| TITLE OF THE FILM | Mad Over Disco (Disco Deewane) |
| DIRECTED BY | Shridhar Sudhir |
| LANGUAGE | Hindi, Sahyadri, English (English subtitles) |
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COUNTRY | India |
| DURATION | 53 minutes |
| SPECIAL NOTE | Kolkata Premiere |
PRINCIPAL CREW & CAST
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Kiran Kadam, Shridhar Sudhir |
| EDITING | Shridhar Sudhir, Priya Naresh |
| LOCATION SOUND | A. Bhaskar Rao |
| SOUND DESIGN | A Bhaskar Rao, Shridhar Sudhir |
| SOUND MIXING | A. Bhaskar Rao |
| MUSIC | A. Bhaskar Rao, Disco Deewana |
| PRINCIPAL CAST | Shriprakash, Disco Deewana |
ABOUT THE FILM
‘Disco Deewane’ follows the reunion of Shriprakash and Disco – one a celebrated activist filmmaker whose award-winning work has chronicled the struggles of marginalized communities, and the other a vibrant young music producer from a disadvantaged community who is pursuing his creative ambitions. The film weaves the artist, their subject, its politics, ambition, legacy and future together in the layers of a song that the two protagonists create together.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Shridhar Sudhir completed his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from the College of Art, Delhi, after which he pursued a Master’s in Film and Video Communication from NID Ahmedabad. He has been making independent films and teaching for the past nine years. His films have been screened at numerous Indian and international film festivals. His documentary on the Kaithi script from Bihar was broadcast internationally on the satellite TV channel Doordarshan. In 2021, he founded Buddhijeev Studios, through which he aims to create thought-provoking content within the Indian context. The first documentary from Buddhijeev Studios ‘Dear Sahithya’ was released on Discovery Plus OTT in November 2024.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
The documentary film ‘Disco Deewane’ follows Shriprakash and Disco as they create a song together. Shriprakash is an activist filmmaker, who has made multiple documentaries on the rights of tribals and lower caste people in his home state of Jharkhand. Disco is a singer and music composer who used to work for Shriprakash in 2009 when Disco was 18, and had joined Shriprakash thinking that Shriprakash will be able to help him become a singer. However, Disco soon realized that Shriprakash wanted him to sing about revolution and for social causes. Shriprakash thought that Disco’s fascination with singing and writing romantic and popular songs was not reflective of the exploitation he was facing in society, and looked down on his art.
In 2022, which is when the film is shot, Disco has started his own music studio and has been producing music and music videos for YouTube, and has found success there, although he’s still financially weak. Shriprakash is in a midlife crisis, since the kind of films he used to make have now lost popularity, and he’s contemplating about his journey – both personal and through his films.
