works
in production
[short film]
portrait
PRODUCTION
director: ishq pradhan
executive producers: thomas sadoski, suroosh alvi (co-founder of vice), omar mullick (you resemble me)
producers: rianjali bhowmick, ishq pradhan, saman hasan, sophie fazio
cast: thomas sadoski (hbo newsroom), jasmine cephas jones (hamilton), saman hasan
over the course of a new yorker interview, liam, a 47-year old famed war photographer, falls prey to the fear of happiness and childhood trauma hiding behind his artistic process, and is forced to confront its impact on the picture perfect marriage he believes he has.
[feature documentary]
incarnations of i
PRODUCTION
production year: 2022 - current
director/producer: sharbari bose kamat
executive producer: vanessa roth
producer/composer: rianjali bhowmick
after decades of upholding the deeply-rooted worship of a hindu goddess, a bengali-american woman mines the generational trauma hidden behind her family’s religious traditions. both here in the states—her birthplace—and in her parents’ homeland of india, where ancestral festivals have birthed a renaissance of clay idol-making, she discovers the emotional bonds that immigrants and other unlikely artisans share: a visceral connection with sculpture, a yearning to be loved, and the very human need to heal.
[unscripted episodic series]
curryageous episode 3
POST-PRODUCTION
director: kunal patel
executive producers: kunal patel, rianjali bhowmick, kush parmar
cinematographer: shahrukh tailor
a meditative look at recipes in danger of being lost. told by the every day chefs who cook them, amidst the backdrop of their personal lives.
[unscripted episodic series]
the spot
PRE-PRODUCTION
director: suswana chowdhury
executive producers: suswana chowdhury, miki montebello, rianjali bhowmick, kunal patel, kush parmar
when you ask anyone about their childhood, answers about their favorite food and music will inevitably induce the biggest smile. the spot is a digital series tapping into that nostalgia as musicians dissect their career path through visceral memories over their favorite plate of food. Not the dish they've grown to love but the one they grew up with in their favorite hometown eatery. The dish that holds both personal history and deliciousness.