The recent pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. While some are trying to go back to their previous life, others are bound to start a life ‘afresh’. The nature has brought the mankind in a grave situation, where one cannot think to retaliate. Rather, each one of us need to carry oneself with a great deal of mental strength and help each other to combat this horrendous calamity and fight back to strive for a better life ahead. But amidst the heart breaking news spread all over, one needs a ray of sunlight to spread the positivity and let the heart beam with the ray of hope.
Hence, with the similar intention of spreading hope and positivity, Director Arunjit Borah along with his dedicated team has come up with an experimental lockdown video titled “SUNBEAM” that captures artists and people around the globe who are sharing their thoughts about this difficult times, yet staying positive.
Borah is a Mumbai based Indian filmmaker and have been working actively since 2015 as a director for variety of short films, ad films and soon will be releasing his debut feature film ‘Midnight Song.’
In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Rupaliparda.com, the team has expressed their thoughts and emotions regarding their video, SUNBEAM.
Talking to Director Arunjit Borah, it was clear that he has felt the situation deeply and could understand the emotions of everyone who felt the same. He says, “The world is going through a difficult time, perhaps one of the most difficult times in the history of the mankind. However, though COVID-19 has brought in so much fear, anxiety and depression into the world, on a positive note, this has come as a blessing in disguise as well. The bright side of the situation is, this has brought the whole world together, helping us realize the fact that we are human first inspite of differences of race, language, religion, demography or skin colour, having exactly the same kind of emotions inside us. On individual front also, this has helped us providing the break to introspect and be freer, expressive and nourish our creative sides.”
He added, “I firmly believe that the end of this crisis will transform the world by changing the way we have been thinking and living. The brighter days are sure to come. There is always a bright sun at the end of a dark night.”
SUNBEAM is an experimental lockdown video where every participant filmed themselves from their respective homes. Everything for the video was done remotely, name it direction, writing, editing, music or filming. None of them stepped out of their house but still have successfully completed the video with a strong message in it. The video has been made considering all the lockdown rules and regulations. It is a 3 minutes video comprising of 9 personalities from 9 countries spreading the hope of positivity.
Speaking to Associate Producer, Stanley Coelho from Chicago who expressed his reason for being a part of SUNBEAM. He said, “This Global Experimental Lockdown Project had a purpose, and I think we were able to achieve it through this video. You may not understand the language of every participant from different parts of the world but they bring one strong message for all of us, TO BE ONE AND TO BE POSITIVE.”
SUNBEAM’s Assistant Director and writer of the Hindi poem, PriyashreeKashyap says, “Working on a project like SUNBEAM at a time like this is a creative stimulation. The content of the video is so beautiful and positive that it is motivating. And after hearing the concept and vision of my director Arunjit, I was clear how the poetry should sound and feel. Even while sitting at home we have worked really hard and with all sincerity. Hope the positivity that we experienced while making it, people experience the same while watching the video.”
Rantu Chetia. The Editor of SUNBEAM says, “It’s been a unique experience as we collaborated with people from different parts of the world. And the motto is to defeat the pandemic. Great to be able to stand with the people at this time of crisis.
Lastly, we had MayurNagpal, who worked on the background scores. He says, “The kind of music I’m making for the film is orchestrally inclined and portrays motivation and hope. As we know that it’s tough time for all of us and with the film we are trying to spread the message of unity and that we are all in this scenario together globally and we’ll get through this soon only if we stay positive and hope for the better future.”
The team of SUNBEAM:
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CREATOR-Arunjit Borah
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-PriyashreeKashyap
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER- Stanley Coelho from Chicago
CONTENT WRITER- Rajdweep
HINDI POEM-PriyashreeKashyap
BACKGROUND MUSIC-Mayur Nagpal
EDITOR-Rantu Chetia
PARTICIPANTS- AhcitzAzcona from Mexico, MarwaKamel from Egypt, Sonia Melnyk from Ukraine, JaninaPritzker from Viana, Chiao-lin ho from Taiwan, ShirinCaiola from Italy, Wale Anifowose from Africa, Caron Fallon from USA and Bollywood actor RakeshChaturvedi OM from India.
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