A perfect closer for 🌸✨ Flowering Man ✨🌸
What started as a diploma film at FTII has now found its perfect closure by winning the National Award for Best Non-Feature Film (71st National Film Awards). As a cinematographer, this journey has been nothing short of life-changing.
Carrying a camera as a student, learning to listen to light, and finding frames that could do justice to a story so tender and powerful—it all feels worth it today.
This film was a dream built together. Forever grateful to my director and friend Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar (
@picklestories )—your vision, courage, and sensitivity gave me the chance to see the world differently through my lens. Our collaboration will always be a milestone in my journey.
To our wonderful cast, Tanishka Meesala (
@tanishka_meesala ), Rajeev Gaursingh (
@gaursinghrajeev ), and Maitreyaa TK (
@yaatrik )—thank you for breathing life into the frames.
And to my fellow collaborators and friends who made this film a reality—PR Manikandan (
@prartdirector , Production Design), Anurag Pant (
@pantanurag , Sound), Aritra Majumdar (Editing), WhileWeWonder & Amartya Ray (Music)—this award belongs to all of us.
Special love to my closest associates and true friend
@gururaj_14 & the entire crew who stood by with heart and passion:
@priyankaarora24 ,
@amitabhbhawar ,
@smahind65 ,
@pratik_harry , S. Sakthi Sri Devi, Siva Krishnan, Adheep Das, R. Murugan,
@_avichal_singh_ ,
@abhyaa_o ,
@_santsameer_
Today, I look back not just at a film, but at a journey of growing up as an artist. Flowering Man will always be more than a film—it’s the memory of becoming. 🌸
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