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early days
102 mins Hindi Color Dolby Digital 16:9
Preeti and Samrat move to Mumbai for better corporate jobs. Their weekend hobby of making silly videos slowly turns serious, establishing them as an influencer couple. As their ambitions diverge, one wants to keep it a hobby while the other sees a profession. Amid layoffs and rising costs, sustaining a lifestyle built on constant content creation in the country’s costliest city becomes increasingly difficult.
Directorial debut of Priyankar Patra
Manasi Kaushik
Sarthak Sharma
Written and Directed by Priyankar Patra
Produced by Priyankar Patra, Anupam Sinha Roy
Executive Producers Aditya Vikram Sengupta, Zara Sengupta
Co-Produced by Isabella Sreyashii-Sen, Olivier A. Dock, Raunak Rakhit, Dipankar Patra, Baisakhi Patra
Cinematography by Priyankar Patra
Edited by Anupam Sinha Roy
Production Design and Costumes by Sayanika Mukherjee
Sound by Sukrit Sen
Production Company
For Films
Hazelnut Media
Distribution Company
Hazelnut Media
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
Red Sea International Film Festival
New York Indian Film Festival
NOMINATIONS
New York Indian Film Festival
Best Debut Film, Best Screenplay
“early days works remarkably well
it is difficult not to wonder how Patra might evolve with a larger budget at his disposal”
“a genuine auteurial affair”
- DMovies
“signals a resonant and relevant new voice”
visually blending cinematic realism with the immediacy of social media, it reflects the rhythms of a generation that lives both online and off
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