Shuttlecock Boys

Shuttlecock Boys is an independent film directed by Hemant Gaba amp produced by Pankaj Johar and Hemant Gaba. Its a film made by all first timers in the cast and crew. Most cast are nonactors and didnt have any formal training. The film was shot handheld onmm with sync sound using real locations in Delhi, Noida amp Gurgaon.

The film was shot inlocations over a period ofdays in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida. There were no formal permissions to shoot on the roads, markets and highway, so everything was done in a Guerilla Style. The interiors were all real locations mostly office locations and houses.Not having money to light exteriors in the night, arow grid was created of Chinese Lanterns havingof them in each row by DOP Shanti Bhushan amp Associate Camerman Nuthan Nagraj to shoot badminton scenes in the night. There were not enough funds to hire professionals in key areas like Production Design, Costume amp Line Production. Bhavya Palia who had never even seen a film set joined stepped in as Line Producer in the very last moments just before the shoot and eventually managed the production along with Producer Executive Producer Pankaj Johar. Prachi Singh who was initially hired just as an Assistant Director ended up donning multiple hats and handled costumes and production design. Catering was managed by Pushpa Gaba from DirectorProducers homes. ........

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