Private Project

Little wheels

A 13 year old's life changed when he saw a skateboarder for the first time in his town. The story of a little kid chasing his dream of his early childhood and working hard to earn that wooden board with little wheels on it.

  • Junaid Khalifa
    Director
    Uribo
  • Junaid Khalifa
    Writer
    Uribo
  • Junaid Khalifa
    Producer
    Uribo
  • Danish Juneja
    Key Cast
  • Ibrahim Juneja
    Key Cast
  • Junaid Khalifa
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 8, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Junaid Khalifa

Junaid has been making short films and short documentary films for festivals and educational purpose since the age of 21. His first feature film 'Will fly', a film about the struggles of women in rural north-east India. Junaid is known for his award-winning short documentary film called 'Mohammed Ali Road, Mumbai'.
Junaid grew up with a keen eye for film since an early age, influenced by his father who is a photographer. At the age of 17 he began with working in Bollywood as a background dancer. After a few years of assisting choreographers in the industry, he decided to pursue his career in film direction. He has made a number of short films, short documentaries and a feature film and has established his own film production project 'Osu Films'.

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Director Statement

My town has the best roads for skateboarding, All smooth concrete. So i decided to gift my skateboard to my cousins, the actual cast of the movie. And they always wanted to act in one of my project. Thus the story came to my mind.

A story that is inspired by my own childhood when i was so fascinated with skateboarding. I always dreamt of buying a skateboard growing up. The little plastic skateboard toy you'll see in the film belongs to me and i used to play with it when i was too little. And yes, i did try to build a skateboard myself. I must be 9 or 10.. it was such a failure.. my fond memories.