Private Project

VIHAAN The Dawn

Communal violence grips Mumbai, panic-stricken people run helter-skelter. In a curfew-hit night, eight terrified people find asylum in an auto-rickshaw driver’s dingy room. Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian people from different religion, different walks of life and different age groups are now seating in this dingy room. The outside tension soon find its way to this room, negativity spreads in the air. The people play their blame game, shredding dirt on each-others religion. But, how long will that hold the negativity and violence in the room from breaking out?

  • Aditya Prasad
    Director
  • Aditya Prasad
    Writer
  • Aditya Prasad
    Producer
  • Ali Shah, Vinod Goswami, Sulagna Chatterjee, Ishant Siddharth Kapadane, Chandrakant Taneja, S.B. Tanha, Shakti Swarup, Gautam Siddhartha & Sheetal Phatak
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 15, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    80,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    2k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Aditya Prasad

Almost for 20 years, I've been active in the field of writing, direction & editing in cinema, to represent the world with information, encouragement and entertainment. I’ve learned the nuances of writing and film making from two big names in TV and Film Industries, Sh. Anil Chaudhary & Sh. Pankaj Kapur. Have worked with both the directors from 1996 to 2005 as an associate. Since 2000 - till date, have edited several Feature films, TV series, AD films, Documentaries and AVs.

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Director Statement

The film is one of a kind that aims at awakening us that when did religion become bigger than humanity… This is the first cinema in world of its kind, which has been entirely shot in a single dingy room without capturing a single frame of any exterior.