Distribution of the short film "Domestic Help" by Raveesh Jaiswal

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Thomas, a timid clown who wasn’t funny enough to make it in entertainment, gets placed in a domestic help position for Jennifer, a woman who needs assistance managing the day-to-day as she works on a never ending to-do list. Thomas is good at taking orders, but his job performance begins to suffer once he ‘notices’ the abandoned children in Jennifer’s backyard.

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Poster of the short film "Domestic Help"

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Thomas, a timid clown who wasn’t funny enough to make it in entertainment, gets placed in a domestic help position for Jennifer, a woman who needs assistance managing the day-to-day as she works on a never ending to-do list. Thomas is good at taking orders, but his job performance begins to suffer once he ‘notices’ the abandoned children in Jennifer’s backyard.

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PRESS KIT (pdf)

DOMESTIC HELP

India 2023 / 21′

a film by
Raveesh Jaiswal

with
Avantika Akerkar
Ghanshyam Lalsa

Based on the play by
Julianne Jigour

Screenplay	Raveesh Jaiswal
Director of Photography	Prateek Pamecha
Costume Design	Prachi Sharma
Editor	Ratnesh Mishra Jeet Sorap
Composer	Rohan-Rohan
Sound	Lochan Kanvinde Gandhar Mokashi Alok Kotian
Producer	Shilpa Lakshminarayan Raveesh Jaiswal Jeet Sorap
Executive Producer	Jeet Sorap
Production	Bombay Theatre Company Crew It Up
Distribution	Esen Studios

Official film festival selection of the short film "Domestic Help"

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Bangalore International Short Film Festival (India)
Oscar Qualifying Festival
IDSFFK – International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (India)
Oscar Qualifying Festival
IFFSA Toronto (Canada)

Raveesh Jaiswal

Raveesh Jaiswal has worked in the theatre for over 15 years as an actor, director, producer and writer. He has been a part of over 40 English plays. He is a self-taught filmmaker and ‘Domestic Help’ is his first film as a director and producer. He has trained at Stagecraft Theatre, Nagpur, India & International School of Screen Acting, London. He holds a Masters’ Degree in Human Resources Management & Labour Relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. In 2021, he founded his theatre & film production company in Mumbai called ‘Bombay Theatre Company’. He successfully got an investor on board to fund the company’s film and theatrical projects and raised significant amount of funding to produce ‘Domestic Help’.

Director statement

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This film is a wonderful example of a fruitful virtual collaboration between the director and the writer amidst Covid.
I am based in Mumbai, India and the writer, Julianne Jigour is based in Los Angeles, USA. At the height of the pandemic, we collaborated to stage virtual plays on Instagram and thus discovered that one of Julianne’s play scripts can actually be made into a beautiful film. We have never met in person but are proud and happy to present to you “Domestic Help”.

The film is an artistic tribute to my favourite film-makers: Abbas Kiarostami, Sidney Lumet and my fellow Indians, Satyajit Ray, Mira Nair & Shekhar Kapur.

Gallery of the short film