BLACK PICTURE CO.

BLACK PICTURE CO. 'Make films that are better than anything the world has seen, with images the world sees everyday'

In every gaze, every stare, every... distraction, the hook on the wall, in its shadow, in every tune, every sound, every noise, in the way the alarm screams, the way the snooze button clicks, in the way Garfield is written in today’s newspaper, in the way the sexy woman on the sports page is shot, the way registered is written next to Garfield, in the way the blue bucket sits on the bathroom floor

, in the sound of the barking dog outside the loo, in the way the watchman outside the gate dozes off at peak hour, the way the grill of the car coming down the road smiles with a glow in its eyes, the man driving it frowns, the way the clouds strike a pose, the way the door mat is placed outside the office, the way the light pours in as we draw the blinds open, the way the cursor blinks as this is being t y p e d. ␣
We watch, sleep, stay up, read, doze off, listen, yawn and in the sounds we hear and make, in every experience we see images in our minds eye, indelible images. At first an image that’s all, then the violins play, the image turns into a story, the story into a film, and within seconds we travel from random noise to a film that gives us Goosebumps. This can be addictive, which is why we keep our eyes, nose, mouth, ears and minds open for the next opportunity to feel them. ␣
We step back into a child like space and time, non-chalantly crafting stories every moment in the most graphic manner. To compete with the myriad visuals that appeared in our heads when our grandmothers spent those lazy afternoons telling us stories. To ensure that every such image is
immortalised on film is what drives The Black Picture Co.

21/03/2024

Looking for an in-house DA.
Needs to have minimum experience of 20+ commercials.
Should be able to use Adobe Premier and Photoshop, and have some working knowledge of After Effects.

Please write into [email protected]

07/01/2024

MAMAEARTH
A real life grandmother-granddaughter, simple insight and the passionate Anupama Ramaswamy was reason enough to do an otherwise simple film. Sharmila ji was meticulous, diligent and hit the mark every single take. There was a gentle old world charm in her respect for the process. Learnt and imbibed so much in that one day. Sara of course was super fun and understood shot division like a boss, so we just had to focus on shooting 2 full commercials 4 shorties and many stills.
Tried to hold on to the rapport between Sharmila Tagore and Sara Ali Khan with Sara calling Sharmila ji 'Badi Amma’ and the fun twist in the end.
Did it work? (Swipe right for extra material) Here’s the crew that made SO much possible in little time!

Production House : BLACK PICTURE CO.
Director : Harsha Prabhakar
DoP : Arnold Fernandes
EP and Producer : Vrinda Mohta Rao
Producer : Shariq Velkar
Line Producer : Ashish Dixit
Shorties Director : Barath Jayarajan
Shorties DoP : Praseed Varma
Agency : Havas India
CCO: Anupama Ramaswamy
Creative Team : Debanjan Basak, Kokila
Business : Jaibeer Ahmad, Lasna Sharma
Films : Aatur Sharma
First AD : Glycen Lewis
DA : Thithi Ghosh
Second AD : Ishwar Sharma

Team (Sara)
Manager : Parth
Costume : Ami Patel
Hair Stylist : Sanky Evrus
Make Up Artist : Vardan
Body Double: Ishika

Team (Sharmila Ji)
Manager : Ranjit Rana
Costume : Amy Patel
Hair Stylist : Bharti
Make Up Artist : Arjun
Body Double: Sarita Ji

Production Designer : Durgaprasad Mahapatra
Asst. PD : Pooja Rumale
Local Art Director : Rahul Sachdeva
Company Costume Stylist : Bati Handa Company
Hair and Make up : Tanya Gupta
Production Controller : Sahil Choubey
1st AC : Durjey Soni
2nd AC : Ankush
Sound Recordist : Shiva
Gaffer : Shamim Mohammed

Post Supervisor : Akash Kakade
Offline Editor : Nirban Dasgupta
Composer : Amar Mangrulkar
Colorist : Vineesh Vijayan
Online : Auggie and Satish (After)
Sound Engineer : Sashwat and Pritish Bose
CG : Bharat Sachdev
Storyboard Artist : Rohit and Upendra
Accounts : Manjunath.G.C

05/07/2023

DELL Film 3 of 3 (Back to College Campaign)
DELL Inspiron + Trinkets
Agency : VMLY & R
CCO: Mukund Olety
GCD: Rohan Kumar
Creatives : Ben Kipgen & Nitika Parmar
Art : Sandeep Juneja
Account Management : Shubam Sharma, Gurpriet Kaur, Payal Adlakha, Sakshi Bhardwaj
Films Head: Gurjyot Singh
Director: Harsha Prabhakar
Producer: Vrinda Mohta Rao
DoP: Mitesh Mirchandani
First AD: Okeef Atari
2nd AD : Sisnu Raj
DA and AD: Barath Jayarajan and Priya Shah
3rd AD: Rohit Nadakatti
1st AC : Shiv Karal
Gaffer: Kiran
Production Designer: Chaitra Puthraya (Binding Wire)
Prop Stylist : Nivedita Vijay
Art Director: Sharath K V
Casting: Crackerjack casting (Arpita and Jahnvi)
Costume Stylist: Rashi Verma
Hair & Makeup: Zahabia Lacewalla
Line Producer : Pradeep Belawadi
Prod Managers : Naushad Dyed Madthal Selva
Accounts and Support : Manjunath G C
Editor: Nirban Dasgupta
Music Director: abhishek.arora25
Colorist: Christian Leiva (After)
Online: Picture Post
Post Supervisor : Hemanshu
Post Version and Quality control : Barath Jayarajan and Rohit Nadakatti
Sound Engineer: Carl Nazareth
Storyboard Artist: Rajendra Bagate

