Films & Shows
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2025/26 Releases
Scam City
Format – Microdrama
Genre – Crime Thriller
Writer – Arundhati Bhande
Creative Director – Kashmira Patil
Project Stage – Released 15th April, 2026 on Civic Studios’ Instagram Page
About – Trapped inside a Cambodian scam compound, trafficked Maya and conflicted insider Jairam gamble on a single chance to contact the outside world – risking everything for one message to land in the right hands: the Indian Embassy.
Key Theme(s) – Exposing human trafficking, cybercrimes and modern slavery within global scam networks.
Its Only 47°C
Format – Short Film
Genre – Drama
Writer & Director – Tej Sisodia
Starring – Sharib Hashmi (Family Man)
Produced with Naseerudin Shah
Project Stage – Post Production completed
About – In a city pushed to breaking point by extreme heat, traffic constable Laxman Chaubey’s exhausting shift reveals a brutal truth: climate change is not endured equally.
Key Theme(s) – Inequity in experiencing climate change
The Miracle at Kachua Beach
Format – Short Film
Genre – Kids Animation/Coming of Age
Writer – Shrey Jain, Shivanshu Nirupam
Director – Shivanshu Nirupam
About – This film is an adaptation of the book “The Miracle on Kachhua Beach” by Nandita da Cunha. The book was inspired by the real-life story of Afroz Shah – a lawyer whose simple act of cleaning the Versova Beach in Mumbai grew into a sustained movement that brought together over 200,000 people to clean the shore and heal the sea.
Key Theme(s) – Climate change, Beach cleanup, sustainability, collective action, waste management, sensitising kids towards taking action for a better future for the planet.
Festival Recognition & Awards – Jury Special Mention at AIFF and IFFI Goa 2025; Official Selection at Kids First Film Festival, Goa Short Film Festival, and won Best Film at Himachal Short Film Festival and Best Film AI – Jury category at the Children’s, Science, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival in Hyderabad.
Christmas Karma
Format – Feature film
Genre – Musical Drama
Writer & Director – Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, Blinded by the Light)
Starring – Kunal Nayyar (Big Bang Theory), Billy Porter (Grammy, Emmy, and 2x Tony Award winner), Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), Hugh Bonneville, Boy George, Leo Suter, Charithra Chandran, Pixie Lott, Danny Dyer, Bilal Hasna, Allan Corduner, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Rufus Jones, Eve and Nitin Ganatra
Project Stage – Released globally in 2025.
About – A contemporary musical set in London and inspired by Dickens’ much loved A Christmas Carol.
Key Theme(s) – Immigration & Race
Press – The Print, Firstpost, The Federal
In The Shadows
Format – Feature film
Genre – Drama & Sports
Writer – Ursula Rani Sarma (Bodkin)
Director – Anthony Wonke (Emmy & triple BAFTA winner)
Starring – Jasmine Jobson (BAFTA winner, Top Boy, Surge) & Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders)
Project Stage – In Production
About – An inspirational story of Ramla Ali, a Somali refugee who, without her family’s knowledge, became the first Somali British female professional Muslim boxing champion.
Key Theme(s) – Women boxing, identity, resilience
Press – Variety, Screendaily
Santosh
Format – Feature film
Genre – Crime-Thriller & Drama
Writer & Director – Sandhya Suri (I for India, The Field)
Starring – Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Pratibha Awasthy
Project Stage – Released in France, USA ,UK & Ireland
About – Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl’s body is found, she’s pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Key Theme(s) – Caste & Gender Inequality, Institutional Corruption.
Festival recognition & Awards –
Shortlisted as UK’s official entry for the Oscars 2025
Nominated for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer at BAFTA 2025
Won Best Screenplay & Breakthrough Producer at BIFA 2024
Best Actress & Best New Director award at Asian Films Award 2025
Press – Variety | Screendaily
Daughter of Eden
Format – Feature Film
Genre – Noir
Writer – Fateme Ahmadi
Director – Fateme Ahmadi
Starring – Hiam Abbas, Yasmine Al-Khudhairi, Amir El Masry.
Project Stage – Post Production
About – Set in mid-2000s London, the film follows Nessa Farhan, a British-Iraqi nurse haunted by the deaths of her parents under Saddam Hussein’s regime. When an elderly Iraqi patient arrives in her A&E, Nessa becomes convinced she is the informant responsible for her parents’ death – and insinuates herself into the woman’s life to uncover the truth. A taut, intimate story about grief, exile, and the scars that outlast dictators.
Key Theme(s) – Identity and belonging, memory, trauma and inheritance, Justice vs. vengeance.
