The Team

Fahad Mustafa: Fahad was born in Chamanganj, Kanpur , grew up in Saudi Arabia and has been educated in Delhi and Vienna. He holds degrees in History and Global Studies. His first project was FC Chechnya (2010).

Deepti Kakkar: Born in Delhi, Deepti has been engaged in issues of social development sustainable livelihood for the last 10 years. She has previously directed a film on microfinance in India, and worked on story-development and as production manager on FC Chechnya. Deepti lives in Ghaziabad, India.

Jamal Mustafa (Faizy) and Ahsan Iqbal: The local crew in Kanpur, assistant to the director and production assistant respectively, they were both born and are living in Chamanganj, Kanpur.

Leopold Koegler (Associate Producer): Lepold Koegler is a PhD researcher at the University of Vienna and was a producer on FC Chechnya.

Maria Trieb (Cinematographer/Editor): Maria Trieb has been working as a cinematographer and editor for the last five years and has worked on several short films, music videos and documentaries. Maria lives together with her husband and a child in Vienna.

Namrata Rao (Editor): Namrata Rao is a National and award winning editor. Born to a middle-class family in Delhi, she obtained a degree in IT, but left the field to pursue film. An alumnus of SRFTI, her work includes Hindi feature films and documentaries such as Shuddh Desi Romance (Toronto 2013), Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Shanghai, Kahaani, Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl, Band Baaja Baraat, LSD, Ishqiya, Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye, Dahleez Par, Mila Kya, I'm the Very Beautiful, Baba Black Beard.

Amit Kilam and Rahul Ram (Composers): Amit and Rahul are part of Indian Ocean. Based in Delhi, they have composed for films such as Peepli Live and Black Friday. Their unique sound of Contemporary Rock mixed with classical, jazz and fusion have earned them a cult following. Their albums have included Jhini, Kandisa and Khajoor Road.

Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (Composer): Composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (born New York City, 1979) writes music for concert halls, film, video games and theatrical stages internationally. Her film scores include Money for Nothing, Stealing Summers, The Shattering, The Apocalypse According To Doris, Joburg, Mesmerize Me, Foreign Language, Back To The Front, and Temporary Obsession, in addition to collaborative work on numerous projects including Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Craft in America, VITO, In Justice, American Masters, Ace Ventura Pet Detective Jr., Kung Fu Panda 2 Video Game, The Tournament, among others.

Kunal Sharma (Sound Designer): Kunal is a National Film Award winner for his work in the film 1971 (2007) and received an International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) award for the film Devdas (2002). Kunal’s other feature film projects have included Vishal Bhardwaj’s Blood Brothers (2007), Shaitan (2011), Ribhu Dasgupta’s Michael (2011) and Anurag Kashyap’s films Paanch (2003), Black Friday (2004), No Smoking (2007),Gulaal (2009), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010) and Gangs of Wasseypur I & II (2012).

Amith Surendran: Amith is a cinematographer and photographer based in Kerala. He studied film at the Sydney Film School and has worked on several documentary and feature films in India and Australia.

Directed by Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa Produced by Globalistan Films Co Produced by ITVS; Executive Producer for ITVS: Judy Tam

Supported by
The Sundance Institute and Documentary Fund, Cinereach, IDFA Fund, Asian Cinema Fund, Alter Cine Foundation, Goeteborg International Film Fund, Worldview, Chicken and Egg Pictures

Associate Producers
Leopold Koegler and Maria Trieb-Eliaz

Cinematography
Maria Trieb-Eliaz, Amith Surendran, Fahad Mustafa

Editors
Maria Trieb, Namrata Rao

Music by
Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam (of Indian Ocean) Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum

Background Score
Gingger Shankar

Lyrics by
Varun Grover

Sound Design by
Kunal Sharma

Assistant Director
Jamal ‘Faizy’ Mustafa

Production Manager (Kanpur)
Ahsan Iqbal

Colourist
Makarand Surte

VFX
Reliance Mediaworks Ltd. ,Film City, Goregaon

Sound Recording
Vishakha Bokil
K. Sivadas
Rajendra Prasad
Ashwin Dhuri

Additional Cinematography by
Anchit Thukral

Production Assistant
Abdullah Ali

Editors’ Assistants
Deepak Mahajan
Nitesh Bhatia
Alexander Rausch

Songs

‘Kanpoora’
Composed and Performed by Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam
Lyrics by Varun Grover

‘Ghayal Hirania’
Composed and Performed by Fareeduddin Ayaz Qawwal

Back-up Vocals by Moiz Uddin Haydar, Gayoor Ahmad Al Hasani

Recording Engineers Aamir Shaikh
Shahid Hasan
Sayan Chakroborty

Recording Studios
Empire Studios
SRS Studios Mumbai

Supervising Sound Editor
Faisal Majeed
Sushant

Sound Mixing Engineer
Sinoy Joseph

Sound postproduction Studios
Soniqsphere

Sound Mixing Studio
QLab

Foley Sound
Just Foley

ADR Studio
Orangsham Sound Studio

Photography
Egon Johann Vencour

DI Line Producer
Faiz Syed

VFX Supervisor
Rajeev Rajasekharan

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