03/07/2023

SAMSUNG GALAXY F54

Production House : BLACK PICTURE CO.
Director : Harsha Prabhakar
Executive Producer : Vrinda Mohta Rao

Agency : Cheil
(in association with EC Studios)
CCO : Vikash Chemjong
Sr.ECD : Tarvinderjit Singh
Special thanks to the
Group Creative Director : Nitesh Sah
and Sr. Creative Director : Shinjini Banerjee for seeing it through till release

Business : Aman Kishire, Namita Kapoor, Chhavi
EC Team : Meera Ghare, Umesh B, Bijal Majithia and Srinath

DoP : Vikas Vasudevan
Gaffer : Lalit Solanki
First AD : Abhishek Singh
Second AD : Barath Jayarajan
Third AD : Siddi
DA : J
Casting : Gayatri Smitha
Production Designer : Khyatee
Art Director : Harsh & Maahi
Costume : Karishma Vandre
Hair & Makeup : Zahabia Lacewalla
Line Producer : Nikhil Bopanna

Post Producer : Akash Kakade
Post Supervisor : Sachin Kamble
Offline Editor : Vikas Sharma
Composer : Naozad Patel
Colorist : Vineesh Vijayan (Studio Skwer)
Online : Tejas
Sound Engineer : Lucky
Storyboard Artist : Sanjay Garud
Accounts : Manjunath.G.C

16/05/2023

Ikea Norden TVC (Film 3 of 3)

Production House : Black Picture Co.
Director : Harsha Prabhakar
DoP : Mitesh Mirchandani
Executive Producer : Vrinda Mohta Rao

Agency : Dentsu MB
Senior Creative Director : Madhumita (June)
Business : Indrajeet Mookerjee, Anahita Brar and Meghna Majumdar
Head of Production : Suprotim Day
Associate Director Films : Aamir Khan

First AD : Tarun Bansal
DA : Anirudh Bhardwaj
Casting : Crackerjack casting (Arpit and Jahnvi)
Production Designer : Anindya Choudhury (Bodo)
Art Director : Saamia Iqbal
Costume : Indrakshi Pattnaik
Hair & Makeup : Sara Capela
Line Producer : Siva

Offline Editor : Nirban Dasgupta
Composer : Rahul Pais (Jamroom)
Colorist : Vineesh Vijayan (Studio Skwer)
Online : Mantra Pixels
Sound Engineer : Carl Nazareth
VoiceOver : Rahul
Storyboard Artist : Rajendra Bagate
Accounts : Manjunath.G.C

16/05/2023

Ikea Gladom TVC (Film 2 of 3)

Production House : Black Picture Co.
Director : Harsha Prabhakar
DoP : Mitesh Mirchandani
Executive Producer : Vrinda Mohta Rao

Agency : Dentsu MB
Senior Creative Director : Madhumita (June)
Business : Indrajeet Mookerjee, Anahita Brar and Meghna Majumdar
Head of Production : Suprotim Day
Associate Director Films : Aamir Khan

First AD : Tarun Bansal
DA : Anirudh Bhardwaj
Casting : Crackerjack casting (Arpit and Jahnvi)
Production Designer : Anindya Choudhury (Bodo)
Art Director : Saamia Iqbal
Costume : Indrakshi Pattnaik
Hair & Makeup : Sara Capela
Line Producer : Siva

Offline Editor : Nirban Dasgupta
Composer : Rahul Pais (Jamroom)
Colorist : Vineesh Vijayan (Studio Skwer)
Online : Mantra Pixels
Sound Engineer : Carl Nazareth
VoiceOver : Rahul
Storyboard Artist : Rajendra Bagate
Accounts : Manjunath.G.C

12/05/2023

Ikea Minnen TVC (Film 1 of 3)

Production House : Black Picture Co.
Director : Harsha Prabhakar
DoP : Mitesh Mirchandani
Executive Producer : Vrinda Mohta Rao

Agency : Dentsu MB
Senior Creative Director : Madhumita (June)
Business : Indrajeet Mookerjee, Anahita Brar and Meghna Majumdar
Head of Production : Suprotim Day
Associate Director Films : Aamir Khan
First AD : Tarun Bansal
DA : Anirudh Bhardwaj
Casting : Crackerjack casting (Arpit and Jahnvi)
Production Designer : Anindya Choudhury (Bodo)
Art Director : Saamia Iqbal
Costume : Indrakshi Pattnaik
Hair & Makeup : Sara Capela
Line Producer : Siva

