Karaoke On Wheels / 2025 / 30' / Bengali, Hindi / India
✦ Shorts
Mehfil Sealdah South follows three karaoke singers who perform Bollywood and Bengali classics on Kolkata’s Sealdah South route trains. What once were songs of romance and tragedy in films now become the raw soundtrack to the everyday lives of commuters, re-contextualizing love, loss, and longing.
Director(s) : Subhash Jha
Producer(s) : Subhash Jha
Cinematographer(s) : Ashis Roy
Writer(s) : Subhash Jha
Editor(s) : Akshay Jakhotiya
Cast : Buddhadeb Banerjee, Gobind Naiya, Sheikh Ghulam Md.
Sound : Pratham Kar
Subhash Jha is a filmmaker hailing from Patna, Bihar. He holds a specialization in Direction and Screenplay Writing from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata.
Subhash has been deeply influenced by Hindi cinema, cricket, and literature since childhood. Over the years, he has written and directed multiple short films and documentaries that have been part of national and international film festivals. He enjoys narrating the stories he writes, carrying forward the oral tradition with a personal touch.
