Life! Camera Action…

Cast: Dipti Mehta, Shaheed Woods, John Crann, Swati Kapila, Suneet Kochar, Noor Naghmi. Written by Rohit Gupta and Amanda Sodhi; music by Manoj Singh; crew of two — Rohit Gupta and Ravi Kumar R. The run. More than forty official selections across the USA, Canada, UK, Greece, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cape Verde and Australia. World premiere at the New York Indian Film Festival, October 2010; released on Facebook on 20 July 2012 (a Limca national first); DVD via ViVa Entertainment and Dynasty/FYE, then worldwide VOD from 2013.

Feature film, 90 minutes, family drama, set in New York City. Written, directed, edited and produced by Rohit Gupta. Shot guerrilla-style on a Panasonic AG-DVX100 in ten days on an initial budget of roughly $4,000 from Gupta’s own savings, and edited on a MacBook Pro. Shot by a two-member crew — Rohit Gupta and Ravi Kumar R. Score and songs composed by Manoj Singh. The song "Chalte Jaana Hain (Have to keep Walking)" was written by Rohit Gupta and performed by playback singer KK — it won Best Song at the 28th Goldie Film Awards (2012), credited to KK and Manoj Singh. The most decorated title in his filmography, including a sweep of the 28th Goldie Film Awards with seven wins (Film, Director, Editing, Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Song), the Orson Welles Award for Best Narrative Film at the California Film Awards, and Grand Jury Choice at the Oregon Film Awards. Set two Limca Book of Records national firsts. - Theatrical trailer — screened at IIFF Tampa 2011 (YouTube) - IMDb - Wikipedia