Life! Camera Action... (2012)

To be born with a personality is an inherent gift from our parents, but to live as a personality, is an achievement of our own and a return gift to our parents.

Director:

Rohit Gupta

Writers:

Rohit Gupta, Amanda Sodhi

Stars:

Dipti Mehta, Shaheed K. Woods, Noor Naghmi

14 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dipti Mehta	...	Reina
Shaheed K. Woods	...	Mike
Noor Naghmi	...	Uncle - Sherdil
John Crann	...	Professor Ed
Swati Kapila	...	Simi
Suneet Kochar	...	Lisa
Chelsi Stahr	...	Terri - Producer
Subodh Batra	...	Reina's Father
Prabha Batra	...	Reina's Mother
Lavrenti Lopes	...	Simi's Friend
Bhavesh Patel	...	Bhavesh - Patel DVD Store Owner
Krutika Desai	...	Customer at the Restaurant
Pravin Kamble	...	Customer at the Restaurant
Michael Lester	...	Student
De Goulaine Louis Ann	...	Student

Storyline

Life! Camera Action... is a moving story of an aspiring filmmaker in a quest to follow her dreams. Reina belongs to a family who prefer she rather become a doctor, engineer or an architect. Under the harsh label that the film industry takes advantage of young girls and destroys family value, Reina is faced with a hard decision: She must give up her dreams in order to keep her parents happy or go against their wishes and follow her own path.

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Plot Keywords:

dream | filmmaking | father daughter relationship | belief | film school

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Taglines:

Even Impossible says I'm Possible...

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

Hindi Panjabi English

Release Date:

20 July 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dot and Feather Entertainment, RNG Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby

Color:

Color Color (DV 24p)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The entire film was dubbed in four days with 16 actors in a recording studio in Brooklyn.

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Soundtracks

"Hain Yeh Kaisa Safar"
Written by Amanda Sodhi
Composed by Manoj Singh
Performed by Manohar Shetty
Courtesy of RNG Films

User Reviews

Path Breaking! Everyone deserves to watch this film

I am not a big foreign film aficionado, not by a long shot, but I enjoyed the movie, and being a teacher, Professor's opening scene the most. I always love to watch cinema that challenges the viewer on some level and makes us think. The main point of the story is very interesting. I'm not a heartless person, but it takes a lot to make me cry when I watch a movie. But seriously - I bawled on several occasions in this film. Ending is a real tear-jerker. . The theme is definitely universal (across any cultures) and songs are quite catchy despite being in Hindi language (I appreciated the subtitles). Based on how it's made, guaranteed it would leave you wondering how the film achieved its goal.

At first, neither the trailer nor any reviews drove me in to watching this movie. I saw it by accident on Amazon and the editorial review caught my attention. After few clicks I was flabbergasted to find out the real synopsis. 1) Started as a film school assignment to make a 10-minute short film 2) Converted to a feature length with no experience, resources, crew 3) No complete script for the film 4) Shot with a basic camera by only two member crew 5) Listed as One of the 10 Outstanding Movies made my Indian American Filmmakers along with Iconic films like Sixth Sense, Unbreakable 6) First movie shot with a 2 member crew by an Indian Filmmaker who was learning to put a film together on his own? 7) Won numerous awards and world wide acclaim. Did I miss anything? It's unbelievable. Panaromal Activity, Blair Witch Project and few other movies are known for being made under such circumstances, but never heard of anything like this!! Have you?? At this point this was it for me to get the DVD.

For a first time filmmaker, this is a phenomenal achievement. This movie should be a case study in film schools. I have added this film to my student's library ☺. Any aspiring filmmaker or a film student who has not watched this movie has not witnessed magic/brilliance/greatness of making a film with minimal resources or as they say: made in a shoe string budget and to instantly connect with the whole world. It's no surprise that the theme has connected with many nations bringing the film well deserving stupendous success. Very Inspiring. Love it! Congratulations.