Help Bring The Heart's Memory to Life

Dear Friends and Supporters,

My name is Kris Rajan and I’m seeking your support to produce "The Heart's Memory", a poignant 20-minute drama short film, set in India. This story captures a single, heart-wrenching moment: Divya (45), a devoted daughter, faces quiet anxiety as she hopes her father (80) can recognize her dying mother, Savitri, one last time.

The film is a subtle tale that explores love, loss, and the fragile threads of memory, and is inspired and informed by personal experiences with dementia-laden elders. The goal is to blend cultural authenticity with raw emotion to enable global resonance.

The ​screenplay is complete and a pair of prominent Indian actors, as well as professional technicians, are attached to the project. Your donations will fund production costs, including a pair of prominent Indian actors, professional crew, and post-production. We aim to share this story at international film festivals.

Every contribution, big or small, helps tell a story of human connection. Please support us today!

With gratitude,

Kris

KRIS SURESH RAJAN

Kris is an emerging filmmaker currently in financing for an Indian feature drama with an Indian producer and major international actor attached. The screenplay was selected as a finalist for the 2024 NYU Tisch Studio Development Lab; and the project is in financing, attracting interest from co-producers in France and the United States.

In addition, he is developing several other film and TV projects, including a narrative short focused on elderly dementia. Previously, his feature film treatment Tolerance was selected for development at the 2020 Torino NEXT Film Lab. His feature screenplay The Ward was one of six screenplays selected at India’s prestigious NFDC Screenwriter’s Lab.

Kris served as an editor on John Sayles’ feature Go For Sisters, which premiered at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival. He has worked on numerous shorts and feature documentaries, including PBS Nova’s Rise of the Drones and documentarian Jake Clennell’s IYENGAR: the Man, Yoga, and The Student's Journey.

Kris studied film at NYU, where he was awarded the Technisphere Award for outstanding creative achievement. In addition, he was a finalist for both the Sundance Sloan Commissioning Grant and the Charles Wallace Arts Trust (India) Award.

Kris also holds a master's degree in Media from Fordham University and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.