Samvida Nanda of the Mosquito Massala had the pleasure to work with Dev Benegal and his production house August Entertainment.

Working with him and Sarat Rao, on their ongoing scripts entitled "Dead End" and "Bombay Samurai", Samvida had the opportunity to learn about the process of creating Moodboards and LookBooks that help define the character, world and mood of feature films. From editing an animatics using the images from the storyboard to undertand the pacing of the film; to wandering through Delhi, Noida, Bombay and the vast arrays of the internet to seek out strange and facinating architecture for inspiration; to exploring the world of cinema and delve into film noirs; and working on sub projects such as Graphic Design of Posters and other visual elements to aid in the submission of "Dead End" to various film festivals, to so much more!

We are happy to announce that director Dev Benegal’s pitch for a dark comedy ‘Dead End’ was named as the best project at the Network of Asian Fantastic Films .

"The story of a man who is declared as dead by a shady government department and has to take extreme measures to prove that he is alive, was written by Benegal and Sarat Rao and is to be produced by Satish Kaushik Entertainment and Benegal’s August Entertainment. The Bucheon Award is worth $15,000."

Read More at:

Variety

Screen Daily

IFP Press Release

Zee News

India.com

Dev Benegal

Final Posters Designed by Samvida Nanda:

"The Craft of Khamisha" By Samvida Nanda

A short non-fiction film.
LogLine:Stories by and the story off, Mala Khamisha, a lac-craftsman in Kutch, Gujarat.

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"Mamta" By Samvida Nanda

A short non-fiction film.
LogLine: In Ludiya, a village on the India-Pakistan border of Kutch, Gujarat, my interactions with the headman and his family brought up a discussion about marriage, and its meaning today.

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"The CameraLess Film" By Srishti Film Batch of 2011

An Experimental Film.

PAINTING ON FILM AND CONTACT PRINTING 
Conducted by Sally Golding, Otherfilm, Australia
Srishti College of Art Design & Technology, September 2010

Click here for photo gallery https://www.flickr.com/photos/56576036@N02/

 This Film was Made from scratching and painting on old film footages and splicing these Found Footages together. Played on a 16mm Projector in various live showcases, including one at Jaaga, Bangalore.

Thanks to Shai Heredia of Experimenta

Creators: Samvida Nanda, Shivani Kabra, Shreyasi Kar, Arya Rothe, Anurag Dasgupta, Nirup Divakaran, Kunal Deshpande, Sutanoy Chaudhury, Saudamini Tambay, Nayantara Sarah Surendran, Nicolas Grandi, Shai Heredia, Sally Golding

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"The Frame" By Samvida Nanda

Made in FAMU, Prague, 2013

The Frame is also viewable on:

Hotstar : https://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/the-frame/1610013846

MX PLayer : https://www.mxplayer.in/movie/watch-the-frame-movie-online-632562d73623c27dac8099d56a9ee93c

LogLine:
Gathered together for photographs over different occasions, the family finds it cannot leave the frame set by the photographer.
A short film about a family portrait.

Synopsis:
This short film, is a series of 4 events, that show the evolution of relationships within the family dynamic. Observing key moments and occasions for a family, this homage to silent cinema, deals with the idea of being trapped in a situation. The film plays with the sound and set-design to create an image of society that places people into their roles today.

FAMU International Presents
A Mafia Production:
A Film by
Samvida Nanda, Osasu Igodan, Enrico Granato

Created entirely within a Photo Atelier at FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic, as part of the Summer Filmmaking Workshop 2013.

“The Frame”, was part of the Official selection for the ‘River to River Florence Indian Film Festival’ 2014,

and also screened at Blue Frog, Mumbai 2015, as part of the Festival’s Indian Edition.

It was also an official selection at the Destiny City Film Festival, in Tacoma, USA 2014.

Won the “7th Advantage Short Film Contest” by Pocket Films. 2014

•           Screened on television show “Prime Talkies With PocketFilms” on 9th July 2015 at 9pm

on NDTV Profit Prime Channel followed by an interview with Nagesh Kukunoor and Samvida Nanda.

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"2B or not 2B" By Samvida Nanda

Made in Srishti, Bangalore, 2011

2B not 2B is also viewable on:

Hotstar : https://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/2b-not-2b/1610013830

MX player : https://www.mxplayer.in/movie/watch-2b-or-not-2b-movie-online-bc389e61748cad0c8c2b8450ac297d1c

LogLine: A man draws a double of himself into the animated world with a magic 2B pencil. But who is the double really? The one that is drawn? Or the one that drew him.

