Studio Productions
Our studio productions range across formats of film, web series and short-form digital content. Our stories intend to show a mirror of what the world is and what it can become. They are backed by in-depth research with issue experts, community organizations, and change-makers
to ensure our reel is in sync with the real. We also partner with reputed non profit and community-based initiatives to drive on-ground conversations on our stories.
2024/25 Releases
Schirkoa
Format – Animation Feature Film
Genre – Fantasy
Writer – Ishan Shukla
Director – Ishan Shukla
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 – IFFR NETPAC Award 2024
About – The film tells the story of a bored office worker, who may have accidentally sparked a revolution in a bizarre dystopian world, Schirkoa where citizens live with paper bags on their heads to dissolve political, cultural and religious differences.
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Key theme(s) – Freedom vs suppression, free will vs autocracy
Little Thomas
Format – Feature film
Genre – Family Dramedy
Writer & Director- Kaushal Oza
Starring – Gulshan Devaiah, Rasika Dugal, Hridansh Parekh
Project Stage – Releasing in 2024
About – Seven year old Thomas, the only child of his parents, desperately wants a little brother. One day, he is told that to get a baby brother his parents will have to kiss. Since his quarrelling parents won’t kiss any longer, little Thomas takes it upon himself to make them do the yucky act!
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Key Theme(s) – parenting, sex education
Family Aaj Kal
Format – Web-series
Genre – Dramedy
Writer – Manoj Kalwani
Director – Parikshit Joshi
Starring – Apoorva Arora, Sonali Sachdev, Nitesh Pandey, Masood Akhtar, Aakarshan Singh, Prakhar Singh
Project Stage – Releasing in 2024 on SonyLIV
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
Past Releases
Vakeel Babu
Format – Short film
Genre – Drama
Writer – Kanishka, Suyash Barve
Director – Sumit Purohit
Starring – Abhishek Banerjee, Loveleen Mishra, Bhamini Oza
Project stage – Released in 2021. Click to watch on Amazon miniTV (accessible on the Amazon shopping app in India)
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
Ye Saali Naukri
Format – Web-series
Genre – Drama
Writers – Somnath Karmakar, Kaviraj Singh
Director – Kaviraj Singh
Starring – Sanyam Sharma, Mugdha Agrawal
Project Stage – Released in 2022. Click to watch on MX Player (link) and Pocket Change YouTube
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
If you want to know more about our slate that is in development, please get in touch with us on akshada.bhalerao@civicstudios.com