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The Indian Indie Film: An Aspiring Filmmaker's Definite Guide to Debuting Film Career

This breakthrough book from Ashik Satheesh is the best book on Film Direction. A comprehensive guide on how to produce and distribute your first feature film with just ₹5 lakhs.

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Extensively documented production process and it has many interesting insights.
Rahul Riji Nair
Rahul Riji Nair
National Award Winning Film's Director

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10 Best Things This Book Will Teach You on Film Direction

Learn how to…

  • Make your first feature film in 7 steps
  • Make the film without big stars, or large sums of money
  • Shoot on a smartphone
  • Send the film to festivals
  • Market and sell your film
  • Raise money for independent filmmaking
  • Budget for low costs
  • Do preproduction that saves you ₹25 lakhs
  • Get free and paid resources for an easy production
  • Sell your film on Amazon Prime

…and much more.

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Praise for The Indian Indie Film

5/5
"Filmmaking explained in simple words. The narration is so perfect and clear that we wont have the smallest of doubts in the things explained."
Abilash George
Abilash George
Amazon Customer Review
5/5
"More important than film history and aesthetics"
Harshitha S
Writer, Filmmaker
5/5
"An inspiration!"
Raj Bk
Raj Bk
Actor, Filmmaker
5/5
"What is commendable is that Ashik has shared his learnings from the past 5 years into this condensed book in a selfless manner; whereas the industry is known to be highly secretive. Highly recommended.
Rajiv Mathew
Rajiv Mathew
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Let Me Tell You More About This Book on Film Direction…

Everyone says to go and shoot your film on a smartphone. Do it cheap. Make a low budget film. But besides a phone, what else do you need to make your first feature film? It is not stars, stunts, money, music, dance, exotic locations, camera, VFX…!

This book will help you:

  • Gain knowledge and confidence to go make your movie
  • Raise money and make a micro budget film for ₹5 lakhs, on a mobile phone
  • Sell the movie on Amazon Prime and gain profit and international viewership

Who is This Book For?

This book is for you if you:

  • Are an aspiring writer, filmmaker, or producer
  • Want to make a film with available resources
  • Want to learn the dos and don’ts of smartphone filmmaking
  • Want to send the film to festivals or release it on OTT platforms

This book is not for you if you:

  • Want to make a star studded high budget commercial movie

The Indian Indie Film is intensive book on filmmaking and is written from experience. It is a complete guide on low budget filmmaking and selling it.

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About Ashik Satheesh

Ashik Satheesh

Ashik’s aim is to make world class films. He set foot into the professional arena by writing and directing Munnariv (2020), the first ever Malayalam feature film to be shot entirely on a iPhone.

Besides Munnariv he also made over 10 short films, assisted several Ads and award-winning feature films like Ottamuri Velicham (2017). Ashik is an Engineer by degree who worked with Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai. He quit, traveled across India soul searching and finally choose to follow his passion for stories. Besides making great films, he also loves to teach filmmaking.

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