Stories&

Story Tellers

A Mega Project Comprising An Influential Series Of Documentaries On South East Asian Storytellers And A Path Breaking Film Series Based On Their Outstanding Stories.

Copy of Mr. Jerrit John, No Nonsense Films

An Auto Biography Of UnknownIndian

Documenting Biographies Of Globally Celebrated Contemporary Indian Authors In The Form Of A

Phenomenal Television Series.

•Salman Rushdie•Kiran Desai•Anita Desai•Rohinton Mistry•Amitav Ghosh•Amartyasen•Hanif Quereshi•Jhumpa Lahiri•Vikram Seth•Ved Mehta•V.S. Naipaul•Nirmal Verma

Documentary Series

Concept

Indian authors writing in English language have conquered the world. These eminent writers have won coveted national and international Literary Awards, attracted vast media attention and made the publishing industry breath afresh. With rising readership, they are the centre of critical attention, scholarly works and research activities of International academia. Interestingly, there exist another common thread among most of these contemporary Indian writers. They all have foreign acquaintances in one form or the other, and as a result their work often reflects a brilliant introspection on cross cultural issues. But unfortunately their personal expeditions and experiences in life which largely acts as the intellectual fodder to such incredible literary pursuits, are still very much unexplored in public.So, an honest attempt to unravel the personal journeys of these celebrated writers, is bound to draw huge global attention.

Treatment Season one will feature 13 episodes of 21 minutes each.

Each episode will showcase one of the eminent author. A probable list with the brief biographical details along with their noteworthy works and critical response are also furnished along.

A narrative style with pleasant voice over in English language complimenting an iconoclastic camera and edit work.

Shootings will be largely done in Europe and America since most of the featured authors are based there.

Testimonies from family members, celebrity fans like film actors and directors, sportsman or leaders from both national and international arena, ardent readers, teachers and friends etc. will be smartly incorporated.

An emotional journey of their erstwhile life featuring both failure and success.

An inspiring tale for budding writers and scholars.

A bibliography of their work and honors.

Opportunities

A subject of global interest

Involvement of international literary figure

Catering niche audience

Promoting Indian English literature to a broader audience

Pioneering effort to archive the personal lives of contemporary literary giants

A unique television show

Branding opportunities specially for big Publication Houses along with other regular clienteles.

Scenario

This series of documentary is just a strategic tool to warm up with these writers to achieve a much larger vision in future. A vision to produce a series of brilliant features to be based on the best work of each of these internationally acclaimed writers.

Intensive research along with an internet based public forum will also be introduced in future to select the best work of these writers.

Campaign will be launched in book stores such as, land mark, crossword,

Technicality

EW100-ENG G3Sennheiser

Panasonic AG-HMC150Will Be Shot On Two Camera Setup

Video Portable lights

footage will be send through FTP

Producer’s Profile Offshore carrier

Official Cameraman For Unforgettable World TourU.K, U.S.A, Canada, Caribbean

Cameraman ,U.K

Producer Talk of The Town, U.K

Producer, Acquired properties in India, middle East, Europe

Media Planning, U.K

Tamil Feature film Cinematography,U.K

Beyond Horizon

•The Inheritance Of Loss•The Shadow Lines•That Summer In Paris•Freedom Song•Red Letter•Solitude Of Emperors•American Brat•Babyiji

An Epoch Making Film Series, Based On The Finest Stories Evolved Around Foreign Neighborhoods, Written By Eminent

Authors Of Indian Origin

feature film series

ConceptToday, when the intellectual brigade of the west are spinning towards

the east in search of rich dramatic contents and chronicles of multi-ethnic and soulful credentials; we in INDIA feel blessed with the existence of a huge warehouse of modern authors, whose works are critically appreciated worldwide. These authors have frequently been producing immense literary works of unmatched international quality. Most of their works consist of unadulterated human stories which reflect diversified socio-cultural issues of universal significance. And many of their plots revolve around the conflicts of Indians or South- Asians in general, who are settled in different parts of the globe. So, a series of feature films, each based on these highly commendable literary resources will be worth pioneering because of several lucrative factors, both in terms of creative and commercial aspect.

In creative perspective, it’s a great opportunity to explore strong dramatic contents, accentuate multi-cultural cohesiveness, expose various locations in Europe, America or Africa and absorb artists and technicians from different part of the world for a single project. While in terms of commercial perspective, substance of each film will automatically make the entire sequel truly international in form and nature, thus bringing in a huge global business and exposure along with a strong hold in the domestic market too.

The content of each feature will profoundly be based on a brilliant story, published or unsullied, written by one of these prolific writers. Though each film will be very unique from the other in terms of storytelling yet there will be something common in characteristics between all of them which will make them an integral part of a large and beautiful motion picture sequel.

Treatment

•Each feature will be based on a story by a different writer and will be filmed in a different country.

•They will very independent in content but common in form so that they remain an integral part of the entire sequel.

•Technical excellence and aesthetic finesse

•Outstanding background track and musical scores

•Performance based dramas

•Importance to finer details of life in general

Opportunities

•Powerful story telling

•A huge fan following of the said authors across the globe.

•A subject of critical speculation because of the involvement of big contemporary names of literary world.

•Catering multiplex audiences

•Gateway to various international film festivals

•Huge DVD market

•Telecast rights in all foreign territories

•A very unique concept, a very new approach

Scenario

•Assimilate brilliant theatre artists of Indian or South Asian origin,based in different parts of the world.

•Incorporate skilled technicians, musicians and researchers from across the globe.

•Popular actors suitable for specific characters will be included keeping their huge fan following in mind.

•Inspire authors to bring forward their best unpublished manuscripts.

•A special marketing cell to enclose top travel companies •like KEONI for in film branding.

•A special website and internet forums for viewer’s opinion.

•Campaign will be launched in book stores such as, land mark, crossword,

Technicality

Red One Camera

Assimilate Scratch

Final Cut Pro

Motion Graphics

Visual Effects

Digital Workflow

Crew

Nitin Sawhney

Music Producer

U.K

Karsh Kale

Music producer

U.K

Manish Pingle

Sound Designer

India

Durey Shevar

Executive Producer

U.S.A

Patrice Lucien Cochet

Director Of Photography

U.S.A

Yusuf H.Khan

Editor

India

Arvind Arumugam

Visual effects Director

India

Riaz Khan

Series Producer& Director

India, U.K, U.S

Sukant Panigrahy

Production Designer

India, Australia

Sandeep Dey

Digital workflow artist

U.S, India

Business Perspective

Documentary Broadcast

Feature film Broadcast

Feature film Production

world wide Distribution