General Information
Duration: 2 hr 31 min 54 sec
Genres: Fiction
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Country: India
Submitted By: Arvind Das
Festival Rating
EK SOORAT HAI MERI ANKHON MEIN
(A FACE IS THERE IN MY EYES)
Synopsis
This is a romantic suspense thriller that explores the different dimensions of love and the changing human relationships from the period of love-letters to the current mobile-internet days.
This is the story of Dora, who loves her dance partner Hrishabh. Later, she gets attracted to a new partner Adarsh and this new relationship finds an easy way through mobile, WhatsApp and Facebook. But within a few days, Adarsh leaves Dora with a man who is employed by some unknown people. They later hire a stranger to kidnap Dora and keep her for a night in a deserted old mansion that is actually haunted and neither of the two strangers knows about this.
This mansion is witness to some other love stories. It has a 35-year-old love story that was the era of love-letters and saying an "I love you" used to take years. Love had its twists and turns in that era of love-letters between Akash, Tarana, Abha and Babban. This results in the murder of one of the four lovers, whose soul is still in that mansion.
Now, 35 years later... Dora is the daughter of one of the couples in that love story and is kidnapped by a stranger who comes from the same story. Dora believes that all men are the same and that the stranger has kidnapped her for some evil purpose. A lot of things happen in that scary environment and at the end of this overnight journey of emotions, they find that an entirely new relationship is forming between them. The climax comes when the devil-minded people of the old story return in the morning with their unfulfilled desires but no one knows that the serious soul caught in that mansion is going to give the final turn to the story.
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DirectorsArvind Ranjan Das
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ProducersArvind Ranjan Das
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WritersArvind Ranjan Das
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Film TypeFiction
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Runtime2 hours 31 minutes 54 seconds
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Production BudgetUSD
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Country of OriginIndia
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
ARVIND RANJAN DAS
8108109170 [email protected]
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
M. Sc., Patna Science College, Patna University, Patna.
Was awarded COLLEGE COLOUR of Patna Science College, Patna, from the hands of Mr. Shatrughna Sinha.
Best Actor, Best Director and Best Play prizes in the Youth Festival 1981 organized by Govt. of Bihar.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:
PG Diploma in Cinema with specialization in Film Editing from Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune 1987 (The batch of Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Rajkumar Hirani.)
Diploma Film “Wide-Angle”, in English language participated as student film of the year 1989 in International Film Festival of India 1989, Goa.
1 Year Certificate Course in Script Writing, Direction and Film Making from Mumbai Film Academy, Andheri (W), Mumbai.
A rank of PROFESSOR by Jawahar Lal Nehru Art & Craft University, Hyderabad.
Superannuation from the post of Head of Creative Division (Acting, Direction, Script Writing and Production Dept.) and H.O.D. Film Direction at Annapurna College of Film and Media (ACFM), Jawahar Lal Nehru Art & Craft University, Hyderabad.
CREDENTIALS:
• SAMARTH SAMMAN, North Gujarat University, Gandhinagar
• BEST SCRIPT WRITER, Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012.
• Writer of a book on Film Editing “CUT SET GO” published by BALAJI TELEFILMS.
• MEMBER OF JURY in Bhojpuri City Cine Awards 2011
• Articles and Column Writer in NAVBHARAT TIMES, HINDUSTAN, VOICE, SAMNA.
• STORY WRITER & ANNOUNCER : ALL INDIA RADIO
• ACTOR in Feature Films GANDHI {Richard Attenborough} & DAMUL {Prakash Jha}
• Acting and Direction workshops with MANSINGH TOMAR ART AND MUSIC UNIVERSITY, GWALIOR.
• A very reputed Film, Theatre, Literature, Art and culture Personality of Bihar
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Total 51 Years from College days.
From 1973 to 1977
Major active days with “Yuv-Vaani” on All India Radio, Patna as Story Writer, Poet, Drama Artist, Announcer and News Reader.
An established poet in “Kavi sammelans and Mushayras” in Bihar. Got a chance to share stage with poets like Kavi Nagarjun, Janki Ballaabh Shastri, Bhawani Prasad Mishra, Kavi Kanhaiya, Satyanarayan ji and others.