Direction: Samvida Nanda
Image, Camera: Shivani Kabra, Samvida Nanda
Animation: Mitalee Rawat, Samvida Nanda
Story and Script: Samvida Nanda
Editing: Samvida Nanda
Sound: Saurabh Levin, Samvida Nanda

Director's Note:
I wanted to investigate the mix of mediums of film and animation to create layers within a story. Each form can represent a different state of reality. Where do these realities meet? Can a hat that a character draws in the animation, become his prop in the film? How do objects travel across mediums? 
The result is a short fiction film about a man who discovers and (mis)uses a magic 2B pencil which links the animated world to his world. He ignores the words of caution spoken by his double (who he drew into the animated world). When events escalate to affect the girl he loves, he is confronted with a choice of relinquishing his new found power to his double, or to lose her forever. But is the double truly seeking to fix the wrongs? Or does he have another agenda of his own? Which world is within the other? Who is the double really? The one that is drawn? Or the one that Drew him.

My diploma project film “2B or not 2B” was:

.       Telecast on NDTV Prime on 7th August 2014 .  .

·       Presented at 66th Cannes Film Festival (or Festival de Cannes) at the Short Film Corner, 2013

·       In Competition at the 10th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart, Germany, 2013

·       Won the “5th Advantage India”, A Short Film Contest, 2012.

·       Screened at the River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival 2012

·       Won an Award of Excellence For The Indie Fest  (May 2012) www.theindiefest.com

·       Official selection for the Tacoma Film Festival, 2012, Seattle, USA.

·       Screened at BYOFF 2012, in Puri, Orissa.

·       Screened by Filmbooth at the First Cut Festival at India Habitat Centre on 14th July, 2012,

·       Screened at the Bangalore Shorts Film Festival, 2012

·       Selected for Miniboxoffice International Film Festival-2012

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"Dog" By Julia Frumy and Samvida Nanda

Made in Srishti, Bangalore, 2010

LogLine: A lonely 40 year old man, adopts a stray dog , a companion who disturbs and compromises his social life. He attempts to control the dog who is possibly only a figment of his imagination, and the absurdity of the situation perpetuates.

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When working on a series of Fashion Shoots, to cover the Behind The Scenes for MAXIM India. Featuring Kalki Koechlin, John Abraham and Anushka Manchanda

Photographed by Jatin Kampani

Styled by Shaleena Nathani

Hair & Make-Up by Rebecca Fay Doney

Videography by Samvida Nanda

This was a special Cover Star Shoot

Starring John Abraham.

Photographed by Jatin Kampani

Grooming by Sapna Bhavnani

Styled by Shaleena Nathani

Videography by Samvida Nanda

Part of the campaign #MakeHerSmile
This is with Anuska Manchanda.

Art Direction by Sunanda Vaid

Photographed by Taras Taraporvala

Styled by Shaleena Nathani

Hair & Make-Up by Sonam Chandna

Videography by Samvida Nanda

VJing is an art which combines many skillsets.

Mosquito Massala's Samvida Nanda started out with a base in Design and Filmmaking. An exciting project wherein she worked as the DA with the Production House, Melting Clock in Mumbai, saw the creation of ad commercials for sharings as TVCs and Digital contents for SMAAASH. The campaign was around welcoming all the sports fans out there to "Hit Your Play Button!"

It was a great experience for her to work on the shot breakdown, and lights, and sceneography, for an ad series which mixed film and animation; and featured the iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar!

SMAAASH - TEASER

SMAAASH - REVEAL 

Moments from a site-specific performance task, created by students during the first part of the training

at The DUENDE School of Ensemble Physical Theatre in India 2018.

It took place at The Company Theatre's (FB) Training space in Kamshet. 

Video Shot and Edited by Samvida Nanda of the Mosquito Massala.

The DUENDE School India 2018: A Performance Task from John Britton 

Sony Music presents The Yellow Diary's new EP Izafa’ (‘advancement’ in Urdu) – with 3 new songs.

Samvida Nanda of the Mosquito Massala, worked with

Director - Vishal Handa

and Production House - Little Duck Productions

to create Visuals for the LED backdrop for all three videos.

01 - Dheere Se - The Yellow Diary | Izafa 

02 - Buniyaad - The Yellow Diary | Izafa 

03 - Tere Jeya Hor Disda - The Yellow Diary | Izafa | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan