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{{Infobox film
| name = The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project
| image = The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project Poster1.jpg
| caption = ''The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project'' Poster
| studio = Enter Guerrilla Productions
| director = [[Srinivas Sunderrajan]]
| starring =* Kartik Krishnan
* Vishwesh K
* [[Swara Bhaskar]]
* D Santosh
| cinematography = [[Hashim Badani]]
| editing = [[Srinivas Sunderrajan]]
| writer = [[Srinivas Sunderrajan]], Vijesh Rajan
| music = Sujil Sukumaran
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|10|26}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget = {{INR}} 40,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264467 |title= A Little Thrift|author= Namrat Joshi |date=8 March 2010 |work=Outlook|access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref> (1000 USD$)
}}
'''''The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project''''' is a 2010 [[Indian film]] produced and directed by [[Independent film|independent]] filmmaker [[Srinivas Sunderrajan]]. It is a [[Hindi]]-[[English language|English]] drama-thriller film with English subtitles shot on [[HDV]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indie-wallahs/717034/0 |title= Indie wallahs|author=Debesh Banerjee |date= 28 November 2010 |work=Indian Express|access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> in [[black-and-white]]. It is touted as India's first [[Mumblecore|Mumble Core]] film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/far-bollywood-new-indian-cinema-exile?page=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912160944/http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/far-bollywood-new-indian-cinema-exile?page=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Far From Bollywood: The New Indian Cinema in Exile|author=Kroll-Zaidi |date=15 February 2011 |work=The New York Observer|access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303467004575574493202168262 |title=Kids Take Over the School |author= Steve Dollar |date=26 October 2010 |work=Wall Street Journal |publisher= |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/movies/22festival.html?_r=1 |title= A Wave of Indie Angst Hits South Asian Cinema |author=Rachel Salz |date= 21 October 2010 |work= New York Times|access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref> The film was shot entirely on location in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It was screened at the 2010 [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] in the New Faces of Indian Cinema Section on 26 October 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/past-present-future/706424/0 |title= Past Present Future |author=Harneet Singh |date= 3 November 2012 |work=Indian Express|access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> and on 5 June 2011 at [[Transylvania International Film Festival]] in competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dearcinema.com/article/the-indian-indie-in-eastern-europe-transilvania-film-festival/4753 |title= Indian Indie in Eastern Europe |author=Boglarka Nagy |date= 15 June 2011 |work=DearCinema |publisher= |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
In a bustling office in [[Mumbai]], Kartik Krishnan ([[Kartik Krishnan]]) sits behind his desk coding [[HTML]] websites when he chances upon a blog on cinema featuring [[Independent filmmakers]]. This sparks his intentions to make his own [[short film]], thus leading him to contact Srinivas Sunderrajan ([[Vishwesh K]]), an independent filmmaker who had met Kartik's idol and famed director [[Quentin Tarantino]] at an international film festival, who in turn agrees to guide Kartik through the process.

As Kartik begins piecing the story, cast and screenplay together, several inexplicable phenomena start emerging in his life including a sinister stalker ([[D Santosh]]) dressed in official government clothing; and the sudden appearance of a strange future-telling antique toy.

Troubled with these bizarre developments and the unresolved feelings that he harbours for Swara Bhaskar ([[Swara Bhaskar]]), his colleague, Kartik embarks on an extraordinary journey that transcends love, life and logic itself.

==Cast==
* [[Kartik Krishnan]] as Kartik Krishnan
* [[Vishwesh K]] as Srinivas Sunderrajan
* [[Swara Bhaskar]] as Swara Bhaskar & 'Maya'
* [[D Santosh]] as 'System'

==Production==
The film was shot on weekends over nearly a year since most of the actors had day jobs and they could only afford to spare the weekend. Also, since there were no location permits, the cast and crew used to sometimes end up without a location for a week, which meant the shoot had to be shifted to the next week.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saiff.org/2010/index.php?p=behindthefilm&id=1003 |title=India's First Mumblecore Filmmaker: An Interview with Srinivas Sunderrajan |author= Sousan Hammad|year=2010 |publisher=South Asian International Film Festival |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> Since the cast were all good friends of Sunderrajan, they agreed to work for free.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/shot-circuit-142 |title= Shot circuit |date=31 December 2010 |work=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref> A lot of the 'time stretch' happened because of location unavailability. And when the location was ready, the actors would be unavailable due to other commitments. True to [[guerrilla filmmaking]], many times the extras and the crowd in the frames did not even know that shooting was being done.

At any given point of time, only the director, the cinematographer and the lead actor, and depending on which location was being filmed - the secondary character was present on the sets. Midway through shooting the original script, the main location (the protagonist's house) collapsed. One day the building was there, and the next day the third floor caved in on the second. And so the location was cordoned off, even though 60 percent of shooting was still left to be done at that location.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moifightclub.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/kartik-krishnan-fills-up-the-blanks-of-the-untitled-kartik-krishnan-project/ |title= Kartik Krishnan fills up the blanks of The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project |author= Kartik Krishnan |date=16 February 2010 |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref>

The script was outlined, yet completely improvised by the actors with the director often giving the actors a free hand. In keeping with its [[meta fiction]] genre, the film's characters were named after the actors who played them and many instances in the film have been based on real events which transpired between the cast and crew.

The initial edit was done on a borrowed [[MacBook|Macbook]] (in-between shooting days) and later the [[post production]], [[VFX]] & [[Sound Design]] ([[Vijesh Rajan]]) of the film was done in a one-month time-span on a home computer so that it could be sent out within several film festivals' deadlines. After seeing an initial screening, director [[Anurag Kashyap]] helped to promote the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/I-make-movies-as-I-love-cinema-Anurag/articleshow/6090740.cms |title=I make movies as I love cinema: Anurag |author=Arpita Nath |date=26 June 2010 |work=Times of India|access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref>

==Festivals==
* In Competition, Berlin Asian Hot Shots Film Festival 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asianage.com/life-and-style/tough-ride-success-239 |title= A Tough Ride to Success |date=28 October 2010 |work= The Asian Age|access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref>
* New Faces, [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267763 |title= The Arc's A Rainbow|author=[[Namrata Joshi]] |date=15 November 2010 |work= Outlook|access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref>
* Dramatic Competition, South Asian International Film Festival, New York 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.mid-day.com/specials/2010/oct/241010-mami-mumblecore-kartik-krishnan.htm |title= Mumble in the jungle |author= Yolande D'Mello |date=24 October 2010 |work=Mid-Day|access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref>
* In Competition, Transylvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dearcinema.com/article/the-indian-indie-in-eastern-europe-transilvania-film-festival/4753 |title= Indian Indie in Eastern Europe |author=Boglarka Nagy |date= 15 June 2011 |work=DearCinema |publisher= |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
16. ^ Shalini Seth (12 February 2011). "[http://www.zoneyuva.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2255:the-new-indie-brigade&catid=105:buzz&Itemid=516 The New Indie Brigade]". Yuva. Retrieved 28 March 2011.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1773774|The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/enterguerrilla#g/c/2D6B40EC2E346DBC Official Trailers on Enterguerilla's Youtube Page]
*[http://vimeo.com/66136951 The complete film online on vimeo]

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[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Camcorder films]]
[[Category:Films about filmmaking]]
[[Category:Indian independent films]]
[[Category:Metafiction]]
[[Category:2010 thriller drama films]]
[[Category:Films shot in India]]
[[Category:2010 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2010 drama films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller drama films]]
[[Category:2010 independent films]]

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