Paapi
Ramesh is a farmer whose family used to be very affluent and influential. But now he is an orphan who has a small piece of land. Kusum's mother had set herself on fire because of the constant torturing by the villagers. She grew up orphan. When Ramesh marries Kusum and hopes to have a better future, things don't go according to the plan and in a series of events a cow is accidently killed. Now Ramesh has to live in exile as a part of the punishment. After his sentence gets over he has to perform sacred offering in the river and then invite the whole village for the death feast. Punishment has taken a toll on Ramesh and Kusum both. Slowly animals and human start to die in the village and people blame Kusum because of her past. Ramesh gets disturbed living in exile. Suddenly a pandemic hits the village and villagers had to flee. Having served his sentence Ramesh returns to the empty village like a king.
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Rohit PatidarDirector
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Bhupendra Singh ChouhanDirector
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Bhupendra Singh ChouhanWriter
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Rohit PatidarProducer
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Saurabh GuptaProducer
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Bhupendra Singh ChouhanProducer
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Bhupendra Singh ChouhanKey Cast"Ramesh"
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Ishita JoshiKey Cast"Kusum"
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Shashi RangeelaKey Cast
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Harshika ParmarKey Cast
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Ayushi ChaturvediKey Cast
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Saurabh GuptaDirector of Photography
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Aniket KaleEditor
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Siddharth KushwahSound Designer
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Nishant RamtekeBackground Music
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Project Title (Original Language):पापी
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:22 minutes 42 seconds
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Completion Date:October 15, 2020
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Production Budget:5,000 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
Rohit Patidar is an engineer turned filmmaker who is currently studying Film Direction and Screenplay Writing from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Kolkata, INDIA. Paapi is his debut film as a director.
Bhupendra Singh Chouhan is a trained actor from FTII Pune INDIA, currently working in Bollywood films and web series. He also writes and directs when he is not acting. Paapi is his first film as director
When we stumbled upon Paapi's story, we knew that we're going to make it at any cost. It took us time, a lot of setbacks but here we are. Ready to share our labour of love with everyone.