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The film takes you through the daily life of an impoverished poor woman in a big city, questioning the glamour associated with celebratory days like Women's Day. Amidst the heat, dirt and dust of a metropolis, the struggles of everyday existence of a road side vendor woman hits you hard as we follow her from dawn to dusk. The film, symbolically shot under a city flyover, questions the abject poverty of a developing nation which prides itself on having plastic occasions. The character of a young girl living in open surroundings contrasts sharply our customary obeisance to international notions of womanhood.
Director: Monalisa Mukherji
Producer: Bauddhayan Mukherji
Poem and Narration: Monalisa Mukherji
Cinematography: Debalina
Editor: Sanchari Dasmollick
Music: Rajeev Bhalla
Production Company: Little Lamb Films
Protagonist: Kali
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Charaiveti is the point-of-view personal diary of Chandan Biswas from Barasat, West Bengal as he sets out to become the first in the world to complete a solo Trans-Himalayan expedition on a bicycle.
Director: Chandan Biswas, Bauddhayan Mukherji
Producer: Monalisa Mukherji
Poem and Narration: Monalisa Mukherji
Cinematography: Chandan Biswas
Editor: Abhro Banerjee
Music: Raja Narayan Deb
Sound Designer: Abhijit (Tenny) Roy
Production Company: Little Lamb Films
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Teenkahon (Three Obsessions) is a triptych film in Bengali by debutant filmmaker Bauddhayan Mukherji. It is a rare international art house film from Bengal which, as a piece of social document, tries to capture the changing face of morality, the degeneration of values, the increasing pollution of the spoken language and the changing social fabric of Bengal through three stories. Spread over a hundred years, the three stories are structured in the manner of the classical Three Act Play with each act (read story) exploring one facet of an obsessive relationship outside the purview of marriage. ACT 1 The first film NABALOK (time period 1920-1954) is shot in black and white. This period piece is the story of an 8-year-old boy's emotional attachment and obsession with a newly married girl. The film opens in Calcutta and then moves to rural Bengal. ACT 2 The second film POST MORTEM (time period 1978) is a technicolor film. It is an ambitious single room drama about two men - the lover and the husband - of a woman who has ended her life the evening before. Through the dialogue between the two characters we see a third emerge and discover the frailties of each relationship and what role each man had in the woman's suicide. ACT 3 The third film TELEPHONE (time period 2013) is the modern age digital film. This Roald Dahl-esque story with a series of twists and turns looks into the darkness that looms beneath the surface of human beings and how manipulative human relationships have become.
Director: Bauddhayan Mukherji
Producer: Monalisa Mukherji
Stories: Bibhutibhusan Mukhopadhyay, Syed Mustafa Siraj & Bauddhayan Mukherji
Screenplay & Dialogues: Bauddhayan Mukherji, Abhinandan Banerjee
Cinematography: Abhik Mukhopadhyay
Editor: Arghyakamal Mitra
Music: Arnab Chakraborty
Production Company: Little Lamb Films
Stars: Suman Mukhopadhyay, Kharaj Mukherjee, Ananya Sen, Barshan Seal, Joy Sengupta, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Rituparna Sengupta, Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhritiman Chatterjee
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The Violin Player is the story of one day in the life of a Bollywood session violinist who finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.
Director: Bauddhayan Mukherji
Producer: Monalisa Mukherji
Story, Screenplay & Dialogues: Bauddhayan Mukherji
Stars: Adil Hussain, Ritwick Chakraborty, Nayani Dixit
Cinematography: Abhik Mukhopadhyay
Editor: Arghyakamal Mitra
Music: Arnab Chakraborty
Production Company: Little Lamb Films
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The Cloud & The Man (Manikbabur Megh) is the story of a guy called Manik who lives in the crumbling city of Kolkata. Loner by nature and asocial by choice, he lives with his ailing father who is nothing more than an alarm clock to him. Manik leads an 'uneventful' life which revolves around his plants, the strays he feeds, the spider, the ants and the house lizard. Manik's father passes away one day and Manik finds himself in a quandary. He is served a month's notice to vacate the rented house he stays in. Just when the world around him starts falling apart, Manik meets someone that would change his life and the course of our story for good. He meets a cloud. Initially mistaking the cloud as a stalker, Manik soon discovers his folly. What unfolds is the most unique love story the world has ever seen. The story of a cloud and a man. The surreal romance brings out a new Manik in him and propels him into a roller coaster journey of faith, betrayal, belief & warmth.
Director: Abhinandan Banerjee
Producer: Bauddhayan Mukherji, Monalisa Mukherji
Story & Screenplay: Abhinandan Banerjee
Dialogues: Abhinandan Banerjee, Bauddhayan Mukherji
Production Design: Monalisa Mukherji
Cinematography: Anup Singh
Editor: Abhro Banerjee
Music: Subhajit Mukherjee
Sound Designer: Abhijit (Tenny) Roy
Production Company: Little Lamb Films
Features: Chandan Sen, Debesh Roy Chowdhury, Nimai Ghosh, Bratya Basu, Arun Guha Thakurta
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TAn audio installation artist visits the largest coal-mining region of Eastern India, plagued by depleting natural resources and a burning fire in its belly. However, he succumbs to the highly complex socio-political system and moves to a tribal village in a forest area, where water becomes the labyrinth for a personal quest for self.
Director: Lubdhak Chatterjee
Story & Screenplay: Lubdhak Chatterjee
Dialogues: Monalisa Mukherji & Lubdhak Chatterjee
Production Design: Donna Bose
Cinematography: Kenneth Cyrus
Editor: Arjun Gourisaria & Lubdhak Chatterjee
Music: Rohen Bose
Sound Designer: Sougato Banerjee
Poster Design: Abhinandan Banerjee
Production Company: Little Lamb Films & Niv Art Movies
Features: Sagnik Mukherjee, Amit Saha, Deepak Halder