Private Project

SHEWOLF (A pilot short-film)

A story of a girl who stumbles upon a piece of information about her adopted pet which brings her at a crossroads of finding more about her origins, and the possibility of losing her custody.

  • ANUJ HEMANT CHOUDHRY
    Director
  • ANUJ HEMANT CHOUDHRY
    Writer
  • ANUJ HEMANT CHOUDHRY
    Producer
  • KAVYA TREHAN
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    documentary, drama, animation
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 2, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English, Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Google pixel 3
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - ANUJ HEMANT CHOUDHRY

Anuj is an actor from New Delhi, India. His ancestral roots are from pre-independent India in Sindh and Rawalpindi, now a part of Pakistan. A multidisciplinary artist who starred recently in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's film, Mirzya. Over the last decade, he has worked with renowned international film directors and theatre makers who have truly shaped his craft. He resides now in London, U.K. where he is Acting, learning Indian classical music and writing his first feature film screenplay based on a mythological super-heroine character from the famous battle of The Mahabharata.

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Director Statement

Being adopted by "Shifu" in 2015-'16 has been a life changing experience. She came to me from Pune, Maharashtra close to a green belt which is situated next to the township. 'SHEWOLF' is not only a culmination of many true events, but also thematically represents how dogs reigning from their ancestors (Wolves) have been misplaced, abandoned and banished from their natural habitat to commerce, agricultural and man made industries. Much like third generation citizens like myself and generations before me have lost a part of their heritage after Nations (India/Pakistan) divided in 1947 for the sake of power and control...
'SHEWOLF' is also representative of the nurturing forces of the female energy who looks after her own, her pack, pretty much like wolves. We see the story from the eyes of 'Kavya' and 'Shifu' in real time and animation form exploring a play of duality of the two.
It is a short film, made on a Google pixel 3 phone, during quarantine and lockdowns through the waves of the recent COVID-19 pandemic in U.P. India. The film is dedicated to my father who is also seen in the short.