The Wives

Patriarchy exists every where. Its all pervasive. This short film, produced for ActionAid India, takes you into the lives of three women, who bear the brunt of an unjust, unfair system. Each minute of the short will reveal to you a story, that is evocative and poignant.


Client: ActionAid India
Agency: Dentsu Mama Labs
Creative Director & Writer : Swati Bhattacharya
Agency Producer : Dawa Lama

Production House : Native Communications
Director : Jaydeep Sarkar
Executive Producer : Prithvi Raj Luthra
Producer : Surashmi Basu
Director of Photography : Mithun Gangopadhyay
1st Assistant Director : Aditya Gupta
Associate Producer : Radhika Puri
Production Design: Minal Rath
Production Manager : Ravi Iyer
Costume Stylist : Pooja Sethi & Dia Sughand
Make Up : Ritika Karna
Directors Assistant : Akanksha Tandon
Assistant Director & Casting: Sreenjoy Dey
Intern : Alok Shukla
Office Manager: Farzana Ansari
Finance Head : Nilesh Mehta

Editor: Aksshay Mehta
Grade: Siddharth Meer
Sound Engineer: Rahul Rao
Music : Anand Modak
Album - ‘Shevanticha Ban’ : Chandrakant Kale
Post Supervisor: Leejude D'Souza
Post Assistant: Parag Darekar