Megha Proposal

ANTICLOCK FILMS PVT.LTD PRESENTS

I AM DIRECTED BY ONIR PRODUCED BY SANJAY SURI AND ONIR

(Project Overview) Anticlock films pvt.ltd “I AM” is an initiative taken by film director Onir and actor Sanjay Suri to make films with a vision to use the medium of mainstream sensible commercial films to spread awareness and develop a culture of watching content oriented cinema. Five short films are to be directed by Onir. Each about 20 minutes long with an unique never before told stories with five different music director’s. The five short films have the common theme of Fear and have characters moving in and out of one short into another thus linking them in terms of content and structure. The short films collectively will be called I AM. With this project we hope to bring in another dimension to independent cinema in India. The project offers the scope to different co-producers to partly co-produce any short film with the producers. We believe that independent cinema exists to give a voice to those working against the tide and outside the system. We vision is to release each film for educational/awareness/festival purposes and eventually compile all five short films into one full length film which shall be released for the general audiences. Each short will feature one known actor/actress and one or more new comers. All films will be stylized and slick providing not only a good buzz by its content but also because of its ensemble talent.

FIVE STORIES… ONE FILM… “I AM” a film defining Identity. The five shorts under the umbrella of I AM are tentatively titled: OMAR, AFIA, ABHIMANYU, MEGHA and RUDRA

ANTICLOCK FILMS PRESENT I AM

DIRECTED BY ONIR

We are writing to you with regards to a short film we are making called MEGHA, the story of a Kashmiri Pandit woman who has to go back to Kashmir after 20 years and confront her past, in a land were not much has changed. Since the end of 1989, 300,000 Kashmiri Pundits, constituting 99% of the total population of Hindus living in Muslim majority area of the Kashmir Valley, were forcibly pushed out of the Valley by Muslim terrorists. They have been forced to live the life of exiles in their own country, outside their homeland, by unleashing a systematic campaign of terror, murder, loot and arson. The Jammu and Kashmir Government, Government of India and the leading International Human Rights Organizations have failed squarely to protect the Kashmiri Pundits against Islamic terrorism. Megha is a story of two women separated by circumstances. A Kashmiri Pandit woman (Megha) who had to abandon her own home and became a part of the neglected statistics of an internal refugee and a muslim woman (Rubina) who stayed in the valley were the dark clouds of fear and repression stayed forever. CAST: Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala & Sanjay Suri LOCATION: Srinagar, Kashmir

Director: Onir Producer: Sanjay Suri and Onir Story Screenplay: Urvi Juvekar DOP: Arvind Kannabiran Music : Mithoon STATUS: Pre production, shooting to commence by Mid

September We believe that independent cinema exists to give a voice to those working against the tide and outside the system. MEGHA is one of five short films directed by Onir to tackle important issues ignored by mainstream Indian cinema. Our idea is to release each film for educational/awareness/festival purposes and eventually compile all five short films into one release for the general audiences. These topics are too important to let slide into the shadows. We at Anticlock Films call upon individuals, corporate houses, and NGOs who share in our indignation to join our cause in shedding light upon such daily tragedies. We want this project to be a completely independent, community endeavor free from studio criteria like star-power and opening weekend sales. This is a movement towards cinema that has content- entertains by way of enriching oneself.

We at ANTICLOCK FILMS offer you an opportunity to be a part of a process of the making of a film, to be a part owner of a film. You can do this my contributing monetarily for the making of the film. To that end, we’ve established three different ways to help: •

Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 – Students category. Acknowledgement on the website and the end credits. (Treated as donation)

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Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000 – Acknowledgements in the end credits( Treated as donation/pledge)

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Rs 25,000 to Rs 100,000 – Return of your contribution at the time of the final film release and acknowledgement in the end credits

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Rs 100,000 to Rs 15,00,000 – Acknowledgements in the beginning titles of the film and proportionate share in the profits.

Total budget of each short film is – Rs 30,000,00 (Rupees thirty lacs) Funds in Place by Anticlock Films – Rs 15,000,00 (Rupees fifteen lacs) Please spread word and help support a film that wants to make a difference. Thank you. • •

Contact: [email protected] Amar : +91 98337 48111

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Facebook: http://facebook.com/iamabhimanyu Blog: http://iamabhimanyu.blogspot.com/

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Website coming soon : www.iamthefilms.com

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Cheques to be made for Anticlock films pvt.ltd

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And sent to : 181 PARIKH BUNGALOW FIRST FLOOR ARAM NAGAR II J.P.ROAD VERSOVA ANDHERI WEST MUMBAI 4000 61 INDIA

Twitter: http://twitter.com/iamthefilms Blog: http://iamabhimanyu.blogspot.com/

SHOOTING TO COMMENCE BY MID SEPTEMBER. ALL SHORTS TO BE COMPLETED BY OCT 2009

MEGHA IS ABOUT A LOST HOME MEGHA IS ABOUT THE PAST REVISITED MEGHA IS ABOUT THE FUTURE LOST

THE OTHER SHORT FILMS I AM ABHIMANYU The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt of India, Prayas and UNICEF, 2007 reported that out of 12,447 children (hailing from all strata of society), 53% reported sexual abuse. Out of 12,447 children, 21% reported severe sexual abuse. Sadly, most of these incidents are never reported and innocent victims are forced to suffer in silence. The brave few that do come forward are woefully underserved by a society that prefers to look away and a legal system that doesn’t care. I AM ABHIMANYU is one of five short films addressing an important issue ignored by mainstream Indian cinema. It is the story of a child abuse survivor inspired by the true story of Harish Iyer and his struggle to reclaim his own shattered identity after 11 long years of abuse. Cast: Sanjay Suri Radhika Apte Shernaz Patel Anurag Kashyap & Rahul Bose Music Singer Lyrics

Rajiv Bhalla KK Amitabh Varma

Location : Shot in Bangalore Status

: Shoot completed in Bangalore, JULY 2009.

Abhimanyu and Omar have been nominated in the new category of Best Educational Movie, Triangle Media Group (UK) Global Award Nominations for 2009 on basis of script. www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/05/18/12881/index.html I AM OMAR

A film that portrays the nexus between the police and male sex workers to harass Gay men by using article 377. Cast: RAHUL BOSE ABHIMANYU SINGH ARJUN MATHUR Music: Vivek Philip Lyrics: Amitabh Varma Location: To be shot in Mumbai Status

: Pre production, shoot dates 17-19th August’ 2009

I AM AFIA

Cast: Kalki Koechlin Arjun Mathur Music: Euphoria Location: To be shot in Delhi Status

: Pre production, shooting to commence in the first week of October.

The film is important as it highlights the struggle of an individual against a corrupt yet powerful organisation. It is most unfortunate, when the very people who pretend to be our saviours, wrong us. We believe that independent cinema exists to provide a voice for those that are working against the tide and outside the system. AFIA is one of five short films directed by Onir, which tackles important issues ignored by the mainstream Indian cinema.

The idea is to release each film for educational/awareness/festival purposes and eventually compile all five short films into one release for the general audiences.

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