''Sheeshmahal'' is a 2024 Indian

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, based on India's International Children's Film Festival, and directed by Camp Sasi. The film is jointly produced by Million Dreams Creations and Avanti Chitranaalayam.

Vivek Sagar Vivek Sagar is an Indian music composer, record producer and playback singer who works in Telugu cinema . He debuted with the film, '' Pelli Choopulu'' (2016). Upon critical acclaim for the album garnered him his first nomination for Filmfare ...

has composed music for the film with

Piyush Mishra Piyush Mishra (born as Priyakant Sharma; 13 January 1963) is an Indian actor, singer, lyricist, playwright, musician, and screenwriter. Mishra grew up in Sambhal, and graduated from National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he starte ...

and

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as lyricist and singers. The film also depicts majority of

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city and its culture before the metro lookover. Although the film was shot in 2013, and had a few private screening events, the film was theatrically released on 14 February 2024. The film features segments in Telugu and English.

Cast

The Documentary: *

Rahul Ramakrishna Rahul Ramakrishna (born 15 January 1991) is an Indian actor, writer and journalist. He made his debut with the short film, ''Sainma''. He became popular with his role in the 2017 Telugu film, '' Arjun Reddy''. Early life Rahul Ramakrishna was ...

as Filmmaker * Camp Sasi as Senior cameraman *Rahul Penumatsa as Cameraman *Rohit Penumatsa as Rk's roommate *Anantha Perumal as Rk's friend *Prerana as Rk's girlfriend The Teenagers: *Arnold as Advaith *Pramila Boddeti as Lavanya *Appu as Lavanya's friend *Poornima as Lavanya's mother *Vijaya as Teacher The Canteen Owner: *Feroze as Canteen owner *Sandhya as Sakhina *Gopal as Canteen boy The Fakeer: *Sai as Fakeer *Old Fakeer as Khaleel *Sridhar as Police *Venkatesh as Fakeer's friend

Production

''Sheeshmahal'' was initially titled ''Festen''. The film was shot in 27 days around the International Children's Film Festival which is hosted every 2 years in

. ''Sheeshmahal'' takes an independent look at the experiences of participants from different states. Director Camp Sasi said “The best way to capture the real flavor of the fest was to shoot the film during the fest itself; no amount of set designing can replicate the mood. The atmosphere itself lends to a very good mood-building scene.” While the movie was being filmed, most of the cast and crew were newcomers, including music director

, cinematographer Gnana Shekar V. S., actor

, writer and director Camp Sasi. By the time of its theatrical release, Vivek Sagar has grown to be a household name, Rahul Ramakrishna became a mainstream film actor, and sound designer Sanal George went on to win

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for Best Sound Design.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

with one song composed by

. The album was first released in 2016. The album comprises four Hindi songs including a ''

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'', one Tamil, one Telugu, and one English. Critics regarded "Rainbows in the Sky" and "Citramaga" as the album's highlights.

Release

The film was exclusively released on 14 February 2024 at Prasads Multiplex in Hyderabad. The film was streamed on

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on 22 February 2024.

References

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