Picture Perfect

An upwardly mobile indian american physician and his socialite wife have achieved material success as immigrants in the United States. Their happiness and self-esteem is further boosted when both their children choose to pursue lucrative professions. The only regret for the father is that he has not yet been able to procure membership to an exclusive golf club especially since his rival and best friend has been able to get into the club before him. As the story develops, other cracks emerge to mar the happiness of the family till things come to a head and we find that things are not always as they seem on the surface.

  • Suneeta Misra
    Director
    A Good Match (short film/fiction), Tinka Tinka: A Dream of Education in Modern India (Documentary), Sherlock Sai (A TV pilot), A Dream for Change (documentary on Artist Anu Das)
  • Suneeta Misra
    Writer
    A Good Match (short film/fiction), Tinka Tinka: A Dream of Education in Modern India (Documentary), Sherlock Sai (A TV pilot), A Dream for Change (documentary on Artist Anu Das)
  • Suneeta Misra
    Producer
    A Good Match (short film/fiction), Tinka Tinka: A Dream of Education in Modern India (Documentary), Sherlock Sai (A TV pilot), A Dream for Change (documentary on Artist Anu Das)
  • Sushil Rattan, Samira Awasthi, Sangeeta Agrawal, Goldie Manocha, Arjun Awasthi, Isha Misra
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 4, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No

  • North America Premiere
Director Biography - Suneeta Misra

Filmography for Suneeta Misra, Writer, Director
1. Teacher/Educator 1999-Present, State of Maryland
2. Grant writer 1996-1999, DC Public Schools
3. Directed a Documentary: “Tinka Tinka: A Dream of Education in Modern India, August, 2011
Accepted at the DC South Asian Film Festival, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2012
Accepted at worldkids international film festival, Mumbai, 2012
4. Directed a Short Promo: Gandhi Degree College, 2012
5. Wrote the script for a short film, “Recuperation,” 2012, Shown at the DC South Asian Film Festival, June 1-3, 2013
6. Edited a Film for Montgomery County Media, “A Life Well Lived” 2012,http://www.mymcmedia.org/life-well-lived/
7. Directed and wrote the screenplay for a short film : A Dream for Change: Artist Anu Das, 2013, Montgomery County Media, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIYwdjwIyWw
8. Directed a Pilot TV Episode: Sherlock Sai, 2013 (https://vimeo.com/70344520)
9. Directed short film “A Good Match” January 2014 (http://vimeo.com/83666906). Shown at DC South Asian Film Festival, September 2014, the Chennai International Short Film Festival, February 16th, 2015, Ahmednagar Short Film Festival, Pune Short Film Festival.
10. Directed a 8 minute promo, “The Tawaifs of Basuka,” for a documentary that I intend completing in 2016-2017

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Suneeta Misra: Writer, Director,
Biography
I have been a Maryland public school teacher for the last 20 plus years. I made a documentary on the education of dalit girls in modern India in 2011. As part of this documentary, I explored the challenges faced by young dalit girls in their goal of achieving a high school education. This documentary has been shown as part of World Kids International traveling Film Festival at Mumbai, India and at the DC South Asian Film Festival held on June 1-3, 2012 in Washington DC. I have also made a short film on a local artist called Anu Das which was shown at an Art Exhibition, “Breaking Boundaries, Voices of Hope,” at Carroll Community College in April, 2014. I have made a promotional short film on Gandhi Degree College and a pilot for a proposed TV series called Sherlock Sai. Prior to completing “Picture Perfect,” I made a fictional short film, “A Good Match” which was shown at the 2015 Delhi International Film Festival and won the best actress award. In addition to making films, I have written and published two works of fiction, “Rani of Rampur” and “Of Kings and Queens” both of which are available on Amazon. I have also written several short stories and screenplays. One example is the “Epiphany” which has been published by a well regarded writer’s blog (http://www.thewritersdrawer.net/an-epiphany.html). I am currently working on a documentary project called “The Tawaifs of Basuka” which focuses on a 500 year old community of courtesans in a small village in northern India.