Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Making of Mausams: The People



If you know Shilpa Krishnan, then you’ll know that she’s making a movie. No, I don’t mean one of those Handy cam shot, iPhoto edited short home videos, but a real 90-120 min feature film, with a real production schedule, pretty people, background score, outdoor shoots, indoor shoots, dubbing, editing, trailers and teasers. Yup, it's the real deal. And all this to be achieved with a close-to-zero budget.


I was curious of how this project, which is beyond mammoth considering everyone involved in it have full time jobs/husbands/wives/social lives/other-things-to-do/all-of-the-above, was turning out. So I strolled over to Shilpa’s place one morning to check it out. Having publicly announced embarking on this entirely crazy and wildly exciting idea of ‘making a film, proper’ half a year ago, Shilpa Inc. definitely seem to be on the way to pulling this off.

Here's a quick look at the people behind Mausams:
  1. Shilpa- the One and Only. Writer, cinematographer, editor, producer and director extraordinaire. Mrs. Shivanu Shukla.
  2. Shivanu - Co-producer and anti-hero. Mr. Shilpa Krishnan
  3. Shweta-. Protagonist.
  4. Naren- Planted to gain tween fan base.
  5. Poorna- Love interest.
  6. Navneet- character artist #1
  7. Bala- character artist #2
  8. Vineet- comic relief, mainly off-screen. Hero of the next post
  9. Uthra- best actress in a supporting role
  10. Nitya- Production manager. The Shepherd.
  11. Shahana- the beautifier.
  12. Adarsh/Sid- Camera men.
  13. RamC- Remote cinematographer, currently based in Zurich. Conference calls his shot ideas. Still under 21 (bah)
  14. Prasanna- Beethoven. As in tempestuous composer.
  15. Me- Fly on the wall. Scribe and official drum-beater.
  16. Yash and Sudha- fellow drum beaters.
  17. Kurian - Still Photographer
  18. Rachit - Website Designer
  19. Jeni, Anto, Kokhwee, Jayesh - Other supporting actors
  20. Jenif (M.E.T Films, Dubai) - Consultant and overall moral support
  21. Supriya Shukla (Shivanu's mom) and Sudha Krishnan (Shilpa' mom) - Official chefs to cater for indoor shoots

Yes, at the moment, this is turning out to be an entirely expat-Indian venture. But of course, that shouldn’t deter the rest of the world from joining forces.
More from the sets of Mausams coming soon!

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