbanging and air guitaring. Having worked with Shoelace films and Little Black Book Bangalore, she feels at home amidst people who believe in the magic of art and innovation. She believes that experiences that scare you and excite you at the same time are the ones that are truly worth having. That's why she decided to say hello to the film industry
Production Design Nishita Mullamangalam is from Thrissur, Kerala. She specializes in Public Relations at the Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication, Pune. She has formerly worked with Flint, an international art and culture PR agency in Delhi. She is an avid art lover with an enthusiasm for Music and Dance.
Cinematographer Arya Chakraborty is a student of Symbiosis Centre For Media & Communication, and an aspiring visual artist. Having been associated with photography and motion pictures from an early age, and winning multiple awards for the same, he is now working hard to cultivate himself as a cinematographer in the industry. Apart from that, he is an avid reader and writer, and plans to never give up on his childhood dream of photojournalism.
Sound Design Yash Soni, currently a student at Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication, aims to become a full time video editor and he has already undertaken several commercial projects for the same. His passion has been music from a very young age and that has not gone unnoticed. He produces original scores for short films along with knowledge on a number of instruments. An all-rounder in the AV field, Yash also shoots and edits under his own production label, Kascade Productions.
Cinematographer Swaraj, currently a student at Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication aims to pursue cinematography full-time and has already worked on quite a few projects for the same. Besides that, he also has a passion for music, composing from a very young age and brings together his passion for the visual medium and music by producing live/conceptual music videos. Also scoring for films, he shoots and manages and manages his own production label, Kascade Productions.
Costumes & Makeup After her time at Srishti Institute of Design, Aikum Bhatti worked with Rikshaw, Bombay. She loves working on conceptual paintings from time to time. Her deep sense of affection for fashion and design stems from her fascination with the field. She is already working on a couture fashion brand and looks forward to expanding it.
Editor Vignesh Menon finds films to be the best way he can express himself. He has been involved in a handful of short films as a screenwriter, director and editor. Christopher Nolan, Stanley Kubrick and Charlie Kaufman are his cine-Gods.
Editor A writer, editor and an upstart filmmaker, with an inclination towards dark and comedic narratives, sometimes both. Has worked on documentaries, ads, acted and worked in several short films, apart from being involved in directing two short comedies - currently in production. Working on this film in the capacity of an editor, Dhaheem was attracted because of the grim and chaotic realness of the film.
Content and Research Kuwar is a media student at Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication. He has contributed to community teaching with Teach For India and to human rights advocacy while interning at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. He also reports on urban civic, developmental, and cultural events for online platforms.