Help Valmik Make His Next Movie!

Hi everyone, my name is Valmik Puri. I am a filmmaker born and raised in New Delhi. I am currently in my final year studying the craft at the School of Visual Arts in New York. I have made 7 short films so far, some of them have received awards and acclaim at film festivals in both New York and India. You can read more about my creative journey in this article: https://boldjourney.com/meet-valmik-puri/

 

This fundraiser is to help fund my new movie: LALSA. It is a 25 minute short film: a psychological drama, punctuated by misplaced romance and adolescent lust. The whole team is pouring their soul into it to bring it to life. The film will be shot in Delhi from 2nd to 9th January 2025.

 

LALSA is the Hindi word for desire, ambition, and longing. The film explores a collision of lives, desires, dreams, and socio-economic power structures. The film is a character study of Rohan: a 15 year old cauldron of emotions. He is lonely, has withering self-esteem. He has a lack of sexual connection and is a cocktail of hormones and testosterone with nowhere for all that to go. An act of kindness from Rupa, a 20 year old aspiring dancer and house help, sets the story in motion. She operates to the pulsing beat in her head while going through the paces of her daily life. Uninhibited by the constraints of her class. Her act of kindness leads her into a whirlpool of complications and brings her dreams to the brink of collapse.

 

We are aiming to raise $7,000 in order to fund the project. This money will be allocated towards renting equipment, paying the cast and crew, dressing the sets, sourcing wardrobe and props.

 

Bodhisattva Sharma, acclaimed actor of Pataal Lok (Amazon Prime) and All India Rank (Netflix) is playing Rohan, alongside the talented Mansi Sehgal, playing Rupa. Gifted actors: Hardeep Gupta, Shashank Bhatia, Kabir Puri and Mukesh Bhatt make up a dynamic, energetic supporting cast. 

 

We believe this will be a truly exciting film and can’t wait to share it with the world. We will be submitting the film to festivals around the globe and hope to get streaming distribution.

 

We need your generosity to make this project come to life. Any amount is deeply appreciated!

 

Thank you so much. See you at the movies!