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Glimpse of #beautifulyou by ALO WANTH on August 2, 2014 at 7 pm

Glimpse of #beautifulyou by ALO WANTH on August 2, 2014 at 7 pm ...

Concept,Screenplay & Directed by Puja Chakraborty; Asst. Director -Nirupam Deka; Cinematography - Nagen Baishya; Editor- Jhulan Krishna Mahanta; Executive Producer & Production Supervision - Prithish Chakraborty 

ALL WE HAVE IS NOW - Our New Music Video

Our new music video is out .. do have a look :)

Mystical Grass

Now watch our documentary 'Mystical Grass' online 

‘Shinyor’ definitely draws a fresh breathe of air... Review by Filmmaker Deepjyoti Handique

Present times are hard times for Assamese Cinema. The continuous closing down of Cinema Halls one after another, the garbage of VCD culture, piracy, etc. and various other factors contributing to the present saddening situation of a moribund Assamese Film Industry, have put a heavy burden of responsibility on the shoulders of the upcoming new age Assamese filmmakers. 

Amidst these dire situations, though many Assamese films have seen light of the day in form of film releases, yet Assamese Cinema, which by the way is one of the oldest film industries of the country, is yet to witness a significant change of course. Amongst such films, was a much discussed film, “Shinyor”. Much discussed in the sense that, the publicity of the film was done vigorously and in a grand way through modern day boons and blessings of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. and with the aid of electronic media. 

Kangkan Rajkhowa, the man in the director’s chair, is already a known short-filmmaker. Since, I myself had seen promise in the works of Kangkan Rajkhowa, I was anticipating the release of his debut full-length feature film “Shinyor”, with much vigour and enthusiasm. Finally, after much gossip and intellectual hullaballoo, the film saw light of the day on the 17^th of January of the running year in various movie theatres in different parts of Assam including Guwahati.

To be brutally frank, there’s not an ounce of freshness in the story of the film. Films with similar concepts and stories – even better – are found very commonly in other parts of the country (let alone other countries). But it definitely draws a fresh breathe of air amidst the present monotonous, cliché, romantic and bihu-biased Assamese films. The plot revolves around the dreadful experiences of a lady journalist. The lady journalist, Priya (Priyashree Kashyap), lives alongwith her mother (Jharna Bisoya), father (Amitabh Rajkhowa) and younger sister (Vaishali Saikia) in Guwahati. Priya’s father is a police inspector. After completing her studies in Journalism, Priya joins a local channel as a journalist and is offered with an assignment to cover crimes stories related women rights and women molestation. While collecting news for her assignments, Priya slowly is dragged into a dark world of which she hadn’t the slightest idea before. 

During the course of her investigations and research Priya develops a bond with a sex-worker (Pranami Bora) and decides to spend one night in their rooms in hope of collecting valuable news materials for her assignment. By sheer co-incidence, that very night, during a police raid, Priya’s father, to his utter astonishment, discovers her and decides to leave her there without even trying to pay any heed to Priya’s plea and explanations. On the other hand, allegedly suspecting Priya’s involvement in the police raid, she is driven away from there. But she hardly gets unnoticed, as broker of the dark world Nana (Gyanendra Pallab) takes advantage of the situation, resulting in Priya becoming a victim herself n losing everything. How Priya finally manages to escape from there and reunites with her family is the basic plot of the film.

The film may not be of very high standards but one cannot help but appreciate Kangkan Rajkhowa’s slightly off-tack (though not totally “out of the box”) thinking and bold effort. Every artiste and member of his team has helped Rajkhowa in this case. The strongest and the most significant part of the film is its music. Music director Anurag Saikia’s expertise has given a totally new dimension to the film and elevated the importance of every single sequence to a different level. The huge popularity of the soundtracks of the film has only proven the same. Other than that, the cinematography, especially the city’s night life part is praiseworthy. All credit goes to the cinematographer, Pradip Daimari. 

The skillful editing of Kangkan Rajkhowa makes the film worth watching. I’d even take the privilege to state that I don’t precisely remember witnessing similar editing style in an Assamese film of late. Though the overall acting is mostly consistent, yet it is weak in some parts. Compared to the story, the screenplay could have been stronger. Too many co-incidences, overuse of slang words (unnecessary use of the same could have been avoided in some scenes), inclusion of one or two unnecessary scenes (for example, the scene in which Nana and Muktab sits together and have drinks, does not in any way help the story of the film. As if used only to introduce humour to the film) and weak Art Direction adversely affects the cinematic flavours to be enjoyed with full content. 

