Rajdeep Paul (born
September 1981, Kolkata, West Bengal) is a boy who refuses to grow up
like his favorite hero Peter Pan. He lost his mother at age of 9 and had
a very protective childhood. He studied Computer Science
and Engineering to fulfill his father's wishes. He worked in Infosys Technologies Ltd for
three years as a Software Engineer and during that tenure had the
opportunity of travelling to and staying at different parts of the the
country and interacting with a vast variety of urban Indian youth
working in the IT sector. He was not a serious worker in the company but
still scored well with his bosses for being the poster boy in the
office's extracurricular activities. 'India 24' was written by him while he was in Infosys, inspired by events that took place around him.
In 2007, he quit his job to follow his dream of filmmaking and joined Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata to pursue a course in Film Direction where he made the 32 minute short film '3 on a Bed' along with Sarmistha Maiti.
The '3 on a Bed' Novella is a progression to the short film, while the film's story has a wide canvas; the novella concentrates on the acute inner lives of the same three characters. Rajdeep now lives in Kolkata and works as an Independent Filmmaker and Writer.
In 2007, he quit his job to follow his dream of filmmaking and joined Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata to pursue a course in Film Direction where he made the 32 minute short film '3 on a Bed' along with Sarmistha Maiti.
The '3 on a Bed' Novella is a progression to the short film, while the film's story has a wide canvas; the novella concentrates on the acute inner lives of the same three characters. Rajdeep now lives in Kolkata and works as an Independent Filmmaker and Writer.
Sarmistha Maiti (born December 1979, Haldia, West Bengal) had a dream of becoming a writer since her childhood, which she spent in different industrial townships across the country travelling with her parents. Her father, an Engineer in a Public Sector Company, wanted his daughter to also be an Engineer. But encouraged by her husband of twelve years, a celebrated artiste, she went against her father and took up first graduation and then post-graduation in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She started her writing career as a Journalist in Hindustan Times, Kolkata in 2000 followed by the Times of India, Kolkataand then as a Copywriter in an Ad Agency.
Her first book, a collection of Modern English Poems titled Forbidden was published in 2004. She is presently the Managing Editor of www.mattersofart.net (India’s 1st e-zine on Art) and has been also contributing as an Art Critic to different Art Magazines across the country since 2007.
In 2007, she also took up a Course in Filmmaking from Satyajit Ray Film and Television institute as an Editor, where she met Rajdeep, their diverse backgrounds initially providing a backdrop for great conflict and later for great collaboration.
Sarmistha now lives in Kolkata and works as an Independent Filmmaker, Writer, Art Critic and Curator and the conflict between her industrial background and creative pursuits reflect greatly in her works.
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