Studio Productions
We develop and fund long form entertainment that is engaging and empowering. Our formats vary across films, web series, and docuseries and are targeted at theatrical and/or digital OTT release. We are building a global community of like-minded creators and storytellers seeking to create social impact through media. Our stories are backed by in-depth research to ensure our reel is in sync with real. We also conduct impact campaigns to ensure we understand audience reactions and trends and to create on-ground change.
Our Production Process
SUCCESSFUL 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
UPCOMING RELEASES
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 2023
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
Little Thomas (tentative)
Format – Feature film
Genre – Family Dramedy
Writer & Director- Kaushal Oza
Starring – Gulshan Devaiah, Rasika Dugal, Hridansh Parekh
Project Stage – Releasing in 2024 Watch Teaser
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!
Key Theme(s) – parenting, sex education
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 – Releasing in 2023
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.
Key theme(s) – Freedom vs suppression, free will vs autocracy
If you want to know more about our slate that is in development, please get in touch with us on akshada.bhalerao@civicstudios.com
Our Collaborations
Civic Studios x Pocket Aces
We have partnered with Pocket Aces, a digital entertainment company, as investors as well as content partners to collaborate on creating long-form, positively driven content via Pocket Aces’ studio Dice Media.
