In the early month July 2010, Dipankkar Saha, a student of History(BA), from Scottish Church College decided to show case the day which is considered as the most important day in the history of our country. The Independence day, in modern times. This documentary will show very briefly, how the people of India got freedom from the British rule, and the second half will show case the present situation, how people, today react on this very day. At the end, the question that will remain is that 'do we still hold the same sentiments as it was in the past?'
The rest will be left to the audience/viewers to decided, what went wrong in all these years, or is it just what should be...
~ Overview ~
Director: Dipankkar Saha
Idea & Script: Dipankkar Saha
Produced by: -
Editing: Sourav Dutta
Still Photography & Art Direction:
Dipankkar Saha, Souvik Ghosal,
Sourav Dutta, Govind Madhav Jha
Sound Mixing: Sourav Dutta
Genre: Documentary
Film Type: Short Documentary
Run Time: -
Country: India/Kolkata
Language:Bengali (ES)
Colour: Colour
Director: Dipankkar Saha
Idea & Script: Dipankkar Saha
Produced by: -
Editing: Sourav Dutta
Still Photography & Art Direction:
Dipankkar Saha, Souvik Ghosal,
Sourav Dutta, Govind Madhav Jha
Sound Mixing: Sourav Dutta
Genre: Documentary
Film Type: Short Documentary
Run Time: -
Country: India/Kolkata
Language:Bengali (ES)
Colour: Colour
~ Voice Over ~
Dipankkar Saha
~ Special Thanks ~
Principal, staffs & students of St. Margaret School
Manu Square Authority
Arjun (flute)
Dipankkar Saha
~ Special Thanks ~
Principal, staffs & students of St. Margaret School
Manu Square Authority
Arjun (flute)
The Narration...
On the day of narration, there was only 3 people, but slowly it became large, as large as the strength of an entire college. Today, when the editing is half way done, the entire college of Scottish Church is waiting to see the documentary. It was a shaky start, but soon we realized that help is always waiting, we just need to step forward.
On the very first day, we were sure of one thing that this project is going to be a real challenge, its not a fiction, its a documentary. Whenever it came to our mind, we got lost. We had no idea about making documentaries. We had no idea where to start from. Documentary films do not have any pre-planned script, its a research work that provide the initial inertia for the production to kick of.
The Production...
On 8th Aug 2010, we decided to chalk out the entire production pattern. We decided to start the shooting from 13th Aug onwards. As planned we took the best possible shoots, interviews, still images, activities. Unfortunately, on 15th Aug we got the least number of footage for the film. The day was like a 'national strike'. There were flags on the road side, but there was no people on road. The roads were empty, there were very less vehicles. We never thought that the independence day would look like this. There were political flags, more & larger in number than the national flag. At some places we saw the political flags were much much bigger in size than the national flag. Long lines in front of ration shops, people eating, sleeping and even taking bathe on the road sides. Though this is a very common sight, but the question is 'won't this change?'
Modern India has grown up, its getting better every day. But just for once we need to think that 'is it really what it looks like?' Is this change, is for the good ? All this questions suddenly popped up in our mind. Exhausted, we returned home.
On the day of narration, there was only 3 people, but slowly it became large, as large as the strength of an entire college. Today, when the editing is half way done, the entire college of Scottish Church is waiting to see the documentary. It was a shaky start, but soon we realized that help is always waiting, we just need to step forward.
On the very first day, we were sure of one thing that this project is going to be a real challenge, its not a fiction, its a documentary. Whenever it came to our mind, we got lost. We had no idea about making documentaries. We had no idea where to start from. Documentary films do not have any pre-planned script, its a research work that provide the initial inertia for the production to kick of.
The Production...
On 8th Aug 2010, we decided to chalk out the entire production pattern. We decided to start the shooting from 13th Aug onwards. As planned we took the best possible shoots, interviews, still images, activities. Unfortunately, on 15th Aug we got the least number of footage for the film. The day was like a 'national strike'. There were flags on the road side, but there was no people on road. The roads were empty, there were very less vehicles. We never thought that the independence day would look like this. There were political flags, more & larger in number than the national flag. At some places we saw the political flags were much much bigger in size than the national flag. Long lines in front of ration shops, people eating, sleeping and even taking bathe on the road sides. Though this is a very common sight, but the question is 'won't this change?'
Modern India has grown up, its getting better every day. But just for once we need to think that 'is it really what it looks like?' Is this change, is for the good ? All this questions suddenly popped up in our mind. Exhausted, we returned home.
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