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Cheepatakadumpa

24min  |  Hindi  |  Black Comedy, Magic Realism, Short, Women, Social

'Cheepatakadumpa' follows three women over less than a day as they awaken their naughty teenage alter egos when they meet again after years, unleashing mischief on each other, and in turn on the biased patriarchal belief systems of the world they were born into. In a masculine culture that is unduly serious about making the rules that women are expected to live by, Teja, Santo and Tamanna find true and happy rebellion in the gasping throes of this mischief.
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Synopsis

'Cheepatakadumpa' follows three women over less than a day as they awaken their naughty teenage alter egos when they meet again after years, unleashing mischief on each other, and in turn on the biased patriarchal belief systems of the world they were born into. In a masculine culture that is unduly serious about making the rules that women are expected to live by, Teja, Santo and Tamanna find true and happy rebellion in the gasping throes of this mischief.

Filmmaker Bio

Devashish Makhija

Devashish Makhija

Writer, Director, Editor, Producer

Devashish Makhija has written and directed the full length feature films 'Ajji' (aka Granny) and 'Bhonsle' - both Busan BIFF and Rotterdam IFFR favourites and the multiple award winning short films 'Taandav', 'Cycle', 'Cheepatakadumpa', 'El'ayichi', 'Agli Baar' (aka And then they came for me), 'Rahim Murge pe mat ro' (aka Don't cry for Rahim LeCock), 'Absent', and 'Happy'.

He began his journey as a researcher & assistant on the iconic Black Friday directed by Anurag Kashyap. His short and feature films have competed and won awards at the international film festivals of Rotterdam, Gothenberg, Beaune, Black Nights, Busan, Glasgow, Tampere, MOMA, APSA, Barcelona, Singapore, amongst many others.

Makhija is also a man of many talents. He has had his own solo art show 'Occupying Silence'. And he is a prolific writer with a vast range- having written the bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali' and 'Why Paploo was perplexed', a Harper-Collins collection of short stories 'Forgetting', and the multiple award winning novel 'Oonga'. His anthology of poems 'Bewilderness' is out next year.

Credits

director: Devashish Makhija

writer: Bhumika Dube, Devashish Makhija, Ipshita Chakraborty Singh

producer: Sumeet Kamath, Devashish Makhija, Sreeram Ramanathan

cast: Bishna Chouhan, Bhumika Dube, Ipshita Chakraborty Singh, Annapurna Soni

Co-Producer: Bhumika Dube, Dar Gai, Saurabh Garg, Shikha Jain, Shamim Khan, Ravi Kumar, Dheer Momaya

Associate Producer: Sampat Singh Rathore

Executive Producer: Shweta Vora

Composer: Mangesh Dhakde

Cinematographer: Rohin Raveendran

Editor: Devashish Makhija, Ronak Singh

Casting Director: Bhumika Dube

Production Designer: Shamim Khan

Makeup Team: Anita Chakravadhanula, Bhumika Dube, Saras Kumar Namdeo

Production Team: Anju Chandravanshi, Nishchay Dube, Sachin Jatt, Khalid Khan, Priyanshu Maina, Lucky Raghuwanshi, Rehmaan Shaikh, Anand Yadav, Vishal Singh Yadav

Production Controller: Aashirvad Jha, Uddesh Yadav

Asst. Director: Anita Chakravadhanula, Shounak Majumdar, Saras Kumar Namdeo, Anunay Sinha, Aman Vishera

Associate Director: Kunal Mitra

1st Asst. Director: Ronak Singh

Asst. Art Director: Chhaya Arman Pandit

Sound Designer: Vinit d'Souza

Sound Recordist: Anurag Jadhao

Sound Editor: Jithin Jose

Foley Artist: Bicky Limbu, Manoj Yadav

Foley Engineer: Hiru Paban

Re-Recording Mixer: Souvik Phukan

Sound Effects Editor: Vineeth Raveendran

Asst. Sound Recordist: Sandip Sarkar

Visual Effect Artist: Kuldeep Mehta

1st Asst. Camera: Roshan Antony, Ryan Rozario

Gaffer: Raju Khan

2nd Asst. Camera: Shounak Majumdar

Costume Team: Anita Chakravadhanula, Bhumika Dube, Saras Kumar Namdeo

Post Production Supervisor: Ashish Heblekar

Colorist: Dilshad Nanji

Data Wrangler: Mangesh Patil

Mastering Editor: Anuja Thakar

Asst. Colorist: Rahul Verma

Publicity Design: Devashish Makhija, Ronak Singh

Press and Publicity: Shillpi Singh