As a consequence, though “Shinyor” promises a lot, yet it is unable to free itself from the stigma of peculiarly weak Assamese Cinema. The way the director of the film establishes the situation of Priya in order to drag the issue of AIDS into the story, clearly shows his lack of detailed knowledge on AIDS. Female are a “carrier” of HIV virus and not a victim of the same, which is the reason why female AIDS patients can survive for days and even years without much complication. But towards the end of the film, Priya is established in mortal condition; maybe to gain the sympathy of the audience such a condition of Priya was shown, but this has put forward a totally wrong picture infront of the society. 

For the same reasons, the director and the script-writer should have been more careful in their approach and done their homework properly for the film. Moreover, a deep knowledge on the treatment of a film is a necessity for the director, else there arises the huge possibility of a film transforming into a TV serial, which, by the way, is a fundamental problem of today’s Assamese films. “Shinyor” too proves not to be exception in this very regard in many sequences.

If we ignore all the weak links of the film, “Shinyor” definitely manages itself not to take the general course of path and proves to be an enjoyable film, which maybe a reason why “Shinyor” has successfully seen through two weeks of business everywhere (more than four weeks in Gold Cinema) and manages to shine amongst other simultaneously released Assamese films, thus, becoming the highest grosser of the year at the box office till date.

All We Have Is Now

We will release our new production - 'All We Have Is Now' by 2012 MTV Europe Music Award 'Best Indian Act' winner Alobo Naga & the Band on March 23, 2014 during North-East Carnival in Bangalore... Come and be the first one to watch our new video ..

The song has been mixed by Grammy Nominated British music producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter of rock and alternative music Sir Tim Palmer...

Video Directors & Visualization - Puja Chakraborty & Prithish Chakraborty (Creovaent Production)

Some snapshots from the video

Teaser Link

'Mystical Grass' Screening In Bangalore, Chennai & Mumbai On March 13, 2014

If you are in Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai .. Do come and watch our documentary - 'The Mystical Grass' on March 13, 2014 @ IndiEarth OnScreen 

Naoshum Eshei - The KOI

Folk in any language touches our hearts ...this video sprang up from such an emotion without any professional gear...

watch and share! Spread the music 

Music Video for The KOI .. Directed & Edited by Puja Chakraborty (Creovaent Production & Blue Sitar Creations)

From Archives - In Conversation With Anup Kurian

Aravindan Puraskaram Award winner Anup Kurian speaks about his second feature film The Blueberry Hunt and the first ever public screening of The Blueberry Hunt in Guwahati at SHAMIANA Weekend Affair on September 1, 2013 at Terra Mayaa. Puja Chakraborty speaks to Anup in a small brief chat -

1. The Blueberry Hunt will be screened at SHAMIANA Weekend Affair, how is the feeling?

     It is an honor. Guwahati is going have the first public screening of 

     The Blueberry Hunt. 

2. Naseeruddin Shah will be seen in a different look, tell us your experience working with him?

Naseeruddin Shah is a great actor and a consummate professional. Making a film has its own challenges, but when an actor like Naseeruddin Shah gives life to the scene and the dialogues through his character, every challenge dissipates and the whole effort becomes worthwhile. These are magical moments.

3.  What were the challenges in making of The Blueberry Hunt? What people can expect from your film?

The challenge in making a film does not stop when a film is made. It is a greater challenge to get the film to the audience. I write and direct my films, the audience can expect a unique story, a story never told before. I am fully aware 'unique' may not mean good - but for me that attribute is very important for all my feature projects. 

4.  The Blueberry Hunt is your second feature film after the successful Manasarovar, so how is the transformation from making a love story to a thriller like the Blueberry Hunt?

I always felt a good film should have all the elements - drama, action, ideas and images never shown before and so on. The Blueberry Hunt has the external characteristics of a thriller, but surprise, the film in its heart is a love story. 

5.   Describe Anup Kurian in three words and when we can expect the next feature film?

     I will have to ask friends to describe me in three words, and I feel they may not be very charitable in their descriptions :) So let me pass that question. About the next feature project - it will happen only if I am convinced the story and the theme I am exploring has not been done before - at least the way I want to explore should be fresh. A screenplay is complete, I have been working on it for almost a year...let’s see how it feels. 

Please Note - Article has been published in G Plus during September 2013

   (Puja Chakraborty is the Co-Founder, Writer & Filmmaker, Creovaent Production)

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LONG WAY TO GO BUT WITH A HOPE

The scenario of short films in North-East India is growing slowly. No doubt upcoming filmmakers and students do make short films occasionally but not with the same euphoria we see in the environment of Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore or Kolkata.

The main problem here is the lack of awareness or willingness to experiment new concepts or to understand what is going on in terms of technicalities used in making a short film. 

If you look at the content resource in North-East India, it’s plenty but our filmmakers need to explore and utilize to incorporate its culture to exhibit outside.

