CRAZYY

A Short Film by Pankul Gupta

A Production
LOGLINE
Jeetu, a young office servant
tries everything to win the love
of his wife Kalyani, who rejects
him on the first night of their
marriage.
 SHORT SYNOPSIS
JEETENDRA (Jeetu) a teamaker, gets married to the girl of his dreams, KALYANI. But on the first night his fantasy
shatters when she turns him down as she is uncertain of her first sexual act. He obliges but sadly loses focus in work
and also magic of his tea.
Kalyani has a past, she was involved with someone. But who? A boy is revealed. She talks to her dear friend Aishwarya
of a way out, who instead wants Kalyani to accept Jeetu and move on. She is unable to decide. Her mother is ashamed
of her and thinks she has done a sin.
Kalyani rejects Jeetu night after night resulting in a lot of sexual tension in the single room they live in.
Regular complaints lead to downfall of the canteen business. Jeetu’s oversmart friend Chirayu
believes that something is fishy. But what? Will Jeetu & Kalyani be married forever
or will Kalyani takes the decision to come out?
Will Jeetu finds the truth or will he find true love?
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 ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Pankul Gupta is an alumni of the prestigious St. Xavier’s
College, Mumbai where he pursued advertising & film
production and later won the best adfilm award for his
diploma film on Indian railways.
He started his career as an assistant director with various
production houses of Mumbai like Chrome Pictures &
Cutawayy films making high budget advertising films. He then
went on to work as a film programmer for Int’l Film Festival of
India (Goa) which is one of the most reputed film festivals in
the world.
For the last 5 years he is working as a writer, director and
producer executing brand films for corporate giants, media
agencies, NGOs and individual artists. Till now he has made
two professional short films, which were both in the genre of
comedy and have won 9 film awards after getting selected in
more than 15 film festivals.
He has also worked on a couple of TV shows as a scriptwriter
and a web series as a creative director which has a combined
view of more than 1 million on YouTube.
Crazzy will be his 3rd short film post which he aims to make
his first feature film.
PREVIOUS FILMS
CO-WRITER
Manav Vigg is a former fellow of India's leading screenwriting
competition, Mumbai Mantra Mahindra Screenwriting lab with his
debut script "Likkar Theka" which was mentored by leading
filmmakers of the world. He is also a published author whose debut
novel, Confused Bastards, has garnered positive reviews and is
available on leading platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, Juggernaut and
major book stores of the country. The novel has been optioned by
a leading production house in Mumbai for a web series adaptation.
In 2011, he produced an English language Independent film
starring Tom Alter & Seema Biswas, titled "With Love, Delhi!"
which was released in India by the Times of India group.

Currently he is about to release his 2nd novel and is developing

another feature film screenplay. He aims to become a producer
and a show runner in the future bringing out the stories he deeply
believes in.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Gaurav Raturi is an alumni of one of India's finest
academic institution, The Delhi School of Economics.
With a keen eye of discovering talent in the
entertainment business, he has been curating and
screening short films of upcoming & established
filmmakers across India for the last 8 years. He runs
First Cut, an exclusive cinema viewing program to
exhibit films in various cities of India. He is a regular
consultant and curator for many film festivals and
screening platforms in India. He is a video producer and
creates brand films for multiple NGOs and corporations
in the country.
With his company Filmbooth, Gaurav wants to lead
further into independent film production and bring
rooted stories to the big screen
ABOUT FILMBOOTH
Filmbooth is a New Delhi based Film Curation and Video
Content Creation company, with an expertise in building
Film Festivals on various concepts as well as entertainment
themes. In the last few years, we have executed 8 Film
Festivals and more than 30 Film Events, curating more than
500 films and have built a community of 500 filmmakers,
along with a network of 1500 Video Content Creators and
over 5,000 Cinema lovers across India
PROJECT PLAN
STEP 1: Script
After several rewrites the 12 page script is ready

STEP 2: Pre Production

Preparations have already begun at our end. We
will take approx. 1.5 months once we raise funds to
execute the film.
STEP 3: Actual Shoot
Total Shooting Days : 4-5 days

STEP 4: Post Production

Approx. 20-30 days

START to FINISH will be 90 days.

TIMELINES
APRIL – MAY ’19 : Research and Script Finalisation
JUNE : Lookout for a Financial Collaborator
JULY : Pre-Production to Begin
AUGUST : Workshop & Shoot
SEPTEMBER : Final Cut Ready
SEP’19- 20: Submissions to Top LGTBT festivals worldwide
OCTOBER 2020: Online Release
 FILM FESTIVAL STRATEGY
• Being an LGBTQ love story, the film will be exclusively
targeted at all the LGBTQ film fest in the world.
• The story of Crazyy is such that this film is equally engaging
for any general viewer. And hence we will target the film to
major film fest in the world because we strongly believe
that anyone can enjoy this film and empathise with it.
• Apart from festivals, Filmbooth will create multiple
screenings across India and build buzz about the film

*Director’s last 2 short films have cracked 15 short film festivals and this
experience will come in handy in creating a festival strategy.

*Filmbooth has a wide network of screening platforms across India which will be
useful in taking the film to the audience and doing paid screenings.
RELEASE
• The ultimate target is to make a very
engaging and impactful film which finds a
universal connect with the audience so that it
can be released digitally and cost can be
recovered
• Monetisation would be explored for OTT
Rights, Screening Rights, and VOD/online
rights
• Trends show that short films will very soon
be profitable
COST OF PRODUCTION
A. We plan to shoot on a feature film camera like Red Dragon,
Canon 1D, OR Canon c3 500.
B. Shooting will take place in real locations with detailed production
design
C. Dialogues will be recorded on location and then mixed in Dolby
5.1 for an authentic viewing experience
D. Only professional actors and experienced crew will be hired
E. The film will go through all stages of post production like sound
design, sound mixing, color grading etc. to achieve the best quality.
F. The film will have an original background score
RETURNS
• You will come onboard as a producer/presenter of the film
• You will own 90% equity of the film (equity depends on your
contribution), rest 10% is ours as IP creators.
• All cash rewards from the festival will go directly to the main producer as
per equity.
• There is no such joy in the world but to see your name on the big screen.
• This is the best time to make a queer film and capture the moment. Who
knows what all can happen.
• Great opportunity to present the film physically at festivals, screenings
etc and interact with the audience and filmmakers and further your
network.
• Great opportunity to learn the art of making movies in India if you are
new to the industry and then use the experience to make a feature film.
THE RISE OF THE INDIAN
QUEER
• This is the moment when the LGBTQ community of
India is on a rise. They want to be heard and they want
to tell their own story.
• In a major verdict, Section 377 of Indian Penal Code
which criminalised homosexuality in India has been
termed irrational by the supreme court of India, bringing
respect and existence to the Indian queer.
• The existence of queer in mainstream content like Made
in Heaven, Bombay Talkies, Four More Shots and above
all, Ek Ladki ko Dekha toh tells a lot about the upcoming
queer stories in India
• Recently India's national sprinter Dutee Chand becomes
the first sportstar to come out as a queer.
Connect with us

Gaurav / Pankul
9971990162/9818061285
Gaurav@filmbooth.in/
pankulatwork@gmail.com

www.filmbooth.in