A One Take Music Video for RedBus: Featuring Shreyas Talpade

The best way to know if something is amazing, is to see it and wish you could have made it. And funnily, that's hopw my new ad film made me feel when i saw it - only to be over joyed by the fact that 'HEY! I made this!'. And if ever there was an example of great team work on a film, this film would be it. 

So this is for my team:

Fabulous job on shoot day everyone. 

Thanks Shreyas, for proving me right that choosing real 'actors' over 'stars' is the first key to a great performance film! you were chosen for this film and you delivered a performance i could have only wished for! a one take perfection within 7 rolling takes is an incredible feat and you achieved it! 

Pupa brothers- Ajay and Vipin, sexy show! The entire art and props crew rocked the shit out of the shoot - the coordination an energy of the entire crew was freakkin amazing - Bohot Mazza aaaya bhaaai!  We finally ended up shooting what we had first visualised we wanted to do - and that was amazing. 

Rubais, thanks for going beyond just the fab light and camera work and driving the production towards getting exactly what we had wanted the film to be in the first place - and needless to say, fab work with the light choreography and thanks for bringing in Kapil onto the team for the crazy hard camera work. 

Snow, fab work with the costumes that stood out so well yet blended In so perfectly. 

Chirantan, without the foot tapping music to set the pace for all of us from day 1, wouldn't have been possible - so thanks a ton. 

Producer bhai log - Raviraj, Darshan, Sodhiji and Kireet, thank you for pulling all the strings needed to make this vision come to life like it did yesterday - I know it's difficult to adjust with the monies, but as you can see from yesterday's shoot, it was all worth it.  

Shrey, thanks for ensuring I don't lose my voice on set and being my hands and voice beyond the monitor. 

All in all, thank you all for this fucking fantabulous film and if ever  there was an example of great teamwork in one film, this one was it. Loved it totally! Hope to make way more greatness on film with this awesome team we have in the days to come! 

And last but not the least, thank you Aman and Prakash and the RedBus team, yes, the clients - for having put faith in the imagination of a writer-director who isn't backed by an agency, looks and talks like a teenager, roams around in a torn denims and tees, and sounds hyper excited like he's on drugs all the time. Thank you for believing this was possible when he narrated it and from that point on, it was our greatest pleasure to have made it come true! 

Watch the One take Ad film for redBus.in executed by Climb Media from script to screen:

Rap sung and performed by SHREYAS TALPADE. 
Written and Directed by Pushkaraj S Shirke.


Client: Redbus.in – Prakash Sangam / Pallavi Chopra
Creative Director: Pushkaraj S Shirke

Production House: Climb Media
Producer: Kireet Khurana
Script & Direction: Pushkaraj S Shirke
Exec. Producer: Darshan Gokani
D.O.P: Rubais
Steadicam: Kapil Verma
Art Director: Ajay/Vipin (Pupa Set)
Music: Chirantan Bhatt
Associate Exec. Producer: Renuka Khekade
Line Producer: Gurmeet Sodhi (Shoot Essentials)
Costume Designer: Snower Sania
First Assistant Director: Shrey Oberoi
Second Assistant Director: Hamza Rahim
Make Up: Satish Kadam
Pre-Production & Design: Prashant Shikare / Raviraj Kumbhar
CG: Arvind Shirke

A one-take film is one of the greatest challenges in the craft of film-making - and the new redbus adfilm was one such amazing feat! 
Check out the 'making-of' of the film and what it took to choreograph a theatrical style music video with one artist, 4 co-stars and a 30 man art crew.

Cheers! 

-Pushkaraj S Shirke

Legacy: what will you leave behind?

 
Written and Directed by
Pushkaraj S Shirke
DOP: Haruhico Nishioca
DA: Emir Kahn Bautista
Editor: Rohon Nag
Starring: Ray Martell Moore & John Marcus




Based on a True Incident, this film tells the story of a young, african american boy unwillingly forced into crime by circumstances and his chance encounter with a stranger that will change his life forever.
The film explores the conflict between circumstances and choices as catalyzed by one act of a stranger.

