I had a dream and passion to make films right from my childhood, maybe it came as a genetic heritage from my father. He used to always watch films on the first day and last show in the front row obviously, he was a driver by profession.
At a young age with a burning passion to make films in my heart, I went to Mumbai (Bollywood). Got my foot into the industry as an assistant director but without a mentor and money, it was an impossible task. Spending golden years of my life there without any result I came back to my native place Junagadh, got married to an orphan girl and started a new life as a Teacher.
Annual functions of the school became my stage and students became my actors. My dramas were widely appreciated by the audience.
My father died in 2017, but it was his wish to make a film someday.
In came the digital age, but I could not afford a simple cell phone. One of the parents of my student came to know about my knowledge of cameras. That same parent gave me a cell phone on the condition to pay the amount in instalments. Armed with a cell phone Micromax A110 I created an Instagram account @take3_production and started shooting street portraits.
Those HDR portraits got famous, followers grew, and the switch was made to stock photography. Next came Canon 520hs superzoom, then came Canon 350d, an 8 mp Gem.
Those images were selling well on various stock sites. Kids became Models. My income started increasing and with that money, I purchased a second-hand Canon 5d Mark II.
Three kids were born. Two boys and a girl.
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Now there was no turning back. With kids as actors, Six Short films were made in one year. Our family of five became a small filmmaking unit.
All the VFX, editing, lighting, set design, music, cinematography, etc is done by those three kids.
Encouraged by the income and support of family, finally, It was decided to make a full feature film to fulfil that childhood dream.
Three kids, my wife, and I became actors. Our ancestral home became the location. I wrote a story and script. Armed with the full HD capabilities of Canon 5d Mark II we started shooting. Half of the film was shot, things were looking good.
Enter Covid19, the entire world was locked, those were difficult times. Our family also get infected during the second wave but recovered. It took eight months or more to fully recover. I lost my job, and a new job only offered half a Salary.
We were broken but not discouraged we fought back. Things become normal.
Again the shooting started, during the daytime I worked as a teacher in school. At night we were shooting a film. All the VFX work was created by us. The footage also went to stock sites as B-roll to generate some income.
Finally, the day came when the film was ready.
The film Triple Cross – Chapter One is shot entirely in one location. Five actors, one Camera + lens Combo. Three lights were used covered with various colour gels. All DIY tricks are used during the shooting of the film including smoke, blood etc.
Teaser of the film you can watch here.
The full film you can watch here.
