The Blind Date
Blind is love.
Synopsis
While it’s said that eyes are the windows to the soul, The Blind Date is a story of how blindness sometimes bares that soul. Raghav and Najma, lovers of diametrically opposite faith, have a relationship that speaks volumes of their love and connection with each other. They have seen, ironically, dreams of a future together. Lived experiences of enjoying sunsets at the beach, cherished good food and made promises, within the scope of their handicap.
A twist in the story compels Raghav to take a harsh decision, not because of lack of faith in Najma’s intentions, but because he loves her enough. Love doesn’t mean to possess, it needs to be set free.
A heartwarming story of love and sacrifice, through the eyes of blindness.
Awards & Official Selections
Indie Meme Film Festival, USA
Mumbai International Film Festival
Venus Community Awards, Turkey
Golden Wheat Awards, Turkey
El Grito de los sin Voz, Spain
Venus Community Awards
One Earth Awards, India
Vesuvius International Film Festival, Italy
Monthly Indie Shorts
Milan Gold Awards
8& Halfim Awards
Reale International Film Festival
Cast & Crew
Written & Directed by – Mihir Dhirajlal Upadhyay
Cast – Chandan P. Singh, Zeba Sheriff and Rahul Datta
DOP : Swagnik Das & Navneet Singh
Music Rohit Halder
Editor : Kashish Sharma
Good Night. Sleep Tight.
What you seek, seeks you back.
Synopsis
The film explores a life & stress of a star cop ACP Singh. He is working on a high profile case of serial murderers. Finally he is able to catch them after many months. He returns home for a success dinner with his wife & daughter. He sleeps early tired & relived from the exhausting chase.
He is woken up in the middle of the night to find the killers in his house. The go for a full fledged assault on him. He barely manages to survive. He puts a brave fight, injuring himself badly but eventually ends killing them both. He collapses due to exhaustion.
When we wakes up he discovers his wife & daughter murdered. He can’t believe his reality. He discovers through a nanny camera installed in his house for the safety of his family, that he had actually killed his family in sleep while visualizing them to be the criminals he had apprehended in the day.
He has committed what is known as homicidal somnambulism or sleepwalking murder. Sleepwalking murder, is the act of killing someone during an episode of sleepwalking.
This is a very rare but real scenario. The film has been inspired by many such unfortunate events.
Awards & Official Selections
Southern Shorts Awards – Georgia, USA
Award of Merit – Male Lead
Award of Merit – Female Lead
Award of Merit – Supporting Female
Award of Merit – Cinematography
Award of Merit – Editing
Award of Merit – Make-up & FX
7th Bangalore Film Festival Best Background Score
Cult Cinema Film Festival
Festival Mention Award
Best Editor
Best Thriller
Jury Special Award
Best Promising Film
Indian World Film Festival, Hyderabad
Honourable Jury Mention New Delhi Film Festival
Certificate of Merit 9th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival Official Selection
Cast & Crew
Written & Directed by – Mihir Dhirajlal Upadhyay
Cast – Chandan P. Singh, Zeba Sheriff and Rahul Datta
DOP : Swagnik Das & Navneet Singh
Music Rohit Halder
Editor : Kashish Sharma
Public Sab Janti Hai
Remember “पब्लिक सब जानती है |”
Felt & Fueled by Mihir D Upadhyay
Artists/ Singer Ashim Kemson & Kiara Khantwal
Music Director Ashim Kemson
Lyrics Swati Marwal & Mihir Dhirajlal Upadhyay
DOP/ Editor Deepak Kumar
Arial Photography Safwan
Costumes by Mansi Goshar Shah
Music Producer Arpit Mehta
Mixing Engineer Prasad Maha
Make-Up Vivek Upadhyay
Hair Stylist Rekha Vishwakarma
Line Producer Sahil Arora
Executive Producer Pallaak Smehta
Production Team Sujata Melekar & Nitu Roy