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Sound (Nadam)

Nadam (Sound)- An experiential introductory film for Indian Music Experience, India's first permanent interactive museum of Indian Music. The film, designed to play in a 180º immersive circular projection, showcases a vibrant glimpse into the uniqueness and diversity of the Music of India. The story is of a young girl (Shruti) who wakes up disturbed and scared by the sounds of the night. Her mother comforts her and shows her every sound is a musical note. She then proceeds to take her daughter on a beautiful audio-visual journey, showcasing the diverse origins and the eclectic evolution of Indian Music.

  • Indrajit Nattoji
    Director
    Film Director: Aafat-e-Ishq
  • Blink Pictures
    Production House
  • Indrajit Nattoji
    Writer
  • Santayan Sengupta
    Writer
  • Indrajit Nattoji
    Producer
  • Gaurav Chatterji
    Music Composer
  • Upasana Nattoji Roy
    Director of Animation
  • Indrajit Nattoji
    Story and Concept
  • Nandita Nattoji
    Key Cast
    "Ma"
  • Nandini Nattoji
    Key Cast
    "Shruti"
  • Nandita Nattoji
    Voice Over
  • Indrajit Nattoji
    Animation Artist
  • Indrajit Nattoji
    Camera
  • Indrajit Nattoji
    Creative Director
  • Upasana Nattoji Roy
    Art Director & Compositing
  • Switch Studios
    Animation and Visuals Effects
  • Manasi Prasad
    Museum Director, Indian Music Experience (IME)
  • Anish Gohil Song Bird Studios
    Mix & Master
  • Ginny Diwan
    Song Lyrics:
  • Anand Bhaskar
    Singer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Nadam
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 10, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    6990:1200
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Indian Musem Experiance Museum Opening
    Bangalore
    India
    December 24, 2020
  • Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2022
    Tokyo
    Japan
    Honorable Mention- Best Short Film
  • INDIE SHORT FEST
    Los Angeles International Film Festival
    United States
    Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Sound (Nadam) Best Children Short: Sound (Nadam)
  • 12th Dadasaheb Film Festival 2022
    New Delhi
    India
    April 30, 2022
    Honorary Jury Mention
  • Mumbai International Film Festival
    Mumbai
    May 29, 2022
    Official Selection, International Competition (Animation)
  • Global Shorts

    Winner. Award of Excellence
  • IndieX Film Fest

    Best Children Short, Best Animation Short
  • BISFF (Bengaluru International Short Film Festival) 2022
    Bengaluru
    India
    August 12, 2022
    Finalist, Animation Competition Section
  • 11th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-22
    Kolkata
    India
    July 24, 2022
    WINNER Sound (Nadam) BEST MUSIC
Distribution Information
  • Indian Music Experience
    Country: India
Director Biography - Indrajit Nattoji

Indrajit Nattoji is a Master of Design graduate from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, specializing in Film and Graphic Design. He is an award-winning director, writer, and producer and has run his own production house, Blink Pictures, for the last 22 years.

Indrajit has directed and produced over 400 TVCs, designed several TV-Broadcast Brands, and written and directed a Bollywood feature film, Aagey Se Right, produced by UTV. He has also conceptualized and created two large-scale film installations for the Indian Music Experience Museum of Indian Music in Bangalore. As an artist, Indrajit has created a hand-painted music video for Kavita Seth's Rangi Saari and exhibited his paintings in art galleries in Kolkata and Mumbai, India.

Indrajit's latest release is AAFAT-e-ISHQ, a Hindi feature film produced by Zee Studios for the OTT platform, Zee5. He has commenced a film installation project for a museum on the journey and birth of India as a republic. Indrajit has also created Visual design and VFX for a feature film for release on a leading OTT platform, and he is in pre-production for his next feature film.

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Director Statement

The brief for Nadam was to create an introductory film for the Indian Music Experience Museum. How does one encapsulate millennia of Indian music spanning folk, classical, film and more in 5-minutes? Where does one even start?
I decided to start with the fundamental element of music- Sound. Every sound is a musical note, and the arrangement of musical notes makes a melody that creates a musical composition. And tell this story simply as an enthraling bedtime story for a child. I decided to narrate this with animation art, a medium with which I can create a beautiful abstract visual soundscape to showcase the eclectic journey of the evolution of Indian music. My muse was my then 8-year-old daughter, who plays young Shruti in the film.

I grew up in a household where music and art were essential aspects of daily life, and this project was an opportunity to explore and amalgamate both of my passions. This film is for my little daughter and my wife. And for my late mother, who introduced me to this beautiful musical journey.