Screening of Short Films

Owlz Neck Studio, helmed by Sireesha Kadiyala, Madhu Singhee & Sushila Jain is perhaps the only all women owned film production house in the city. On 27th April eve, they showcased two of their latest films, 'Meal' and 'Laali', both directed by Abhiroop Basu. Aakash Ghoshal is one of the producers of Laali.

Meal is an internationally acclaimed 11 minute dialogue-less film, portraying a dysfunctional family which sits together for their customary morning meal amidst communal tension outside. Starring Adil Hussain, Ratnabali  Bhattacharjee, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Avishek Jain  

‘Laali’ is a 40 min medium length film depicting a lonely man falling apart in his mundane routine, till one day a woman comes and changes his life forever, only in this story the lonely man is an istri-wala (iron-man) and the woman is not actually a human being but a flowing red dress of the finest velvet. A man. A Dress. An ensuing relationship. Starring Pankaj Tripathi, Ekavalli Khanna. It was made in the first half of 2019 and has just finished post-productions.

Five Mad Men, the very popular lounge at Sector V, hosted the screening along with the interactions. 

The production house also had a word of special thanks for Rana Basu Thakur for the support he extended.