Siddharth Chankya, an independent filmmaker from Indore dives into some really insightful conversation about filmmaking in India.

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Watch the trailer of Siddharth’s film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxn9o50gR0&t=5s 

Starting from his early career as a dancer to discovering his interest in theatre, he walks us through how he got into filmmaking. He also talks about why he chose to stay in Indore and make films there instead of moving to Bombay, the city of dreams and luck. 

He gives us a very detailed insight into Nepotism in Bollywood and how he chose the path of being an independent filmmaker. He talks about the importance of networking and building connections and trust among people so they are ready to help you. He tells us his jugaad of arranging locations, actors and taking his films to Indian Film Festivals where Imtiaz Ali appreciated his work. 

He then walks us through the whole process of making Niyati Chakra (his new film). He starts by talking about writing film scripts, then arranging locations, visualizing, casting, production, post-production, challenges in rendering, and learning VFX. He says it took him 3 years to make a film like that and he wishes to make only 10-15 in his career. We also talk about the challenges of independent filmmaking, the patience, and passion it requires. We talk some more about deciding genres and analyze consumer behavior. 

It is all in all a very insightful conversation for someone who wants to get into the film industry and if you are in film school and found it helpful, make sure to share it with other people in your circle because I believe this is gold for people who are in the industry. 

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In This Episode 

0:00 // introduction to sid film production,
3:29 // filmmaking and theatre in the 2010s
7:30 // nepotism and hierarchies in the industry
8:34 // sid on deciding he wants to do filmmaking
9:45 // starting to make films
13:40 // influence and support behind making films
18:34 // the making of the film
20:00 // writing the film
26:27 // background preparation
29:55 // sid’s team
30:56 // completion of the script
31:55 // production of the film
34:04 // music of the film
34:39 // scheduling the film
34:56 // casting
36:34 // shooting
38:27 // post-production
43:41 // networking
44:33 // licensing the film
44:49 // distributing the film
48:38 // patience and passion
50:57 // what’s next?
52:53 // making films for OTT platforms
56:51 // the future of sid in filmmaking
57:47 // struggling and establishing genres
1:01:01 // consumer behavior in watching content/films
1:04:10 // creating stuff you love
1:06:21 // consumer behavior and creating a brand
1:07:11// logging off/random 

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