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바카라˜4 Shades Of Leap바카라™ Director Indranil Banerjee: I Don't Make Commercial Movies For Money

Filmmaker, editor, and writer Indranil Banerjee discusses his journey and career in the film industry and talks about his upcoming projects.

Indranil Banerjee's recent short film was 'Urmimala.'
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Filmmaker Indranil Banerjee started his career with short-films and is now a recipient of more than 70 awards and 130 plus worldwide official selections. The director's most recent release 바카라˜Urmimala바카라™ was his first attempt at drama as his genre is thriller-comedy.

In an interview with outlook, the filmmaker talks about his recent offering as he says,"바카라˜Urmimala is a trauma and the movie has twists, with a little bit of thriller touch."

The 29-year-old director, who is also an editor and writer, said that he does not make commercial films for money and his inspiration flows from Satyajit Ray and Tapan Sinha to Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan.

The filmmaker바카라™s favourite genre with no doubt is 바카라œthriller-comedy바카라 and his mini series 바카라˜4 Shades Of Leap바카라™ was hailed as India바카라™s first horror anthology. The director said that he was extremely lucky during the lockdown phase, 바카라œJust around March or April we finished filming 바카라˜4 Shades Of Leap바카라™, (Leap because 2020 was a leap year) and even with the lockdown we continued working and challenged everyone. I'm an Anurag Kashyap fan but I was disappointed after watching Ghost Stories on Netflix after which me and my team started researching and working on it (4 Shades Of Leap) and we even completed it within March.바카라

He recalled and says that making a short-film and selling the same to OTT platforms are different and difficult jobs. 바카라œFor 바카라˜4 Shades Of Leap바카라™ I first approached Kolkata바카라™s renowned OTT platforms who declined it. After which I pitched to Amazon Prime, MX Player and Apple TV and was later on distributed by MX Player and Amazon Prime US. It went extremely viral and people loved it바카라, he said.

The Kolkata filmmaker who has previously made films like 바카라˜The Chase바카라™ (2015), 바카라˜The Mirage바카라™ (2016), 바카라˜Trinayani 바카라”The 3rd Eye바카라™ (2017), 'Bahannoborti' (2017), 바카라˜One Night Stand바카라™ (2018), 바카라˜Hello바카라™ (2019) and 바카라˜Hakchoooo바카라™ (2020). His recent short-film 'Urmimala' which was his first attempt and 바카라˜Hello바카라™ were competing at the 7th Emirates International Short Film Festival and were screened at Vox Cinemas.

Talking about his personal favourite from the list of his own movies he said, 바카라œMy favourite definitely is my first film The Chase.It has many technical faults and camera mistakes but since it is my first it is very special to me. The word  바카라œChase바카라 indicates the inspiration and also the struggle."

Banerjee, was an official jury in the Seattle Film Festival and said that his sister is his biggest critic and after every release he awaits her feedback and comments. About his plans of venturing into Bollywood the 29-year-old director went on to say, 바카라œDefinitely I want to do something in Bollywood and want to work with my favourite actress Vidya Balan.바카라

He is currently working on a Sitcom based on the story revolving around five boys with individual genre바카라™s. 바카라œIt is my dream and my research work of three years and is a fresh content for someone who wants to laugh out loud. I think the shoot will begin by February end if everything goes well. It will be Kolkata바카라™s first sitcom," he said. He is also working on a thriller which is still in talks with the producers.

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