Filmed as a Student Project for New york Film Academy
This has not been made for any commercial purposes.
The film was shot within 2 hours, edited in a day and the music used is stock music. And the shitty sound is owing to a restaurant owner who didn't allow us to switch off the TV for 5 mins. The story, is intact nonetheless.

Special thanks to Tassos Rigopoulos and Piero Basso Aic for their valuable lessons and time.

- Pushkaraj S Shirke

Libertina Lingerie

Brand: Libertina
Title: Makes Me Happy
Duration: 30sec
Agency: VMC
Production House: Kaizen BST Pictures
Producer: Bilawal Singh Thakar
Director: Pushkaraj S Shirke
DOP : Anuj Samtani
First AD: Ivy Mukherjee
Line Producer : Aushu
Costumes: Abhilasha Sharma
Post Production: Pixion
Ofline Editor: Rohan
Online : Sumant
Music : Rajiv Bhalla
Sound Engineer : Annu Poojari
Sound studio : Shank

 

"Simplicity and Sensuality is an art - and art speaks to all ages."
-Pushkaraj S Shirke

I'm glad I had the opportunity to direct this lingerie ad film for Libertina. The brief was to make a film that women of all ages can relate to and would not be offended by or have to switch the channel even if the family is in the room. It had to be communicative, it had to be real and It had to be sensual, not sleazy. So this is what we created.

Even the testimonial part was captured as natural and as real as possible - including the slight uneasiness of discussing the topic thorough expressions, gestures and body language of the speaker. We removed even the mention of the words 'lingerie', 'bra', 'underwear' from the script and focussed more on the emotion of the real-life problem faced by all women, rather than spoon feeding the words to the viewer.

Karina, the model wasn't briefed on the lingerie scenes at all. Instead, we just chatted for half and hour before the shoot, played around in front of the camera, flirted on and off the screen and captured some actual moments and reenacted them on camera as they were actually. We were practically laughing after each shot (sometimes even wondering if the camera was rolling at all). This is what actually makes it look so innocent and real and so sensual at the same time.

- Pushkaraj S Shirke

Round Trip

A young girl about to be ditched by her boyfriend stumbles upon an autorickshaw that allows her to take a round trip in time till she makes the right choices.

concept by: pushkaraj shirke
written and directed by: pushkaraj shirke and rohon nag
camera by: saket iyer
ad: krishnan nallappa
starring: pushkaraj shirke (rahul), meneka lalwani (monica) and baidyanath (autodriver)

the crew on location at bandra. clockwise from left: rohon nag, pushkaraj shirke, krishnan nallappa and saket iyer. 

Empire Skate of Mind

Empire Skate of Mind from pushkaraj shirke on Vimeo.

A longboarding/skateboarding action-comedy unfolds in New York City when a dude bungles up his plans of proposing to his girlfriend.

Director, Writer, Editor: Pushkaraj Shirke
DOP: Haruhico Nishioka and Emir Bautista
Stunt Camera Man: Fillip Hord
Voice Over: Olivia James
Music Credits: Fat Boy Slim
Starring: Cesar Zorilla and Jeniffer Blanchard. 
Special Thanks to Tassos Rigopolus and Pierro Basso.



- Pushkaraj Shirke

Death On the Stairs

Written and Directed by Pushkaraj Shirke
DOP: Francesca Tagliarino
AC: Riccardo Spina
Gaffer: Chong

Cast: Selina Barker & Riccardo Spina

- Pushkaraj Shirke

Hurt - Johnny Cash (NYFA music film project - first cut)

Dedicated to every moment you've torn your heart away hoping never to be hurt again.

