Purple Percept Films

Film: A GOOD WIFE
Production: 2018- 2025
Duration: 90 mins | Feature length Hybrid Documentary

Synopsis: Returning home to confront her family about her impending divorce, a modern Hindu-Marwari filmmaker navigates clashing expectations of womanhood as her parents obsess over finding the “perfect bride” for her brother, all while grappling with their ideal of a “good wife.”

Why This Film?
This film brings a fresh perspective on the intersection of tradition and modernity, a theme that resonates globally as women navigate changing gender roles and familial expectations. It provides an intimate, first-hand exploration of the challenges faced by women in conservative communities, from the relatable lens of family and self-discovery, making it both a personal and universal story. A With its raw honesty and cultural specificity, the film offers a timely and necessary conversation about independence, societal roles, and redefining womanhood.

Presented by- Purple Percept Films
Producer | Director: Anuradha Bansal
Cinematographer: Anuradha Bansal
Editor: Anuradha Bansal | Sheshank Kumar Jaiswal
Color Grading and VFX: Sheshank Kumar Jaiswal
Sound Designer: Subhadeep Sengupta | Sabyasachi Pal Sound Mixer: Sabyasachi Pal

Awards & Recognition:

Participating project in Documentary Resource Initiative, DocEdge 2023, Kolkata
Participating project in rough cut lab of Documentary Resource Initiative, EditCamp 2023, Kolkata

Film: A Long Walk Home Year: 2023
Duration: 5 Minutes | Short Documentary

Film Link: https://youtu.be/BCjqJKzdxqU?si=_JH0Au3Qocy89mWH

Synopsis: The films showcases the efforts of Gitanjali Babbar, founder of Kat-Katha, an NGO that is transforming the lives of former sez workers in Delhi’s Red Light district helping women find hope and build a supportive community.

Producer | Director: Mamta Singh
Cinematographer | Editor: Anuradha Bansal

Awards & Recognition:

Top 10 selection in the competition organized by The Better India ‘LICHFL Womentaries, Her Story, Your Lens’, in collaboration with LICHFL

Film: Over a cup of tea
Original Title: Chai Pe Charcha
Year: 2021
Duration: 08:45 mins | Short Documentary

Synopsis: The monotonous quietness of a heavily pregnant afternoon in Delhi’s DDA neighborhood during the covid pandemic comes alive with braying laughter of two friends over phone. To get the feel of not so old days of meeting over tea in cafes, two friends time themselves for a virtual get together over phone, sipping tea, to aid their ‘adda’ with gossips, memory replays and their love for tea. Those old memories sparked over food consist of the flavors of life during this unprecedented covid lock-down.

Producer | Director | Cinematographer | Editor: Anuradha Bansal

Awards & Recognition:

Film: A Distant Song
Year: 2017
Duration: 23:34 mins | Short Documentary

Trailer Link: https://vimeo.com/238036023

Synopsis: The film metaphorically explores life, hope and failure weaved through the stories of individuals set on the journey of music. Nostalgic exploration- of conflicts, expectations for spectacular aims- losing to banality; old traditions versus new trends, and the patience to living through it in hope.

Producer: Creative Documentary Course, Sri Aurobindo Centre of Arts and Communication, New Delhi in Collaboration with Thinking Film & Goethe-Institut/ Max Muller Bhavan
Director | Cinematographer | Editor: Anuradha Bansal
Sound Record: Aviva Dharamraj | Gagandeep Singh | Akanksha Gupta