SCUD (company)

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SCUD
Company type Proprietorship
Industry Motion picture
Founded1998
Founder Satarupa Sanyal
Headquarters,
India
Key people
Ritabhari Chakraborty
Satarupa Sanyal
Services Production
Divisions Film Production

SCUD is an Indian film production and distribution company established and owned by Satarupa Sanyal in 1998. In the same year, the independent film maker produced and directed her debut film ANU (Bengali / feature / 35mm / 12reels). The success and widespread recognition of the ANU, nationally and overseas, laid the foundation of the company.

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Till date SCUD has produced more than 50 short films, 4 feature films, TVC, Music videos, telefilms, documentaries and awareness films.[ citation needed ]

From 2017 onwards, Ritabhari Chakraborty has been heading the company alongside of her mother Satarupa Sanyal. The former has taken charge of national advertisements and other motion picture projects.

The mother-daughter duo also runs an NGO together namely "Scud society for Social Communication" and they prefer to focus on the development of women especially in the rural areas in West Bengal. [1]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorCastNotesRef
1998Anu Satarupa Sanyal Indrani Haldar, Nirmalya BanerjeeProduced by SCUD
Film was selected in Indian Panorama (1999).
[2]
2002Atatayee Satarupa Sanyal Indrani Haldar, Chiranjeet, Barun Chanda, Tapas Pal Produced by SCUD
2003Tanyabi Firti Satarupa Sanyal Produced by Films Division, Govt. of India [3]
2004 Kalo Chita Satarupa Sanyal Rituparna Sengupta, Sharad Kapoor Produced by Palchaudhury movies
2012Tobuo Basanta Satarupa Sanyal Rahul Banerjee, Ritabhari Chakraborty Produced by Giniya Entertainment
Released in 2018
[4]
2014 Once Upon a Time in Calcutta Satarupa Sanyal Ritabhari Chakraborty, Rajatava Dutta Produced by Akash movies[ citation needed ]
2015Ondhokarer Nodi Satarupa Sanyal Produced by SCUD
2016Onyo Opalaa Satarupa Sanyal Roopa Ganguly, Ritabhari Chakraborty,
Bhaswar Chatterjee, Nigel Akkara
Produced by SCUD [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Short films

YearNameDirectorCastNotesMedia LinkRef
2017NakedRakesh Kumar Kalki Koechlin, Ritabhari Chakraborty Produced by SCUD, AOC and Live Signages
Nominated for Jio Filmfare 2018. [11]
Awareness on Cyber Bullying
YouTube Link [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
2018Fool For Love Satarupa Sanyal Anurag Kashyap, Ritabhari Chakraborty Produced by Large Short Films. YouTube Link [17] [18] [19]
2019Valentines Day Special Satarupa Sanyal Parambrata Chatterjee, Ritabhari Chakraborty Produced by Nykaa. YouTube Link

Music videos

YearSongDirectorCastNotesMedia LinkRef
2017Orrey Mon Satarupa Sanyal Ayushmann Khurrana, Ritabhari Chakraborty Produced by SCUD. YouTube Link [20]
Adda Song Satarupa Sanyal Kunal Karan Kapoor, Ritabhari Chakraborty Produced by SCUD. Presented by Mother Dairy. YouTube Link

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YearNameDirectorCastNotesMedia LinkRef
2018The Goddess Within – Ode to Durga Pujo Satarupa Sanyal Ritabhari Chakraborty Produced by Nykaa. YouTube Link

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