Private Project

Black Label

In order to retrieve his share from a diamond heist a Mumbai cop finds & confronts his young drug-addict partner, who's hiding in a shady neighborhood. But the junkie is clueless about the diamonds. It's been fifteen days since the heist and their third partner, a smuggler, who has the diamonds is missing. Will everything go according to the plan or has fate planned something else for them?

  • Amyth Patkar
    Director
  • Amyth Patkar
    Writer
  • Dipti Patkar
    Producer
  • Chittaranjan Giri
    Key Cast
    "The Cop"
    Lathe Joshi, Baba, Gulaal, 1971, Super 30, Bhonsle,
  • Shivam Rai
    Key Cast
    "The Junkie"
  • Vijay Veer
    Key Cast
  • Prabhakar More
    Key Cast
  • Shekhar Gaikwad
    Key Cast
  • Shailesh Nangare
    Key Cast
  • Jivak Davare
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Crime, Drama, Thriller, Suspense
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 27, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi, Marathi
  • Shooting Format:
    4K Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 9th DADA SAHEB PHALKE FILM FESTIVAL
    New Delhi
    India
    April 30, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MALVAN 2019
    Malvan
    India
    June 5, 2019
    BEST ACTOR
  • AAB INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Moga, Punjab
    India
    June 23, 2019
    BEST DIRECTOR
  • GLANCE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
    Mumbai
    India
    September 3, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • PARANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Paraná
    Argentina
    September 6, 2019
    South American Premiere
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • INDIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON
    Boston
    United States
    September 15, 2019
    North American Premiere
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SHIMLA
    Shimla
    India
    October 4, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • NEXGN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
    Pune
    India
    October 5, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • JAMMU FILM FESTIVAL
    Jammu
    India
    September 26, 2019
    BEST ACTOR
  • 4TH INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL PUNE
    Pune
    India
    December 15, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV
    LONAVALA
    India
    December 12, 2019
    BEST ACTOR
  • SARAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Chhapra
    India
    December 3, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
    LOS ANGELES, HOLLYWOOD
    India
    December 12, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • ICH INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
    Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur
    India
    December 18, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • JOHN ABRAHAM INTERNTIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Kozhikode, Kerala
    India
    December 14, 2019
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • NEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL
    NEW DELHI
    India
    January 18, 2020
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • TUPELO FILM FESTIVAL
    Tupelo
    United States
    April 16, 2020
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • SINDHUDURG NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Devgad, Maharashtra
    India
    March 5, 2020
    BEST MUSIC, JURY AWARD FOR BEST FILM
  • NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY & SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
    Thrissur, Kerala
    India
    March 5, 2020
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • 3rd SOUTH ASIAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    India
    April 16, 2020
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • JAIPUR FILM WORLD
    Jaipur
    India
    April 3, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
    Bengaluru
    India
    August 13, 2020
    Online Digital Premiere
    Official Selection, Indian Competition Section
Director Biography - Amyth Patkar

Amyth is a self trained Writer, Director, Music Composer, Sound Designer based in Mumbai. A Computer Engineer by profession, he started pursuing theatre and composing music for plays, shorts films while working full time from 2004. After a couple of years, balancing both the acts became difficult and he quit his job. In the due course he was exposed to a plethora of world cinema which motivated him to be a filmmaker. He co-produced a few short films from 2007 to 2010. Black Label is his first directorial venture.

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Director Statement

Black Label unfurls an uncanny relationship between people who are almost strangers. Though the base of the story is that of a thriller, I have tried to give it a raw, realistic perspective and that I think, makes Black Label unique. I hope it reaches out to you in the same way as I intend to. A huge thanks to my entire team for supporting an indie filmmaker like myself.