From 1978 to 1989
Major active days on Theatre of Bihar as a Team Leader, Director and Actor. Established a professional theatre group named “Antarang” which proved itself one of the most prestigious theatre organizations of Bihar and which is having a very strong name in the history of people oriented serious theatre of Bihar. The major stage productions still in the memories of people of Bihar are as follows: SAGINA MAHATO, BAGIYA BANCHHARAM KI, PANCHHI AISE AATE HAIN, PHOENIX, SAMAY SANDARBH, ITIHAS CHAKRA, CHIDIYA KI ANKH, JAGANNATH and many more.
From 1990 to 1993
Major active days with Doordarshan, Patna as Video Editor and News Reader.
From 1994 to December 2021
Major active days in Mumbai Bollywood Film Industry mostly as Senior Director, Subject Matter Expert and Creative Head in the top of the industry companies of India.
• CREATIVE HEAD at TIME, Mumbai
• CREATIVE HEAD at BOMBINO VIDEO, Mumbai
• SENIOR DIRECTOR at CARE WORLD TV, Mumbai
• SENIOR EXECUTIVE at ATN TV CHANNEL, Mumbai
• DIRECTOR & EDITOR of TV Serial HOOLYWOOD SE BOLLYWOOD on ZEE TV
• WRITER & DIRECTOR of the famous Video Magazine FACE TO FACE
• Creative Head, Hindi Reality Show “AAPAN KACHAHRI” (on DD BIHAR)
• PROMO DIRECTOR of feature films SABSE BADA KHILADI, KHILADIYON KA KHILADI, RANGEELA, GAMBLER.
• PRODUCER, WRITER & DIRECTOR of Music Serials SARGAM SADABAHAR on DOORDARSHAN and REQUEST YOUR BEST on CVO, Mumbai.
WORKED AS FILM MAKER
• Producer, Director, Writer, D.O.P., Editor and Sound Designer of Hindi feature film EK SOORAT HAI MERI ANKHON MEIN
• Producer, Writer, Director of Hindi Feature Film GHAZAB NAGARIYA.
• Writer and Director of Bhojpuri Feature Film TIRANGA PAKISTAN MEIN.
WORKED IN THE FIELD OF FILM EDUCATION:
• An authorized teaching staff of CILECT, the international Association of Film and Television schools, Cannes, France. It includes 180+ film, TV and media schools from 60+ countries on 6 continents with 9,000+ teachers and staff that annually train 55,000+ students and communicate with an alumni network over 1,330,000+ strong.
• PRINCIPAL, CPIFT, North Gujarat University, Gandhinagar.
• HEAD of School of Media (Film, TV, Radio & Journalism) WLCI, Mumbai
• SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT and Head of Department, Film Editing at Institute of Creative Excellence, BALAJI TELEFILMS, Mumbai.
• Head of Creative Division including Film Direction, Screen Acting, Screen Writing and Film Production as well as Head of Department of Film Direction at ACFM, Jawahar Lal Nehru Art & Craft University, Hyderabad.
From January 2022 till Date
Totally working in Bihar for:
• A mission of establishing Film Industry in Bihar.
Made a Hindi feature film titled EK SOORAT HAI MERI ANKHON MEIN with 100% artists, technicians and shooting in Bihar. Identified and organized new actors and technicians of Bihar, risked a budget, did shooting in different places of Bihar where all technical works were done by talents of Bihar and finally reached to release of the film in Bihar. It is going to work as the seed of the future Film Industry of Bihar.
YouTubeLink: https://www.youtube.com/@antarangcinema
GOAL OF LIFE:
To give whatever knowledge and experience earned till date to the genuine talents of our society and invest rest of the life for bright future of Bihar.
With thanks and regards,
Arvind Ranjan Das
Director's Statement
My film EK SOORAT HAI MERI ANKHON MEIN is a research to identify what is love and how it changes with changing civilization. This is a film made with mostly non-actors, first time acting in a film. It is entirely shot on all real locations without constructing any set. Cinematography is done without using any light equipment. Entire film is shot in the available light of the place, so the whole responsibility of light-impact was on the blockings and camera movement. Camera accessories like track-trolly, reflectors, cutters etc. are not at all used. All camera movements are handheld.