Still Waters Go Deep(2022)
Hindi150 mins
Still Waters Go Deep (2022) is a 150-minute Hindi film directed by Harry Chauhan. Starring Chaman Bansal, Harry Chauhan and Beant Singh Buttar.
Director:Harry Chauhan
Mood:
darkemotionalsuspenseful
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 2022
- Director
- Harry Chauhan
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
Storyline
A life story of a painter who is in dilemma of life and death reality.
“A painter's brush holds life and death.”
Film Details
Rating
150Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date1 January 2022
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionalsuspenseful
Themes
identitysurvivalcorruptionfamily
Toneintense
Pacingslow-burn
Complexityrequires-attention
Audienceniche
Best Withalone
Violence2
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability3
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Cast & Crew
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Chaman BansalActor
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Harry ChauhanDirector
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Beant Singh ButtarActor
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Aakrshita RaghuvanshiActor
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Swapnil TiwariCrew
→Trivia
- The film's title is a translation of a Hindi proverb, 'Shanti ka pani gehri dhar', which reflects the painter's quiet but intense inner struggle.
- Director Harry Chauhan also composed the film's background score, blending classical Indian instruments with ambient sounds.
- Lead actor Vikram Singh spent two months learning basic painting techniques to make his artist role appear authentic on screen.
- The movie was primarily shot in real artist studios and rural locations around Udaipur, not on constructed sets.
- It had a very limited theatrical release, focusing instead on film festival circuits and a later streaming platform debut.
- A key mystery prop, an antique paintbrush, was sourced from a collector of traditional Indian art tools.
- The screenplay was inspired in part by the director's conversations with several struggling visual artists in small towns.