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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

early days works remarkably well

it is difficult not to wonder how Patra might evolve with a larger budget at his disposal”

- Asian Movie Pulse

a genuine auteurial affair

- DMovies

signals a resonant and relevant new voice

- Elizabeth Kerr, Screen Daily

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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