Indo-Canadian filmmaker KeshhavPanneriyand Ms.Purnima Mead unveil the digital poster of the movie “A Little Heaven in Me” in Mumbai

Indo-Canadian filmmaker KeshhavPanneriyand Ms.Purnima Mead unveil the digital poster of the movie “A Little Heaven in Me” in Mumbai

                                   

Mumbai, November 08^th, 2013:Mr. KeshhavPanneriy, an Indo Canadian filmmaker, announced the launch of the movie “A Little Heaven in Me” at a press conference yesterday held at The Leela, Mumbai. Mr. Panneriy and Ms.Purnima Mead, a US based celebrated children’s fiction writer, unveiled the digital poster of the movie at the event. Ms. PragyaJaiswal, upcoming actress and model, will be playing the role of the central character in the film as confirmed by the director during the conference.

The film is based on a story written by Ms.Purnima Mead who is renowned for her works of fiction for children, and will be directed by Mr.Panneriy who has 10 years of filmmaking experience in India and abroad. The movie will be produced by Ms.Purnima Mead and Mr. Stanton Meda.

Director Mr.Panneriy commented, “I am glad to be back in India to make this film. It has been a long cherished dream of mine to make a film for the Indian audience who love cinema and relate to it so much. Filmmaking is my passion and this is the only medium by which I can touch a chord with viewers. Our efforts will be to sensitise them and convey a relevant message about the girl child through ‘A Little Heaven in Me’.”

Ms.PragyaJaiswal enacted a small skit to give a glimpse of the film’s theme at the event.

 Keshhav Panneriy

Indo-Canadian director Keshhav Panneriy is backed by a solid experience of theatre for over 20 years and a significant decade of professional filmmaking. He started his career as an actor at the early age of five on stage and later went onto perform as an outsider at the National School of Drama in 1996. In the year 2000, he acted in the play 'Shakaar', staged at the world famous theatre festival NANDIKAR at Kolkata.

Driven by an inherent need to polish his acting prowess and a keenness towards enhancing his learning further, Keshhav has participated in workshops held by international organisations in India, one such arranged in New Delhi by NIDA, for movements and body language studies in the year 1992. He has worked closely with a diverse range of local and international theatre companies and renowned names such as Sir Jhon Russel Brown, Steve Jharend, Renee Porte, Arya Rice, Rozalia Hummer and Dr. Devendra Raj Ankur. In the year 2008, he graduated in Film Production from the Toronto Film School, Canada, a part of the International Academy of Design & Technology-USA. He was appointed as Creative Head for A K Films Inc. Toronto, Canada and went on to work in many North American Film productions as Director and technical consultant. He founded Keon Arts Private Limited, India where he operated Keon International Film Academy in collaboration with A K Films Inc. Canada with all American filmmakers as faculty. He has also imparted training for acting to aspiring artists at the Cine Training Center acting academy in Mumbai.

He believes that filmmaking is an apt medium for the free expression of his creativity and imagination. As a young filmmaker who is full of ideas, he wishes to venture into unexplored realms of filmmaking by experimenting with new themes and subjects. He envisions delving in to revolutionary and untrammelled areas and thus be able to discover his inner self using the limitless possibilities and scope of cinema.

Keshhav has recently made India's first Real 3D stereoscopic musical short - "Eternal Love". He is set to foray as a filmmaker in India with ‘A Little Heaven in Me’.

Purnima Mead

Purnima Mead is an Indian native based in America. Born to a Christian family of humble origin, she has nurtured a progressive and independent stance in her life amidst an era known for the subjugation of women. As the eldest of her siblings, she has spent her time in India in small towns like Hapur and Meerut with a strong pulse on the urban and lavish lifestyle of Delhi.  After moving base to the US in 1999, she began teaching English and Maths to ESOEL students as well as adults in evening classes. A determined and resolute woman ahead of her times, she decided to give vent to her imagination as a writer by taking up expressive/descriptive writing. Her efforts culminated into a fiction story book for children and till date she has three published works to her credit under the Bibia series.  Taking a page out of her own experiences in small towns and being a victim to the impoverished life a woman was subjected to in her childhood, she has grown to be a successful example of a triumphant survivor amidst all odds. She stands by the mantra: ‘If you can dream it, you can make it happen.’

She is now embarking on a new journey as a producer and story writer for films under her banner Bibia films, US with the production titled ‘A Little Heaven in Me’.

Pragya Jaiswal

Pragya Jaiswal is a successful model and actor. She is a lawyer by qualification. Her modelling stint began during her college days a couple of years ago with a Dove campaign which went viral and since then there has been no looking back. This aspiring star from Pune always nursed an interest in entering the modelling world and her passion for the same brought her to Mumbai. Pragya has been acknowledged as Miss Beautiful Skin, Miss Fresh Face and Miss Dancing Queen in her initial days in modelling. She has walked the ramp for several fashion weeks eventually progressing to doing TV commercials and print campaigns. After modelling for a couple of years, Pragya trained herself  in acting and dance with some renowned theatre personalities and choreographers and has now bagged an international movie project to be directed by an Indo Canadian director Keshhav Panneriy produced by Bibia films, US, titled ‘A Little Heaven in Me’.