Known for socio-politically charged films and rap music, Q is currently based out of Goa and Kolkata. His film Gandu was an official selection at the Berlinale and it travelled to more than 60 film festivals worldwide, becoming an instant indie cult phenomenon. Brahman Naman had its world premiere at Sundance and was picked up by NETFLIX as its launch film for India. Q’s Tasher Desh, Ludo and Love in India travelled across the globe, winning several national and international awards. 7 years post Gandu, Q’s new feature ‘Garbage’ recently saw World Premiere at the Berlinale, 2018 and was nominated for the Teddy Awards. Q’s rapper identity is DoktorGandu and he prefers his humor black.
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Hina is a writer/producer who works on developing socially relevant, provocative fiction and non-fiction content. She is a film editor and edited Garbage, which was recently premiered at Berlinale. Engaged and driven, Hina has extensive experience in filmmaking in India and South Africa. She has a keen ear for edgy and contemporary music.
An actor, model, stylist and performer. Rii is a familiar face in Kolkata and has been part of the team from inception. An art and culture addict, super foodie and an extreme dog lover. She is one of the key faces of independent cinema in India, starring in several of Q’s films.
A Belgian intellectual property right lawyer turned indie producer. Currently responsible for international sales, fund management, creative management of Oddjoint. Pro-active, energetic, an adrenaline junkie and member of the frequent flying club.
Ex-journalist. Independent Researcher. Writer. Prankster. Currently in-charge of the Oddjoint office, Kolkata. A student of alternative Bengali art, literature, language and alcohol.
A film editor coming from a theatre background, has been part of Oddjoint for 5 years now and has been part of films like Gandu, Tasher desh and B Naman. A junk food addict , vegetarian and a chain passive smoker.
Riddhima keeps it all together. A crazy dog lover and a foodie at heart, she cooks her way through the toughest recipes of managing Oddjoint. She has been associated with the company for many years now and has handled most of the administrative and logistical challenges these creative junkies throw at her.
A manager of operations and one point contact for all communications at Oddjoint.
An editor, musician, and a long-time collaborator with Oddjoint. He has edited Q's short film X: Past is Present, and has been heavily involved in all aspects of production for B Naman, including composing one of the songs. Editor by profession, musician and artist by heart.
A producer, actor, filmmaker based in Kolkata, India. Tanaji has been part of numerous projects with Oddjoint as actor, executive producer and assistant director. He has worked in films like Tasher Desh, Nubarun, Burn, Kajarya and Ludo. He is currently producing his first two feature films.
An editor, assistant director , play writer, theatre director and guest faculty of the Department of Film Film Studies, Jadavpur University. He edited Nabarun (a doc by Q) and Ludo (a film by Nikon and Q).
An accountant/Travel Agent / Office Administrator at Oddjoint. He makes mistakes and learns from it again and again. Friendly, dexterous and an avid Cricket- fan.
A practising artist who has made his mark in alternative art society. He is an illustrator, painter, sculptor and loves exploring new boundaries of art and design to feed his creative hunger.
He joint oddjoint on 2012
His unruly head has popped itself into a few Oddjoint projects.
Safdar’s expertise at ODDJOINT lies mostly in disaster management, an executive producer for line production.
He is the go-to-man of the company. A cook, a driver, an actor, light man, equipment maintenance and repair guy and an enthusiastic football player. He is easily the back bone of Oddjoint.
Producer. Composer. Performer. Singer. Songwriter. Has scored original music for several films and series . He performs with Gandu Circus, Neel and the Lightbulbs, and Neel and Zico.
Dropped out from college to be a freelance visual communicator. A conjurer, technophile, technical assistant and avid reader with a keen interest in pop & folk art forms.
Copywriter, Graphic designer enthusiast. A complete music and cinema nut. Mumbaikar by day, Calcuttan by night.
Dropped out from college to be a freelance visual communicator. A conjurer, technophile, technical assistant and avid reader with a keen interest in pop & folk art forms.
A visual artist originally from kerala based out of Bangalore,India.Born and raised in a conventional Indian family, she fulfilled her parents dream to be a physician and went on to follow her own dream that revolved around visual imagery. Winner of Toto funds Award for photography in 2011, she has recently worked as the chief assistant director in Q’s upcoming British film Brahman Naman.
Producer. Spiritual. Stoner. Completed over 60 films, 22 albums and over 1000 TV commercials. Sound designer and owner of Dream Digital Inc. Hobby - collecting National Awards, music and food.
Designer, illustrator, production manager and everyone’s favourite creative mad hatter of the company. She has done all the artwork and final posters for Oddjoint for the past 4 years and have been the production designer for films like Tasher desh , Ludo and Nabarun.
A writer , director, filmmaker divides her time between Brooklyn and Calcutta. Her debut film Let’s Be Out, The Sun Is Shining premiered at the 2012 New York Indian Film Festival. Has collaborated with Oddjoint on projects like Nuclear Hearts as a director and Ludo as the chief assistant director.
An editor, animator, visual artist and now a director. His obsessions are experimental filmmaking combining 16mm and computer graphics, horror cinema and music.
Tanmay Dhanania is an actor who experiments with the body and the self to play different characters. He trained at RADA and acts in English television, Indian independent cinema and theatre. He also dabbles in performance art and docu-filmmaking. He likes cricket, poetry and food.
Lawyer by degree. Writer and filmmaker by aspiration. Currently working at Oddjoint as Director’s Assistant. Likes all things odd and weird.
Model. Actor. Currently working as the Office Executive Manager at Oddjoint. Likes cooking and dancing.
