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‘A Game of Two Halves’ had its UK Premiere at the UK Asian Film Festival amongst special guests and a sell-out audience.
The screening took place at the Courthouse Hotel in Soho, London.
The film will be releasin in cinemas across the UK in June 2024.
Carers Support West Sussex have developed a short film tackling some of the taboos surrounding dementia. The film follows the story of Neel, who cares for his uncle who lives with dementia.
The film was funded by the Dementia Trust and co-produced with carers from South Asian backgrounds in the Crawley area. The film is inspired by their stories. In some communities there is an element of stigma or shame around dementia.
The film received coverage by BBC South East today.
The highly anticipated trailer for Marvel Studio’s, Eternals released his week featuring a stellar cast including, Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek.
You can catch Saaj dancing next to Kumail Nanjiani in an unprecedented Bollywood dance spectacle in the MCU.
Saaj was fortunate to work with Director Chloe Zao and Choreographer Nileeka Bose who bought together 50 South Asian dancers for the scene.
The scene was rehearsed and filmed over four days at Pinewood Studios in London. Eternals releases 5th November 2021.
Saaj is leading a newly-commissioned film by Leeds based artist Karanjit Panesar to be showcased at 2 Queens Gallery in Leicester.
The film uses a narrative structure called a ‘strange loop’; a device that involves multiple levels of reality that are nested inside each other. Strange loops are often found in stories of time travel and the supernatural, and usually result in paradoxes and general confusion.
Actor, Container follows characters Saaj and Chandni, who are pulled between these kinds of levels, only to wind up back where they started. It is a recurring dream in tandem.
“A Game Of Two Halves”
This is Saaj’s debut leading a feature film. Principal photography took place in the UK and Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, the world’s largest film studio complex. The film will be released summer 2020.
By Shirley Day & Sheila Nortley
"When Sanjay, a young student decides to venture to Washington on a school fellowship programme to pursue the love of his life a twist of fate causes him to end up in a poverty stricken part of India where he teaches football whilst learning a lot about himself"
A short film about the troubles and woes of a rough sleeper, his addiction, and the fate of the man that tried to help him.
This was shot in the streets of Ilford. A number of night shoots captured the gritty nature of East London after hours, when drug dealers and the homeless among roam at large. Produced by Thorngate Films and Directed by Sukhvinder Singh Durhailay and Gurpal Singh.
A short film in collaboration with PBL Jewellers about siblings reuniting on Raksha Bandhan.
Raj has not spoken to his sister, Priya in years. Today is Raksha Bandhan which celebrates the bond between siblings. Will Raj put his family feud aside to reconcile with his younger sister? Click the video link to find out!
This short was filmed in London with Director Sanjeev Ramesh and the very talented Esha Jass.
Selected for Shangri-La Hotel’s global commercial campaign filmed in Paris.
I’ve just come back from a week of shooting in Paris for Shangri-la group’s new commercial which will be released in the coming months. It was amazing to work with such a global team. This included, Directorial team from LA, Production from France, talent from, France, Japan, South Africa and UK.
It was a truly global shoot!
A short drama about a young woman caught between her traditional upbringing and her new found dream.
This is my first role as the male lead in a film project!
Foreigner’s Pride explores the volatile marriage between Giribala and Aniket. The combination of Giribala’s new found dream and Aniket’s destructive behaviour leads to a dramatic showdown. Aniket’s affair with theatre actress Latika, threatens to end his marriage.
The film is Produced by the Met Film School and Directed by the incredible Upasana Chakraborty. It was shot in Ealing Film Studios and Canary Wharf over five days. I learnt so much working with my co-star Ruchi Ranjan.
The final day of filming coincided with my birthday! The whole team organised a cake for me which was a lovely gesture.
Foreigner’s Pride will be released October 2019.
Short film revolving around identity and relationship boundaries.
They say the best way to learn is to go straight into the deep end. Sink or swim? It was the latter for me on this project thanks to the incredible Direction of Zachary Carruthers. This short is produced by Eliza Zandanel and the Central Film School in London. It centres around the relationship between a Alexi and her son Julian who’s worlds become turned upside down by the arrival of Chaviv.
My character Chaviv. skirts the line between love and power as he manipulates his lover Alexi and her son Julian, in more ways than one. I had to audition twice for the part and I had an amazing experience acting with Julie and Timotei Cobeanu.
His Mother’s Nakedness will be released in November 2019.
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