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A city youth comes out with Hollywood movie
slug: ‘Amy’s Ghost’ is the first English movie to be shot in 17 days in India
By Vikas Vaidya
He is a true Nagpurian. If one have a look at his education journey then one could find that he had no connection with films. He did his MBA on International Business Strategy and Marketing from Glasgow Caledonian University and now known as filmmaker, screenwriter, guitarist and an internationally published author. He is currently a film maker in association with companies like Artz Inc. and London rain Productions came out with a movie ‘Amy’s Ghost’, the shooting of which was done at Nagpur only.
Aatish Thakur said, “The story I always tell is that we had no preparation time. The movie was conceptualized on November 10, auditions were conducted on November 20, Final casting, and screenplay was completed by December 2, grooming sessions were held from December 10 and shooting from December 22. This is the first English movie (Feature Film) to be shot in 17 days in India. This is the second movie (Feature Film) to be shot in 17 days in India after Mahesh Manjrekar’s Astitva.”
This 95 minute movie is a horror movie. When one watches it, the effect of movie takes the viewer in a different part of universe. One does not believe that the shooting is done at Seminary Hills and at our own S F S College. Amy’s Ghost is a terrifying, spine-chilling supernatural thriller with ghoulish final-frame twists. Amy’s Ghost tells the story of soul trading, a winter workshop threatened with extinction, a soul trader who aims to annihilate the more peace-loving souls in return of power.
Thakur told The Hitavada, “I wanted to demonstrate that a good Hollywood film is possible with a good script, a small dedicated, creative and technical team, few inexperienced, raw kids and some beautiful natural locations.”
Aatish loves psychological thrillers as it tests the creative quotient of a writer and the director. When he was a little kid, he loved thrillers. he always liked being surprised by the twists in the tale. He met somebody who told him about her experience -- the first few weeks after, and how disorienting it was. She was lying to everyone; she thought they were following her. He had read about all the periods of cult process and getting out or how someone got it. He just decided after that meeting it would be the project.
Thakur reccalled, “The cast was pretty much entirely handpicked by me and my Creative Director, Aditi Mandwikar. I think that a lot of times, director and producers don't let creative directors do the casting. For Amy’s Ghost we wanted new, fresh, raw but talented actors, so we held auditions and open casting for a week; we'd see every unknown actors we could see. They came in, and Pooja Chhabrani was the best to play Molly Piper.”
Aatish Thakur wrote 7 scripts and screenplays while completing his Masters and is currently finishing his first international feature film Amy’s Ghost. He has been recently signed by a private investor in Glasgow to shoot “The streets of Glasgow” due to start in April 2013. Amy’s Ghost will be released on April 17.
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with pic w/emails/pooja.jpg Pooja Chhabrani who played the role of Molly Piper
A 7 year old kid Pooja Chhabrani
Aatish has words of praise for Pooja Chhabrani, a 7 year old girl who did a lead role. He said, “She was just 7 years old during shooting. After the auditions, during the grooming sessions, I gave the kids a small scene from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Pooja hardly had a dialogue. Her face is so incredibly evocative, even when it seems still or expressionless. I realized that she was the one I was looking for. I would shoot her each scene and let her react to everything else. And as I was cutting the movie, I realized that the performance happening on Pooja’s face was just better than everything else. It's her first film, and it is her first leading role. But she comes in and she works like professionals,”
Born on 8th January 1979 to a businessman, Aatish completed his schooling from St. Frances de Sales High School, Nagpur. Aatish started playing synthesizers at the age of 8 years and moved to guitars at the age of 13 due to heavy influences like Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. He recorded his first album Raahein, a romantic album in 1999. The first track—Jaanam was released on B4U’s compilation album titled RAW. After struggling to find the right record label to promote his album, Aatish decided to pursue his education in Information technology and moved to Mumbai immediately in 2002 and worked for MNCs in Operations.
In 2003 he started working on his second album “Dil Ki Baat”. Over these years he grew with companies with significant achievements in position and went on to become Manager - Operations for BPO firms. His interest in ARTS and aspirations to perform creatively lead to strong observations and eventually he started writing scripts. With achievement in management career and achieved stability, he decided to pursue his dream career and finally moved to Glasgow to pursue further studies in Management and Film Making. During his stay he recorded his long awaiting album which is slated to be released in Feb 2008.
