These days it is all about making it to the international film festivals and once you have the
validation from them, it is all about skills in marketing your film. Celebrated Indian
filmmaker Chandrakant Singh flirts with both the commercial and the festival cinema. His
latest short film, Being Alive, featuring Rajpal Yadav, Sezal Sharma, and Niharika Raizada,
was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024 and is now available for streaming on Jio
Cinema.
Interestingly, Singh’s trilogy of short films—Scapegoat, Parchaiyaan and now Being
Alive—have all garnered critical acclaim, Parchaiyaan at Puente Cinematográfico
International Film Festival, further. Singh remains relevant in the mainstream cinema as
well. His Kya Masti Kya Dhoom, premiered last month on the Waves OTT platform.
For a director who made his debut in 2008/ Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa, Singh has since
then made a variety of films, Bin Bulaye Baraati/ 2011, Be Careful/ 2011, and Main Zaroor
Aaunga/ 2019.