- Pushkaraj Shirke

Sunfeast Dark Fantasy Choco Fills

NEULIFE + ON TRUE STRENGTH: INSPIRATIONAL FILMS

TRUE STRENGTH is associated with Optimum Nutrition and as a brand one of their core values is acknowledgement and support for individuals who possess TRUE STRENGTH. And in 2011, for the FIRST TIME EVER Neulife took the initiative to conduct the TRUE STRENGTH awards in INDIA on behalf of Optimum Nutrition.

The TRUE STRENGTH Awards are a recognition to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding will power and determination to achieve their fitness and/or athletic goals despite great hardship or natural obstacles.

These films were made to celebrate the spirit of the three men from across the country who were awarded this year. Hopefully, they will inspire many pf those who see them:

TRUE STRENGTH INDIA WINNER - MUMBAI: NIZAR DAWOODANI




TRUE STRENGTH INDIA WINNER - PUNE: BHUPESH KAMBLE



TRUE STRENGTH INDIA WINNER - DELHI: ANKUR SHARMA


DIRECTOR: PUSHKARAJ SHIRKE
PRODUCERS: ROHON NAG & SAKET IYER
EDITOR: ROHON NAG
PRODUCTION HOUSE: FORCE FOUR PRODUCTIONS + MONKEYWORKS
CLIENT: NEULIFE

If these films and these incredible individuals inspire you, do leave a comment.
regards,
Pushkaraj Shirke

The NEULIFE film: The Anatomy of Achievement

Team Neulife Athlete: Mr. neulife: Ankur Sharma
The man is a monster by body and a humble man by heart. it's humbling to even meet him face to face.  Every  scene he did, he did for real - no dummy weight - pure iron and pure muscle! The images have not been touched up as in other commercials - this is what PURE MUSCLE is all about. Sheer Belief. Sheer Grit. Sheer Power!

Team Neulife Athlete: Khushnoor Jijina
Mixed martial arts champion, commonwealth champion in karate and the undefeated FCC champion of India.

Team Neulife Model, Boxer and Athlete: Sudev Nair

 it is so difficult to not disclose anything about my first commercial film as an independent director.Especially when it looks so bloody darn amazing! all i can share for now is my thanks to the team that made it possible:
DOP: Anuj Samtani
Line producers: Rohon Nag and Saket Iyer
Editor: Amit Shetty
Writer - Director: Pushkaraj Shirke (self)

to know more about the brand that is bringing international nutritional advantages to India for the past 10 years, supporting true athletes and making such films possible, check out: www.neulife.in 

Look forward to this space for more details, more stills, the making of and More!

- Pushkaraj Shirke

PS: and my personal thanks go out to my friend and the creator of Neulife, Samit Gupta, for giving me the opportunity to create this piece of work for him. 

A Claymation Experiment

THE FIGHT: 
i was just playing around with clay to roughly demo a claymation concept. A fight between a green mango and mint - which ends up creating a new Minto Gol green mango variant.

Tools: this was made within half an hour on my office desk. using an ordinary Lumix digital camera, windows movie maker and some paper. the sounds have been recorded on my Blackberry phone.

DISCLAIMER: this is not meant as a commercial and has not been made for any financial purposes. this is only a personal project.

- Pushkaraj Shirke

sad romance - violins of smoke

Title: Sad Romance
Artist: Thao Nyugen Xanh
Director: Pushkaraj Shirke

This is the first cut of my experiment with smoke vids. Will be uploadinhg the final version later.

The Child Who Never Grew Up

Why do you sometimes not fit in?
How does it feel to be like a child to never grow up?
Is there a purpose to it? or are you just born useless?
Will you ever amount to something? will you ever amount to ANYTHING???.........
This is the story of a child who just never grew up. The story of his weird journey called life.

Written, Directed, Illustrated, Edited and Sound engineered by Pushkaraj Shirke
Voiceover by Manoshi Nath
Soundtrack - Twilight OST

The Child Who Never grew Up - My short film - First cut

Title: The Child Who Never Grew Up
Voiceover by Manoshi Nath
Written, directed, illustrated, edited and sound engineered by Pushkaraj Shirke

The Last Kill: A Short Film