Fudak

  • Short Film
  • Fiction

Amidst the dusty deserts of rural India, two not so notorious criminals steal a weathered school van to convert it into an ambulance. They have a job to be done against all their fate, luck and choices. Their pendulum swings away to the other side when the van driver (whose school van they stole) ends up as a patient in their so called ambulance. Their struggle to get back in the game create shockers. Will the good luck pendulum come back their way or will it be broken?

This short film has been shot by one of the best cinematographer of India - Anup J. Kattukaran. The tone of this film has been set by it’s visuals. Film has Amol Deshmukh and Badri Chavan as a lead actors. Badri is known for his work on various web-series aired on Indian OTT platforms. Our Directors Himalay & Akhil has tremendously executed this capper film, and has won us accolades from various festivals.

Behind the scene – Film was shot in the scorching heat of summer, in Gujarat. A desert near Than district was selected for the filming. After a month long pre-production, and permissions team marched towards this location. Before filming our team did rehearsals for a week and filming began later. It took us about 7 days to complete main filming, and 3 days to complete montage sequences. Film has been shot in Thangadh as well as in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

  • Director:Himalay Dave / Akhil Khandeparkar
  • Cinematographer:Anup J. Kattukaran
  • Story:Himalay Dave
  • Editor:Akhil Khandeparkar
  • Executive Producer:Harsh Patel
  • Art Director:Sheel Thakore
  • Producer:Mahendra Amritlal Raval
  • Co-Producer:Nachiket Desai