The Great Artist (Trailer)

The Great Artist Film - 15 Minute Version   (password Indrani)

The Great Artist  looks at the struggles of mental health through the lens of the art world. 

Reflecting on the sacrifices made to create great art, while suffering and hiding mental illness, this film is created to destigmatize and drive conversations about mental health, inclusive of underserved LGBTQ+ and racially diverse communities, to help save lives.

Hollywood Reporter  selected The Great Artist as one of the "Top 5" contenders for The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film 2021." 

Starring actor/writer Matthew Postlethwaite (Peaky Blinders), Emmy-nominated actress Rain Valdez, an original score by American Idol's Pia Toscano, and writer /producer Sunny Vaccher. Directed by Indrani.

With partner nonprofits:  GLAAD, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, National Association of Mental Illnesses (NAMI), National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Movember, Kindred, Tethr, Tramuto Foundation, and Stand with Impact.

Manhatta Trailer 

A playful fantasy counter-colonizing the gaze and exploring intersectional objectification. A man walks home alone, and finds his dreams coming to life. Overwhelmed, he seeks divine intervention. With Harlem Renaissance poet Claude Mckay's "On Broadway."

International Fashion Film Festival Awards - 9 Nominations:

Best Picture 
Best Director
Best Creative Concept 
Best Art Direction  

Best Editing 
Best Music
Best Sound Design
Best Cinematography 

 Best Ensemble Cast 

Girl Epidemic

CNN Freedom Project: Girl Epidemic Highlights Human Trafficking

Directed by and Cinematography by Indrani. Produced by and Cinematography by GK Reid with Project Nanhi Kali and Strawberry Frog. Written by Justin Via.

Millions of girls are missing in Asia due to child labor, female infanticide, and sex trafficking.

Synopsis: Girls are being treated like they're an infectious disease. As a result, over a million disappear every year -- many falling victim to female infanticide, neglect and sex slavery. Fortunately there is a cure: Educcation.

Created in partnership with Anand Mahindra's Nanhi Kali Foundation and Strawberry Frog agency.  

Huffington Post: "Indrani's creative lens, coupled with an impassioned perspective on gender realities in India...[are] powerful and provocative."

Forbes: "Riveting, shocking and touching... Indrani's direction is brilliant and provocative!"

CNN Freedom Project  

Interview with Quincy Jones, Tony Schiena, journalist and editor Leif Coorlim.

CNN Expose Award: Best Picture Award

Tribeca Film Festival: Disruptive Innovation Award

Legend of Lady White Snake

A reversal of both an ancient Asian legend, and a poem by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Coraline, American Gods):  A snake demoness, having transformed into a New Yorker to experience love, struggles with obsession, time, heteronormative gender-based power dynamics, and transgender metamorphosis. Reverting to her all-consuming nature, she finds unity and redemption through consumption.  

Directed & Written by Indrani. Executive Produced by & Starring Daphne Guinness. Produced by & Costumes by GK Reid.

Huffington Post  Cator Sparks:    "A magical little film, Guinness shines in this epic tale of love, life and loss." 

Tatler Hong Kong  Arne Eggers:   "A highly conceptualized interpretation... Daphne ignites a Gothic Chinese legend." 

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival:

      Best Picture Award
      Best Production Design Award
      Best Costume Design Award 
      Best Visual Effects Award 

San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla Fashion Film Festival 

      Best Picture Award 
      Best Director Award
      Best Costume Design Award 
      Best Visual Effects Award
      RED Epic Camera Award

ASVOFF at Centre Pompidou, Paris:  

      Official Selection

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Directed and Written by Indrani. Starring Lindsay Lohan. Produced by Rick Schwartz (Black Swan, Gangs of New York) Music by Grammy-winning Henri Scars Struck

Reversing T.S. Eliot's Love Song of Alfred Prufrock, Selkies - Celtic mythical creatures that are seals in water and women on land - storm Manhattan to save one of their own, and the oceans. Before mayhem and police brutality awakens the leviathan. 

Los Angeles Independent Film Awards:

     Best Director Award  
     Best Picture Nomination

New York Short Film Festival:    

     Best of New York Award

International Fashion Film Awards:    

    Best Picture Award

Centre Pompidou Paris, ASVOFF (curated by Jean Paul Gaultier): 

     Official Selection

David Bowie: Valentine's Day

Directed by Indrani, Produced by GK Reid, Executive Produced by Markus Klinko

In the HBO/BBC Movie: The Last 5 Years

David Bowie explores the mind of a high school shooter, for the last  single released during his lifetime. The video has inspired considerable debate: Do the shadows of his guitar look like an AK47? Does his pose mirror former NRA president Charlton Heston's "cold dead hands" salute? 

Rolling Stone  Eric Danton:  "Radiates intensity."

NPR  Robin Hilton:  "Thrilling and intense."

The Uncut  Francis Whatley interviewed about the HBO / BBC film tells Michael Bonner: 

"Indrani's video. It is compelling.  I think

Digital Death

Directed and cinematography by Indrani

Video and stills campaign for families with HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Raised over a million dollars in under a week, for Keep a Child Alive.

Alecia Keys: New Day

Directed by Indrani

Produced by Good Day

"New Day" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys from her fifth studio album Girl on Fire. Produced by Swizz Beatz and Dr. Dre, the song showcases a musical departure from the previous singles by the singer, with a more upbeat sound led by drums and percussion, as opposed to her classical R&B sound. 

Mero Gaon: My Village 

With Gyetrul Jingme Rinpoche and Ripa Ladrang Foundation. 

Directed by Indrani 

Crescendo: 

Beats of the Beautiful Game

Music by Jetta produced by Pharrell Williams

Nonprofits: Yuwa, Shambali Trust, Shakti Empowerment Education 

Directed, Cinematography, and Written by Indrani Produced by GK Reid

Jezebel  Julianne Escobedo Shepherd: 

"Rad...feminist film director and fashion photographer Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri captured a group of girls (and an elephant!) playing soccer in the streets of Jodhpur. It's jubilant...[with] an underlying feminist message... Inspiring."