Sameeha Sabnis
I am an actor by training, and have been working and writing and directing for theatre for the last 10 years. I am only 21 and I have recently started to transition into film-making. My career goals are to be a screen-writer, actor and film-maker, but currently I am an enthusiastic student of 'all things cinema'. I have a degree in Cultural anthropology and I have written 4 research papers on 'new wave bollywood' and 'Indian web-series industry'. I have also worked as a DA, script supervisor and production manager for short films and web-series.
My Work
Soul-kadhi
Creator: Sameeha Sabnis
I was raised by a rebellious homemaker grandmother, who taught me to dream. If I ever marry compromising my career, she WILL haunt me. This story is inspired by our bond forged with mythical stories of the supernatural that she would narrate. In the ‘Upside down’ realm of the supernatural, boundaries of caste, class, religion, gender don’t matter. The irony is- home should be a boundary-less space, but most women are restricted in their married homes. This is a fantastical cautionary tale, told by one woman to another, to claim her married-home, as her own space, before it’s too late.
The Voice-Note
Creator: Sameeha Sabnis
To fulfil the last wish of her dying father, Olivia has to ask her EX for a favor, and wait for her reply all night. Having no control over the situation is triggering her OCD and its getting increasingly difficult to deal with the voices in her head. As her world falls apart all around her, Olivia finds her voice for a fleeting moment as the eerie silent night concludes.