A city youth comes out with Hollywood movie
slug: ‘Amy’s Ghost’ is the first English movie to be shot in 17 days in India
By Vikas Vaidya
He is a true Nagpurian. If one have a look at his education journey then one could find that he had no connection with films. He did his MBA on International Business Strategy and Marketing from Glasgow Caledonian University and now known as filmmaker, screenwriter, guitarist and an internationally published author. He is currently a film maker in association with companies like Artz Inc. and London rain Productions came out with a movie ‘Amy’s Ghost’, the shooting of which was done at Nagpur only.
Aatish Thakur said, “The story I always tell is that we had no preparation time. The movie was conceptualized on November 10, auditions were conducted on November 20, Final casting, and screenplay was completed by December 2, grooming sessions were held from December 10 and shooting from December 22. This is the first English movie (Feature Film) to be shot in 17 days in India. This is the second movie (Feature Film) to be shot in 17 days in India after Mahesh Manjrekar’s Astitva.”
This 95 minute movie is a horror movie. When one watches it, the effect of movie takes the viewer in a different part of universe. One does not believe that the shooting is done at Seminary Hills and at our own S F S College. Amy’s Ghost is a terrifying, spine-chilling supernatural thriller with ghoulish final-frame twists. Amy’s Ghost tells the story of soul trading, a winter workshop threatened with extinction, a soul trader who aims to annihilate the more peace-loving souls in return of power.
Thakur told The Hitavada, “I wanted to demonstrate that a good Hollywood film is possible with a good script, a small dedicated, creative and technical team, few inexperienced, raw kids and some beautiful natural locations.”
Aatish loves psychological thrillers as it tests the creative quotient of a writer and the director. When he was a little kid, he loved thrillers. he always liked being surprised by the twists in the tale. He met somebody who told him about her experience -- the first few weeks after, and how disorienting it was. She was lying to everyone; she thought they were following her. He had read about all the periods of cult process and getting out or how someone got it. He just decided after that meeting it would be the project.
Thakur reccalled, “The cast was pretty much entirely handpicked by me and my Creative Director, Aditi Mandwikar. I think that a lot of times, director and producers don't let creative directors do the casting. For Amy’s Ghost we wanted new, fresh, raw but talented actors, so we held auditions and open casting for a week; we'd see every unknown actors we could see. They came in, and Pooja Chhabrani was the best to play Molly Piper.”
Aatish Thakur wrote 7 scripts and screenplays while completing his Masters and is currently finishing his first international feature film Amy’s Ghost. He has been recently signed by a private investor in Glasgow to shoot “The streets of Glasgow” due to start in April 2013. Amy’s Ghost will be released on April 17.
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with pic w/emails/pooja.jpg Pooja Chhabrani who played the role of Molly Piper
A 7 year old kid Pooja Chhabrani
Aatish has words of praise for Pooja Chhabrani, a 7 year old girl who did a lead role. He said, “She was just 7 years old during shooting. After the auditions, during the grooming sessions, I gave the kids a small scene from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Pooja hardly had a dialogue. Her face is so incredibly evocative, even when it seems still or expressionless. I realized that she was the one I was looking for. I would shoot her each scene and let her react to everything else. And as I was cutting the movie, I realized that the performance happening on Pooja’s face was just better than everything else. It's her first film, and it is her first leading role. But she comes in and she works like professionals,”
Born on 8th January 1979 to a businessman, Aatish completed his schooling from St. Frances de Sales High School, Nagpur. Aatish started playing synthesizers at the age of 8 years and moved to guitars at the age of 13 due to heavy influences like Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. He recorded his first album Raahein, a romantic album in 1999. The first track—Jaanam was released on B4U’s compilation album titled RAW. After struggling to find the right record label to promote his album, Aatish decided to pursue his education in Information technology and moved to Mumbai immediately in 2002 and worked for MNCs in Operations.
In 2003 he started working on his second album “Dil Ki Baat”. Over these years he grew with companies with significant achievements in position and went on to become Manager - Operations for BPO firms. His interest in ARTS and aspirations to perform creatively lead to strong observations and eventually he started writing scripts. With achievement in management career and achieved stability, he decided to pursue his dream career and finally moved to Glasgow to pursue further studies in Management and Film Making. During his stay he recorded his long awaiting album which is slated to be released in Feb 2008.
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