Films · 2024

Ayodhya — A Reclamation

Two research-led films, made around the Ram Mandir consecration — one on the transformation of Ayodhya, one on the Gorakhnath Math's long role in its reclamation.

Client: Government of Uttar Pradesh
Services: Research, Archival, Direction, Cinematography, Colour Grade
Channel: Red channel

Visuals in production

Hero — full-bleed opening frame A first-light establishing shot of Ayodhya, or the title frame.

The brief

Around the consecration of the Ram Mandir, document two things at once — how Ayodhya itself was transformed, and the decades-long role of Yogi Adityanath and the Gorakhnath Math in bringing the temple home.

The approach

Two films, one discipline: research first. We secured rare archival footage and paired it with original cinematography shot across the city, then let the grade carry the reverence — warm, patient, unhurried. No spectacle for its own sake; the story was big enough.

Full-bleed — first-light cityscape

Diptych — people and place

Text overlay — 'Archival memory, shot anew' A production / archival still behind the line.

The win

Two films delivered around the inauguration, built to outlast the news cycle — a record of a historic moment, made with the weight it asked for.

The numbers

2
Films: Ram Mandir
Occasion: Archival + field
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