Raj's story - Director Sashinski - DOP Hunter Daly

A short film about one of the Royal Navy’s first Sikh submariners.

These last few months I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with some amazing people on a unique project that resonated like no project before.

I doubt many people have considered what it means to be Sikh in modern Britain, the isolation you might experience, the challenge in adapting to British life while maintaining the cultural identity passed-on by your parents. It’s a modern-day British story of hope, ambition and identity that I hope will illicit an emotional response.

“Raj’s Story” was written by creatives Chris Da Roza and Hugo Isaacs as an entry to Channel 4’s Diversity Competition at the end of 2020, which focused on the UK portrayal of underrepresented cultures.

There are so many collaborators who invested so much of themselves to bring this story to the screen. I’m incredibly grateful to Sasha, Chris, Hugo, Georgina, Hunter, Ash and Stephen for their countless hours of care and dedication to Raj’s Story. And of course to Raj himself, who allowed us to tell it.

DIRECTOR: @iamsashinski
PRODUCER: @campbellvonbeaton
PM: @natalieuglow
PA: @nell_film
RESEARCHER: @carlota.film
CASTING: @garrettcasting @johnny0ng

AGENCY: @enginelondon
PRODUCER: @georginamoxey
ASST PRODUCER: @olive_skyy
COPYWRITER: @hu88go
ART DIRECTOR: @chrisdaroza

DOP: @hunterdaly_
FOCUS PULLER: @ruperthornstein
STEADICAM: @grantskg
GAFFER: @jordan_gosling

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: @ashkhalliburton
HMU: @shamirah_makeup
COSTUME STYLIST: @lorraine.kinman.costume

1st AD: @lauracadepo
2nd AD: Ali Copland @alcopland
BTS: @rare.esco

EDIT HOUSE: @tenthree_editing
EDITOR: @stephendunne_
OFFLINE PRODUCER: @therealjulianmarshall
MUSIC SUPERVISION: @tindrummusicuk
COMPOSER: @phonoteque.london
AUDIO HOUSE: @machinesound.co
SOUND DESIGNER: @exercisecam
AUDIO PRODUCER: Ghazal Zargar Elahi
GRADING COMPANY: @company_3
COLOURIST: @josephbicknell
COLOUR PRODUCER: @akelman
POST PRODUCER: Michelle Kruger
POST: @wickedpixels_vfx

CAST:
Lt. RAJ SINGH MEHON as Himself
@sunnyosahn
chazosahn
@piasahut
Daya Singh Athwal
@simranandbani
Blue Singh
@sac_singh

Special thanks:
@george_rumsey @wpagencyA short film about one of the Royal Navy’s first Sikh submariners.

These last few months I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with some amazing people on a unique project that resonated like no project before.

I doubt many people have considered what it means to be Sikh in modern Britain, the isolation you might experience, the challenge in adapting to British life while maintaining the cultural identity passed-on by your parents. It’s a modern-day British story of hope, ambition and identity that I hope will illicit an emotional response.

“Raj’s Story” was written by creatives Chris Da Roza and Hugo Isaacs as an entry to Channel 4’s Diversity Competition at the end of 2020, which focused on the UK portrayal of underrepresented cultures.

There are so many collaborators who invested so much of themselves to bring this story to the screen. I’m incredibly grateful to Sasha, Chris, Hugo, Georgina, Hunter, Ash and Stephen for their countless hours of care and dedication to Raj’s Story. And of course to Raj himself, who allowed us to tell it.

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DIRECTOR: @iamsashinski
PRODUCER: @campbellvonbeaton
PM: @natalieuglow
PA: @nell_film
RESEARCHER: @carlota.film
CASTING: @garrettcasting @johnny0ng

AGENCY: @enginelondon
PRODUCER: @georginamoxey
ASST PRODUCER: @olive_skyy
COPYWRITER: @hu88go
ART DIRECTOR: @chrisdaroza

DOP: @hunterdaly_
FOCUS PULLER: @ruperthornstein
STEADICAM: @grantskg
GAFFER: @jordan_gosling

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: @ashkhalliburton
HMU: @shamirah_makeup
COSTUME STYLIST: @lorraine.kinman.costume

1st AD: @lauracadepo
2nd AD: Ali Copland @alcopland
BTS: @rare.esco

EDIT HOUSE: @tenthree_editing
EDITOR: @stephendunne_
OFFLINE PRODUCER: @therealjulianmarshall
MUSIC SUPERVISION: @tindrummusicuk
COMPOSER: @phonoteque.london
AUDIO HOUSE: @machinesound.co
SOUND DESIGNER: @exercisecam
AUDIO PRODUCER: Ghazal Zargar Elahi
GRADING COMPANY: @company_3
COLOURIST: @josephbicknell
COLOUR PRODUCER: @akelman
POST PRODUCER: Michelle Kruger
POST: @wickedpixels_vfx

CAST:
Lt. RAJ SINGH MEHON as Himself
@sunnyosahn
chazosahn
@piasahut
Daya Singh Athwal
@simranandbani
Blue Singh
@sac_singh

Special thanks:
@george_rumsey @wpagency