Benhur Silva is a known name in the world of Konkani cinema. He has now written the
story, screenplay, dialogues and directed Goa’s first five-episode web series,
‘Rainbow’. The story revolves around three college students, Charlie, Yash and
Tanya. As Yash is depressed with life, Charlie helps Yash realise the true
meaning of life. Each episode is of 12 minutes’ duration. While the first two
episodes are already online on YouTube under the channel ‘Ethereal
Productions’, the third episode will be released on September 29, 2018 followed
by the fourth and fifth episodes on October 6.
The series is produced by Ethereal Productions, which is a
film-making venture that comprises young talents producing thought-provoking
short films. Till now, all the short films on the channel were made and starred
college students only but for the first time, Ethereal Productions has tried
something new and has included senior artistes in this web series with John
D’Silva leading the show.
The cast includes Benhur Silva as Charlie, Yash Kuvelkar as
Yash, Isha Kakodker as Tanya, Nandan Sambari as Rohan and John D’Silva as Prof
John. The cinematographer is Chirag Naik, editing is by Christ Silva and the
assistant director is Nandan Sambari.
The
song ‘Hya Disani’ sung by Sudhindra Shanbhag and Tejaswi Chipolkar, which is
already out on YouTube, is penned by Benhur Silva while the music is by Sairaj
Ghadge and Sudhindra Shanbhag.