The exhibition platform now exists in Guwahati with few Independent festivals. But the quality of short films made or entered in these exhibition formats is very poor.

The question is why? The answer to this question is very contradictory because the makers of these short films are not well versed with the process of filmmaking or do not understand what are the trends going on in the current market of short film scenario or make short films just for the sake of making it. Another problem is that filmmakers do not use the opportunity to watch work of other countries or filmmakers when a film festival is organized in Guwahati.

If we ignore all these demerits, there is some handful of good work to be seen by some short filmmakers or budding filmmakers in Assam, the short films like Bibhranta Electron (Deluded Electron) by Deepjyoti Handique, Line Between You and Me is Blink by Rakesh Gogoi, Jubraj Baruah & Nipan Talukdar are some of the notable works that can be viewed and encouraged in terms of concept, technique and quality.

With digitalization, the making of short film has increased in the past few years but the problem is that people who do not understand the business of filmmaking are entering the market. Still we lack behind in terms of commercialization of short films and an effort to build an independent industry of short films in true sense.

If we try to remove dust from our film documents or books, many of us will not know the fact that India’s first short film was reported to be Flower Of Persia made in the year 1898 by Hiralal Sen. Almost 114 years have passed but short films in India is still considered to be in a nascent stage. Still we are nowhere to be compared near to the billion dollar industry of short films in countries like Spain, Australia, USA, UK to name a few.

In short, we can say that the scenario here in terms of short film looks promising but with a hope that filmmakers and film lovers will soon open up to join the rich culture of short films globally.

(Views by Prithish Chakraborty, Co-Founder & Filmmaker, Creovaent Production)
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TVC For Flora Organic Tea (Director's Cut)

Concept & Director - Prithish Chakraborty (Creovaent Production)

Made for Flora Organic Tea 

VFX/Animation - Deepjyoti Handique 

Jingle - Sourav Mahanta

Voice - Banashree Chowdhury

TVC For Spirit Underground (2012) - (Director's Cut)

TVC made for Spirit Underground in 2012 - Uploaded Content is the Director's Cut ... 

Directors - Prithish & Puja Chakraborty

Cinematography - Biswajit Changmai

Original Score - Sourav Mahanta 

Associate Producer - Nirupam Deka

Maha Shivratri people :)

Ponds Eclectic Model Hunt 2012 - Behind The Scenes

One of our work for Ponds Eclectic Model Hunt 2012 - Behind The Scenes 

Conceptualized by Creovaent Production

Made for Ponds Eclectic Model Hunt 2012

Director - Prithish Chakraborty                                                        

Executive Producer - Banashree Chowdhury

Associate Producer - Nirupam Deka

Editor - Jhulan Krishna Mahanta

Additional Camera - Nirupam Deka & Prithish Chakraborty


Acknowledgement- 

• "Flo Rida-Whistle", sound recording administered by:11:41
  

  WMG 
• "Vanessa Amorosi-Absolutely Everybody", sound recording administered by:8:00
  

  The Orchard Music 

  UMG 
• "Black Eyed Peas-Rock That Body (Skrillex Remix)", sound recording administered by:0:30
  

  UMG 
• "Ladytron-Destroy Everything You Touch", sound recording administered by:9:41
  

  Believe 

  Kontor New Media 

  UMG 

  INgrooves 
• "Maroon 5-Moves Like Jagger (Radio Edit)", sound recording administered by:3:08
  

  UMG 

Directors View On Mystical Grass

Directors View:

It took us 2 years to finally decide and make up our mind to release our documentary - 'Mystical Grass'. 'Mystical Grass' is suppose to be our first major work in documentary space and our desire to document the subject, convinced us to take the risk way back in 2010. 'Mystical Grass' is all set to do rounds in film festivals in 2014 and we hope to reach out to maximum audience.It was an amazing experience during the shoot, where we made mistakes and also learnt the craft. The crew we had was amazing, my students Ruth, Bhaktimala, Gautam, our partner, brother, presenter and producer Rajnish, cinematographer Maina Da (Ritu Saikia), our production controller and producer Nayan Barman, Alobo and Beto, our music director & sound designer Sourav Mahanta and last but not the least Moa & Arenla Subong. 

No doubt it took us long but we made a journey together and proud of the product that is up for screening. Kindly do not expect any technical superiority as the film was made with a very tight budget of INR 20,000. 

Thank You,

Puja & Prithish 

New Documentary - 'Mystical Grass'

In North-East India where music happens to be a religion, it is not surprising if it becomes a source of invention of a musical instrument for a country after a period of 100 years. The documentary is about the quest of a music lover whose insatiable craving to know more about this milestone forced him to begin his journey for 'The Mystical Grass'.....

Directed By - Puja & Prithish Chakraborty