Private Project

Donut

Story revolves around a village migrant Avinash from North Karnataka who had arrived to Bengaluru in search of job with a support of his childhood friend Sulthan, his attempts to get a perfect living in the huge city begins but in midst of his attempt an occurrence of a modest event possibly would question his innocence.

  • Shreekara Bhat
    Director
    Confession Of A Thief
  • Shreekara Bhat
    Writer
    Confession Of A Thief
  • Shreekara Bhat
    Producer
    Confession Of A Thief
  • Deepak Raj
    Producer
    Confession Of A Thief
  • Praveen Jappinamogaru
    Producer
    Confession Of A Thief
  • Avinash Bidar
    Key Cast
    "Avinash"
    Confession Of A Thief
  • Charan Prasad
    Key Cast
    "Sulthan"
    Anamadeya Appayamma
  • Deepak Raj
    Key Cast
    "Boss"
    Feeling is mutual
  • Deepak Ram
    Cinematography
    Anamadeya Appayamma
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ಡಾನಟ್
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    110 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Kannada
  • Shooting Format:
    Blackmagic RAW
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Australia
    August 16, 2021
    Australian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
    Bengaluru
    India
    August 28, 2021
    Indian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Durgapur International Short Film Festival
    Durgapur
    India
    July 15, 2021
    Indian
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Shreekara Bhat

Shreekara Bhat grew up in Udupi, Karnataka and moved to Bengaluru to attend Post graduate college, currently working in a private firm, During graduation, Shreekara interned in a local TV channel (Spandana) in Udupi where he would create and present few small time TV contents, its here when he grew interest about films and film editing which paved a way to a series of multiple trial and error attempts in making some beginners short film contents, but it was only after moving to Bengaluru after meeting some like minded people on being introduced to world cinema masters realised the purpose of filmmaking and decided to take it up in very serious note, after a long process of understanding (still in the process of understanding) the intricate nuances of filmaking and its purpose his first short "Confession of a Thief" was made as an experimental project in order to bring learnt materials into practice, 'Donut' is a similar second attempt in telling stories that revolves around us on our daily mundane routine and might have missed due to our fast paced life. His main goal is to direct a feature film that narrates a simple yet effective human stories that come across our life every now and then also gradually learning to utilise the visual medium in becoming voice of voiceless.

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Director Statement

When Avinash the protagonist of "Donut" narrated his struggle in finding a decent job in Bengaluru and the hurdles he had to tackle to sustain any fixed job and somewhere in the process also made us reflect and recheck his position from corporate point of view in treating such menial workers, this inspired our entire team to come up with the narrative for "Donut".