Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Tricity Filmmakers Pioneer New Cinematic Language
In the cities of Mohali and Chandigarh, a group of independent filmmakers are making movies with small budgets.
They're using borrowed equipment and local people.
These filmmakers want to tell stories that matter, exploring themes like education, inequality, and human emotions.
Anmol Sidhu, director of "Jaggi," used his experience in theatre and film to make his film, which won an award.
Other groups like Nazariya Productions and Beans Media focus on issues and indie filmmaking, respectively.
They focus on telling their own stories without big budgets.
A new wave of independent filmmakers is emerging in Mohali and Chandigarh.
Filmmakers are using micro-budgets, local actors, and borrowed equipment to make films.
Anmol Sidhu's film "Jaggi" won awards and gained recognition.
Production houses like Nazariya Productions and Beans Media are key to the movement.
The focus is on creating meaningful and personal cinema.
- Who
- Emerging filmmakers and production houses
- What
- Are crafting a new cinematic language.
- When
- Ongoing.
- Where
- Mohali and Chandigarh.
- Why
- To create meaningful, personal, and unvarnished films.
- Key Figures
- Anmol Sidhu, Dibankar Jain, Kunal Walia, Uday Oswal, Angad Singh, Pali Bhupinder Singh
- Production Houses
- Nazariya Productions, Beans Media, Colorkaar, Tranza Studio, Vinkal Studios
- Notable Films
- Jaggi (2022), Echoes of the Herd, Sindhoori Visa
- Location
- Mohali and Chandigarh
- Focus
- Independent, meaningful cinema on micro-budgets