Offline Editor : Nirban Dasgupta
Composer : Rahul Pais (Jamroom)
Colorist : Vineesh Vijayan (Studio Skwer)
Online : Mantra Pixels
Sound Engineer : Carl Nazareth
VoiceOver : Rahul
Storyboard Artist : Rajendra Bagate
Accounts : Manjunath.G.C

02/04/2023

DELL Film 1 of 3 (Back to School Campaign)
DELL Inspiron + DANCE MOVES
Agency : VMLY & R
CCO: Mukund Olety
GCD: Rohan Kumar
Creatives : Ben Kipgen & Nitika Parmar
Art : Sandeep Juneja
Account Management : Shubam Sharma, Gurpriet Kaur, Payal Adlakha, Sakshi Bhardwaj
Films Head: Gurjyot Singh
Director: Harsha Prabhakar
Producer: Vrinda Mohta Rao
DoP: Mitesh Mirchandani
First AD: Okeef Atari
2nd AD : Sisnu Raj
DA and AD: Barath Jayarajan and Priya Shah
3rd AD: Rohit Nadakatti
1st AC : Shiv Karal
Gaffer: Kiran
Production Designer: Chaitra Puthraya (Binding Wire)
Prop Stylist : Nivedita Vijay
Art Director: Sharath K V
Casting: Crackerjack casting (Arpita and Jahnvi)
Costume Stylist: Rashi Verma
Hair & Makeup: Zahabia Lacewalla
Line Producer : Pradeep Belawadi
Prod Managers : Naushad Dyed Madthal Selva
Accounts and Support : Manjunath G C
Editor: Nirban Dasgupta
Music Director: Clinton Cerejo
Colorist: Christian Leiva (After)
Online: Picture Post
Post Supervisor : Hemanshu
Post Version and Quality control : Barath Jayarajan and Rohit Nadakatti
Sound Engineer: Chester Misquitta
Music License : Universal Storyboard Artist: Rajendra Bagate

02/04/2023

DELL Film 2 of 3 (Back to School Campaign)
DELL Inspiron + GLOVES

Agency : VMLY & R
CCO: Mukund Olety
GCD: Rohan Kumar
Creatives : Ben Kipgen & Nitika Parmar
Art : Sandeep Juneja

Account Management : Shubam Sharma, Gurpriet Kaur, Payal Adlakha, Sakshi Bhardwaj
Films Head: Gurjyot Singh

Director: Harsha Prabhakar
Producer: Vrinda Mohta Rao
DoP: Mitesh Mirchandani
First AD: Okeef Atari
2nd AD : Sisnu Raj
DA and AD: Barath Jayarajan and Priya Shah
3rd AD: Rohit Nadakatti
1st AC : Shiv Karal
Gaffer: Kiran
Production Designer: Chaitra Puthraya (Binding Wire)
Prop Stylist : Nivedita Vijay
Art Director: Sharath K V
Casting: Crackerjack casting (Arpita and Jahnvi)
Costume Stylist: Rashi Verma
Hair & Makeup: Zahabia Lacewalla
Line Producer : Pradeep Belawadi
Prod Managers : Naushad Dyed Madthal Selva
Accounts and Support : Manjunath G C

Editor: Nirban Dasgupta
Music Director: .arora25
Colorist: Christian Leiva (After)
Online: Picture Post
Post Supervisor : Hemanshu
Post Version and Quality control : Barath Jayarajan and Rohit Nadakatti
Sound Engineer: Carl Nazareth
Storyboard Artist: Rajendra Bagate

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Fort St. John Apts, No. 21, Rukmani Colony, St. Johns Road Cross
Bangalore
560042

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IN plain SIGHT.

In every gaze, every stare, every... distraction, the hook on the wall, in its shadow, in every tune, every sound, every noise, in the way the alarm screams, the way the snooze button clicks, in the way Garfield is written in today’s newspaper, in the way the sexy woman on the sports page is shot, the way registered sign is inscribed next to Garfield, in the way the blue bucket sits on the bathroom floor, in the sound of the barking dog outside, in the way the watchman dozes off at peak hour, the way the grill of the car coming down the road smiles with a glow in its eyes, the man driving it frowns, the way the clouds strike a pose, the way the door mat is placed outside the office, the way the light pours in as we draw the blinds open, the way the cursor blinks as this is being t y p e d.

We watch, sleep, stay up, read, doze off, listen, yawn and in the sounds we hear and make, in every experience we see images in our minds eye, indelible images. At first an image that’s all, then the Cello plays, the image turns into a story, the story into a film, and within seconds we travel from random noise to a film that gives us Goosebumps. This can be addictive, which is why we keep our eyes, nose, mouth, ears and minds open even if it makes us look ridiculous.

We step back into a child like curiosity, non-chalantly crafting stories every moment in the most graphic manner. To compete with the myriad visuals that appeared in our heads when our grandmothers spent those lazy afternoons telling us stories to put us to sleep but keep us awake today.

To ensure that every such image is immortalised on film is what drives the BLACK PICTURE CO.