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In an era where our daily lives increasingly depend on satellite technology for communication, GPS navigation, weather forecasting, and global connectivity, The Dirty Sky, unveils the alarming crisis of space junk and orbital debris—the uncontrolled accumulation of defunct satellites, rocket fragments, and space trash in Earth’s orbit. This eye-opening documentary delves into the rapid expansion of satellite mega constellations, such as Star-link and OneWeb, and their unintended consequences—space congestion, satellite collisions, and hazardous debris clouds. With a detailed exploration of the history of satellite launches, the film highlights the exponential rise in non-functional satellites and the severe threats they pose to space sustainability, future space missions, and global communications.
Set against the chaotic yet vibrant backdrop of urban India, MISSED CALL follows Gaurav Sengupta, a restless young man consumed by the need to capture life as it unfolds. His obsession with filming every moment—mundane or meaningful—becomes an addiction, as he searches for meaning, identity, and connection through the lens of his handycam. What begins as a self-driven film project gradually unravels into an unfiltered chronicle of his emotional disintegration. Shot entirely from the protagonist’s point of view, the film becomes a visual diary of a generation lost between dreams and disillusionment, between love and lust, and between hope and heartbreak. As Gaurav loses grip on both his camera and himself, MISSED CALL becomes a haunting meditation on creation, obsession, and the cost of storytelling.
Banwari Ki Amma is a heartfelt cinematic tale set in the late 1970s, in the bustling, culturally rich town of Lucknow, in central India. The story revolves around a humble middle-class family striving for stability, where the father works as a typist in a government office, earning just enough to make ends meet. At the emotional core of the narrative is an elderly maid—Banwari’s mother—who goes from house to house, grinding pulses and making delicious **kachoris**, a beloved local snack. Through her silent strength and tireless work, she becomes the film’s quiet anchor, embodying maternal devotion, dignity, and resilience. The film captures the texture of everyday life in old Lucknow—its lanes, its language, and its unspoken struggles. Against a backdrop of social change and creeping modernity, it explores themes of **love, sacrifice, loss, and human endurance.
Life in Metaphors journeys into the world of master filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli with an urge to understand the language, grammar and the very purpose of storytelling through the medium of cinema. Girish Kasaravalli is an internationally renowned Indian filmmaker, who has made highly acclaimed films like Ghatashraddha, Thai Saheba, Dweepa,Tabarana Kathe and Gulabi Talkies etc. All of his films are rooted in local culture and yet these films have travelled beyond the boundaries and have been hugely appreciated as “world cinema” . A no-frills down-to-earth approach to filmmaking has earned him the reputation of creating a unique language, of cinema which excels in “culturing realism” in Indian cinema.
O.P. Srivastava is a National Award–winning filmmaker, author, and cultural thinker whose work bridges the worlds of finance, mythology, and storytelling. After a distinguished career as a senior leader in technology-driven banking, he transitioned into cinema and writing to explore how narratives—ancient and contemporary—shape societies, institutions, and human behaviour. His award-winning documentary Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli brought him national recognition and established his voice as a sensitive chronicler of Indian culture, parallel cinema, and artistic integrity. His body of work spans both fiction and non-fiction, engaging deeply with themes of environment, identity, spirituality, memory, and resilience. Notable documentaries such as Vanishing Vultures, Mangalachar, A Few Days More, What’s Your Story?, and The Dirty Sky reflect his sustained engagement with ecological concerns and social change, while fiction films like Missed Call and Banwari’s Mother reveal his interest in intimate, human-scale storytelling.
reelismfilms is the creative home of O.P. Srivastava — a storyteller who journeyed from boardrooms to film studios, blending the analytical precision of finance with the emotional depth of cinema. Founded on the belief that stories can transform, reelismfilms creates documentaries and narrative works rooted in authenticity, social relevance and human empathy. Srivastava’s transition from a pioneering investment banker to a National Award–winning filmmaker has shaped the studio’s unique voice: insightful, sensitive and driven by purpose.
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