Private Project

Tina

TINA is a psychological thriller about a woman who is haunted by an Indian classical dancer. Ultimately, she is forced her to confront herself in a way she never expected.

  • Gayatri Bahl
    Director
    First Time Filmmaker
  • Gayatri Bahl
    Writer
  • Brian Hollars
    Director of Photography
    Jurassic World, Pitch Perfect 2, Hot Tub Time Machine 2
  • Gayatri Bahl
    Producer
    The Waiting Room, Let's Dance, Just My Luck
  • Anuj Goyal
    Producer
  • Anuj Goyal
    Assistant Director
  • Gayatri Bahl
    Key Cast
    "Tina"
    Law and Order, Vinyl
  • Shalini Bathina
    Key Cast
    "Dancer"
    Grey's Anatomy, Raven's Home
  • Sarah Baskin
    Key Cast
    "Jane Friedman"
    Divorce, Blindspot
  • Surina Jindal
    Key Cast
    "Sam"
    Outsourced, Succession
  • Amanda DeSouza
    Hairstylist, Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects
  • Gayatri Bahl
    Editor
  • Anthony Dimeri
    Editor
  • Vick Krishna
    Editor
  • Bhaskar Sarma
    Sound Mixer
  • Dimitri Serov
    Production Assistant
  • Jessica Mitchell
    Production Assistant
  • Frank Baylosis
    Colorist
  • Alistair Farrant
    Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
  • Alistair Farrant
    Boom Operator
  • George Port
    Additional Re-Recording Mixer
  • Steven Tolle
    Additional Re-Recording Mixer
  • Huda Haqqani
    Production Designer
  • Huda Haqqani
    Costume Designer
  • Jared Windler
    Grip
  • Dimitri Serov
    Still Photographer
  • Jessica Mitchell
    Transportation Captain
  • Joe Brady
    Assistant Camera
  • Kelley Lord
    Line Producer
  • Lakota Ruby-Eck
    2nd Assistant Camera
  • Myles Salazar
    Gaffer
  • Nick Shuhan
    Stunt Coordinator
  • Reema Sampat
    Logo Design
  • Rushi Vakil
    Original Music/Composer
    Bhinti Maage, Winner of the Dadasaheb Falke award for best short film
  • Rushi Vakil
    Sound Editor
  • Shubham Raval
    Assistant Sound Editor
  • Sumika Rajguru
    Choreographer
  • Thomas Wilson
    VFX Supervisor
  • Mayank Anand
    Dance Costume Design
  • Shraddha Nigam
    Dance Costume Design
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Suspense, Film Noir, Fantasy
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    ProRes/DNxHD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35 (SCOPE)
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Jaipur International Film Festival
    Jaipur India
    India
    January 21, 2020
    Indian Premiere
  • 14th Annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    March 9, 2019
    World Premiere
  • Big Apple Film Festival (Winner - Best Short Film)
    New York, New York
    United States
    May 18, 2019
    US Premiere
    Winner - Best Short Film
  • New York Shorts International Film Festival
    New York, New York
    United States
    June 4, 2019
  • Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (Winner - Dark Side Award)
    Brooklyn, New York
    United States
    June 8, 2019
    Winner - Dark Side Award
  • Women's International Film & Art Festival
    New York, New York
    United States
    June 8, 2019
  • Festival of Cinema
    New York City
    United States
    August 3, 2019
    Nomination: Best Sound Editing
  • 7th Annual Chain Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    August 17, 2019
  • Fem Film Festival
    New York City
    United States
    August 22, 2019
  • Chicago South Asian Film Festival
    Chicago
    United States
    September 21, 2019
    Chicago Premiere
  • DC South Asian Film Festival
    Washington D.C.
    United States
    September 22, 2019
    Washington D.C.
  • SAG New York Short Film Showcase
    New York City
    United States
    September 26, 2019
  • Shortcut 100 Independent Film Festival
    Chicago
    United States
    September 28, 2019
  • Tasveer South Asian Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    September 29, 2019
  • Adirondack Film Festival
    Glenn Falls
    United States
    October 18, 2019
  • YoFi Fest, The Yonkers Film Festival
    Yonkers
    November 1, 2019
  • South Asian Film Festival of America
    Los Angeles
    United States
    November 2, 2019
    Los Angeles
  • Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
    Philadelphia
  • Boston Asian Ameirican Film festival
  • Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival
  • Berlin Independent Film Festival
  • Shorts on Tap
    London
Director Biography - Gayatri Bahl

Gayatri Patel Bahl is a multi-disciplinary artist, award-winning filmmaker, actress, Indian classical dancer and entrepreneur.

Gayatri’s journey has led her through Bollywood as the lead of the Hindi Film "Let's Dance"; from founding Textured, a web development company, to co-founding Leblum, a Techstars NYC 16′ company; and finally to writing, directing and starring in TINA, an award-winning short film which is currently on the festival circuit.

Performing for over 25 years, Gayatri can be seen in Mr. Robot, Showtime's The Loudest Voice, HBO's Vinyl, Law & Order SVU, the Hindi Film Let’s Dance, and Rishta.com (Netflix).

As an Indian classical dancer, Gayatri was featured by Elle Magazine's Movement Series and has graced the stage of the world renowned Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre, NYC’s SummerStage, NJPAC and has been featured in the Huffington Post, Elle Magazine US, Times of India, Real Bollywood, Sa Dance Company, Filmfare Magazine and ETC Networks.

Learn more at GayatriBahl.com

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Director Statement

As a South Asian American, there is an entire generation of us, as children of Immigrants, who connected with our heritage by training extensively in the Indian classical arts every weekend in someone's garage or basement across America. Rarely do we ever see Representation of Indian classical dance in western media. When we do, it is a caricature of Bollywood cinema as a part of a wedding sequence. Indian classical dance is so much more than that, it's the foundation of our storytelling.

In TINA, I aimed to break the stereotype of the south asian woman who is the perfect lawyer, doctor or engineer, by exploring deep conflict with my personal identity through the experience of a South Asian woman who is haunted by a part of her heritage in the form of a genre-bending thriller.