Press – Screendaily
Little Thomas
Format – Feature film
Genre – Family Dramedy
Writer & Director- Kaushal Oza (Nat. Award winner, Minaturist of Junagadh, Vaishnav Jan Toh)
Starring – Rasika Dugal (Mirzapur, Delhi Crime), Gulshan Devaiah (Dahaad, Bad Cop), Hridansh Parekh
Project Stage – World premiere at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024, India Premier at CIFF 2025, NYIFF 2025 Closing Film, Screened at IFFSA Toronto.
About – The film follows seven year old Thomas and his family, and the ups and downs in their lives. Set in the Goa of the early 90s, it is reminiscent of classics like Malgudi Days and Ruskin Bond.
Key Theme(s) – parenting, children’s dreams, sex education
Ikatthe
Format – Show
Genre – Family Dramedy
Writer – Gursimranjeet Khamba (AIB, Gormint), Monish Talpade, Seher Malik & Ajayvir Singh Cheema
Director – Hardik Mehta (Kaamyaab, Amdavaad Ma Famous, Roohi)
Starring – Barun Sobti (Kohrra, Asur), Ashish Duggal, Hasleen Kaur & Anup Soni
Project Stage – In Production
About – Three generations of the Sodhi family put up with each other’s antics and juggle their ambitions, limitations and frustrations, while dealing with the baggage of their past and the anxiety of their future, navigating life in Delhi as a Sikh family.
Key Theme(s) – Family identity, calling out stereotypes & resilience
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Format – Animation Feature Film
Genre – Fantasy
Writer & Director – Ishan Shukla (Schirkoa (short), Star Wars: Visions)
Voices – Golshifteh Farahani, Asia Argento, Gaspar Noé, Lav Diaz, Shekhar Kapur, Soko, Tibu Fortes, Shahbaz Sarwar, Denzil Smith, Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar, Piyush Mishra
Project Stage – World Premiere at International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024
Awards – NETPAC Award 2024 for Best Asian Film
About – A bored office worker accidentally sparks a revolution in a bizarre dystopian world, Schirkoa, where citizens live with paper bags on their heads to dissolve political, cultural and religious differences.
Key theme(s) – Freedom vs suppression, free will vs autocracy
Review – High On Films, NDTV
Project Stage – World premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2024.
Festival Recognition & Awards –
Winner – NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film given at IFFR 2024
American Movie Awards 2016: Best Animated Film
L.A. Shorts Fest 2016: Best Animation
Press – Times Of India, Indian Express
Past Releases
Family Aaj Kal
Format – Show
Genre – Dramedy
Writer – Manoj Kalwani
Director – Parikshit Joshi
Starring – Apoorva Arora (College Romance,Udan Patolas), Sonali Sachdev (Kedarnath, Mumbai Diaries), Nitesh Pandey, (Khosla Ka Ghosla), Masood Akhtar, Aakarshan Singh, Prakhar Singh
Project Stage – Released in 2024
About – Meher is madly in love with Gaurav – he’s everything she imagined. Just one small problem – her parents refuse to accept him as he has an unconventional job: he’s a cab driver. Will Meher and Gaurav’s love win over bias?
Key Theme(s) – Class bias, dignity of labour, freedom to choose partner
Vakeel Babu
Format – Short film
Genre – Drama
Writer – Kanishka, Suyash Barve
Director – Sumit Purohit
Starring – Abhishek Banerjee (Stree 2, Paatal Lok), Loveleen Mishra (Badhaai Do), Bhamini Oza (Bhavai, Gandhi)
Project stage – Released in 2022
About – A young lawyer, distracted with chasing success through his digital video channel, is approached online by an anonymous female victim with a powerful abuser. Will he do justice to the challenge? Our short film ‘Vakeel Babu’ traces the journey of Shiraz Hassan as he rediscovers his purpose in the justice system.
Key theme(s) – Gender sensitivity in legal system, gender- based violence
Review – The Leaflet, Film Companion
Ye Saali Naukri
Format – Show
Genre – Drama
Writers – Somnath Karmakar, Kaviraj Singh
Director – Kaviraj Singh
Starring – Sanyam Sharma (Instagram following of 791K), Mugdha Agrawal
Project Stage – Released in 2022
About – A coming-of-age story of a young aspirant in small town India, who faces immense odds for securing a simple government job. The four episode series revolves around Raviranjan, a young, laid back government job aspirant, who loses love, respect and more at the hands of the competitive exam system of India. Will Ravi overcome these obstacles to be a winning story, or will he, like thousands of other students, become a victim of the system?
Key Theme(s) – Unemployment, government jobs
Review – The Tribune, HomeGrown
If you want to know more about our slate that is in development, please get in touch with us on akshada.bhalerao@civicstudios.com
