FUNDED BY THE ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
Witness my directorial debut KALAKAR during the 2025 international festival circuit.
KALAKAR is an experimental art horror, drenched in Indian aesthetics. It’s a criticism on the tortured artist trope. Two artists channel their deepest traumas into volatile performances, painting with the blood of those they’ve killed, as a seductive muse must decide who among them is the true artist—not for the beauty of their work, but for the depth of their suffering.After all, art is the pain within you.
(all stills are RAW and unedited)
Annisha Plesche as AAGNI
Azra Khayum as RANI
Laila Blue as NIR
Director: LOVEY BRAR
Writer: LOVEY BRAR
Producers: INGRID VARGAS, YANA MATUSOVSKI & LOVEY BRAR
Director of Photography: PAOLA CONTRERAS
Editor: AMREEN KULLAR
Production Designer: LOVEY BRAR
Art Director & Costume Designer: MANPREET BRAR
KEY Hair, Makeup, & Special Effects: AMEN MINHAS
Hair & Makeup Assist: ERIN GON
Art Assists: SAMRA SALMAN, AISHPREET BRAR, PRIYANKA MINHAS, & PRABH KEHAL
1st Assistant Director: LESHA VESCIO
Script Supervisor: KAYTLYN TURNER
1st Assistant Camera: MITCH MALYK
2nd Assistant Camera & Steadicam: NICK STYLES
Location Sound: BRAD MARTIN
2nd Assistant Director: SAMRA SALMAN
Location Manager: ROHIT BRAR
Assistant Location Manager: GUROOP SIDHU
Key Grip & Gaffer: BENJAMIN SAN MARTIN
Grip & Electric Swings: ANNA MADUNOVIC & JONATHAN ROBERTS