"Swaad" - The Taste
"Swaad" – The Taste is a story of a 9 years old poor boy’s struggle who lives with his single mother in a semi -urban area in Delhi, who desires to taste something delicious after returning from school which leads him into series of incidents starting from stealing milk from nearby dairy, selling junk for money and snatching fruit cake from the hands of the neighborhood boy which puts him in a trouble.
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Kuldeep KumarDirector
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Kuldeep KumarWriter
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Abhishek YadavWriter
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Kuldeep KumarProducer
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Ashish (Protagonist)Key Cast
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Sachin(Suraj's friend)Key Cast
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Anita (Suraj's Mother)Key Cast
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Pawan MandalKey Cast
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AnkitKey Cast
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:24 minutes 35 seconds
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Completion Date:January 9, 2017
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Production Budget:3,000 USD
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:Hindi
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Haryana International Short Film Festival 2017Kurukshetra, Haryana
India
April 14, 2017
Haryana, India
Best Child Actor Award -
Acharya Tulsi Short Film Festival 2017Bikaner, Rajasthan
India
June 11, 2017
Rajasthan, India
Special Mention Jury Award -
New Delhi Short Film FestivalDelhi
India
November 9, 2017
Special Appreciation Award -
NPS International Children's Film FestivalGuwahati, Assam
India
November 24, 2017
Official Selection -
SETEM Akademi B.A.k Kids Film Yarismasi ve Uluslararasi Ipekyolu Film FestivaliIstanbul
Turkey
January 15, 2018
Official Selection -
Best of India Short Film FestivalCalifornia
United States
February 14, 2018
American Premier
Official Selection -
STIFF, San Mauro Torinese International Film FestivalTurin
Italy
May 25, 2018
Italy
Official Selection -
Al- Nahj International Film FestivalKarbala
Iraq
April 2, 2018
Iraq
Official Selection -
CMS International Children's Film FestivalLucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
April 5, 2018
Nominated Best Children Film -
8th Slum Film Festival 2018Nairobi
Kenya
August 29, 2018
Official Selection -
Kenya International Sports Film FestivalNairobi
Kenya
November 25, 2018
Semi Finalist -
INSHORT Film Festival 2018Lagos
Nigeria
December 22, 2018
Official Selection
Born on 25th April, 1986 Kuldeep Kumar passed out with a PG Diploma in Film Direction from SACAC, Delhi in 2008. Since then he is actively involved in TV and Films and had directed Documentary Film, Cooperate film, YoutTube shows, TVC and all other kinds of AV production. In July2013 he joined as a Producer with Doordarshan(National Broadcaster of India) where he produced around 150 quality programmes which were telecasted on National network of Doordarshan. He directed, edited and produced a 24-minute short film Swaad- The Taste. Presently he is working on the script of his first feature film.
The important thing which leads me to make this film is its simplicity and innocence which is also the USP of the film. It is a simple story with simple incidents happens with a 9 years old poor boy in a span of few hours, who desires to eat something delicious after returning from school. The film is shot on real world location on digital format. It is a children film in complete sense as all the lead characters in the film are played by the children except two supporting characters of mother and junk dealer which were played by adults. There are few scenes in film which were hard to shot and took lots of patience and retakes to get a final shot as our talent have to act in coordination with animals but overall all actors have acted very well in the film, there is a scene in the film where one of the character have to cry a aloud and calls his elder brother to help him when the protagonist snatches fruit cake from his hands and runs away, the intense of crying of the boy was so powerful and real that it gave me goose bumps while shooting of the scene. I am happy with the overall outcome of the film and my actor’s performance and I am sure the film will win audience hearts with their stunning performances.