CORE CREW

Afreen Experience

I continue to be amazed at how seamlessly Aashish’s ambitious vision for AFREEN clicked with my own from the get-go. Story development was an intensive but rewarding collaboration, and the script – in all its incarnations – was a bloody, sweaty, tearful labor of love, in which my passion fed off his, and vice versa. I couldn’t be prouder to be such an integral part of this timely and important motion picture.

As director of photography for the film AFREEN, the challenges were high and so were the rewards. The dedication I brought to making this film was buoyed by Aashish Chanana’s unending passion to tell this story. It was this passion that motivated a small cast and crew with few tools to tell this story.

“After I read the script I knew this film won’t be about violence, but about love winning over any form of devil. I was amazed by the Director’s approach to showing as much beauty and peace as possible in the whole picture. I am glad I had an opportunity to work on such a difficult subject.”

Anyone who worked on the film could see that Aashish Chanana was so passionate and driven by this project that he would work day and night to see his vision become a reality. The word “impossible” is not in Aashish’s vocabulary. Working with him on this film has taught me that if you have a dream, go after it. As I work on other projects I often reflect on the time I spent working on AFREEN and realize I can do whatever I put my mind to! Congratulations to all those who worked so hard to make this great film a reality.

Afreen Experience

“The passing of the torch from one department to the next really added to the excitement and thrill in working on this project, and the sense of anticipation fascinated me as the story evolved from one stage to the next. In those last few years, the effort, vision, and tenacity it took to realize this film was authentic and a true personification of teem work