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A documentary film about metal in the Indian sub-continent and ## Pages - [the latest in sonic documentary, sound system clashes, subculture films!](https://royvillemedia.in/) - Royville Media engages with research and film on subculture, trans-national films, sonic projects, award winning documentaries, media curation & music videos. - [Moral Putrefaction](https://royvillemedia.in/mp-divided/) - CREDITS SYNOPSIS LYRICS CREDITS Divided was produced by Moral Putrefaction.Mixed and mastered by Aakash Sherpa (Anomaly Sound Designs)Vocals and drums recorded by Florina Jane.Vocals & Guitars: Shiva MoorthyDrums: Hemanth VinodBass: Sidharth MohanMusic video credits:Direction: Roy Dipankar (Royville Media)DOP: Nehemiah Johnson (Theory of Lights) and Krishna ChaitanyaEditing: Hemanth VinodCreative Producer: Armaan RMSupport Crew: Shanthanu KrishnanAssistants: Caleb, - [About | Contact](https://royvillemedia.in/about/) - RESYNTHESIZINGTHE TRADITIONAL“These days the world seems almost always, at the precipice of chaos.We are in constant synthesis of our own cultural identities, our roots, belief systems, thought processes as we observe and feel the constant syntheses of the world in itself – be it the radical polarity of masses, overt categorization, the assertive conservative or - [OMNIVOID.labs](https://royvillemedia.in/0mn1v017-labs/) - [film](https://royvillemedia.in/filmlist/) - documentary LOUD by Bank Film, Sweden (under production 2026) In The Mela by Baalti (US) (under production 2026) Soundcheck by Lewis Khan (under production 2026) Death. karma. moksha. (under dev. - 2025) Sound System Sanskriti (2024) From The Archives (2023-'24) Extreme Nation (2020) Spiritual Bass: The Monkey Sound System India Story(2022) Nafir: Musical Impressions of - [In The Mela by Baalti](https://royvillemedia.in/inthemela_baalti/) - SYNOPSIS SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS FOREWORD DIRECTOR'S NOTE CREDITS SYNOPSIS coming soon…‘In The Mela’ SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS coming soon… FOREWORD coming soon… DIRECTOR'S NOTE coming soon… CREDITS coming soon… - [LOUD](https://royvillemedia.in/loud_bank-film-ab/) - SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS FOREWORD DIRECTOR'S NOTE CREDITS SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS coming soon… SYNOPSIS coming soon… FOREWORD coming soon… DIRECTOR'S NOTE coming soon… CREDITS coming soon… - [Sound System Sanskriti](https://royvillemedia.in/sound-system-sanskriti/) - SELECTIONS / SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS CREDITS FOREWORD SELECTIONS / SCREENINGS Now Streaming on QWEST TV by Quincy JonesSonic Pluriverse Festival: Bass Cultures – Film InstallationLydie Dooh Bunya SpaceHaus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin27th June 2025MINI FESTIVAL DUBAIPowered by Cinema Akil UAETheatrical Screening13th April 2025YAAM CINEMAYOUNG AFRICAN ART MARKET, BERLINScreening and Talk8th December 2024WOMEX 2024 (preview)WORLD MUSIC EXPOOFFICIAL - [death. karma. moksha](https://royvillemedia.in/death-karma-moksha/) - SYNOPSIS FOREWORD DIRECTOR'S NOTE SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS (In development)Since more than a decade or so, Czech musician Vladimír Pavelka has been visiting India, especially the esoteric spiritual ghats of Varanasi, Prayag, and tantra-magnetic fields of the Tarapith shrine in West Bengal in search of ancient knowledge of occult arts of the Aghoris. And now - [Press](https://royvillemedia.in/press-2/) - QWEST TV by Quincy Jones Royville Media & Bass Sanskriti's film now on the music focused Paris based streaming platform Filmed by Roy Dipankar in Hyderabad, a city in central India, the documentary Sound System Sanskriti powerfully recounts this scene through the eyes of Dakta Dub, a local activist. Acting as a bridge between Rastafarian and - [youtube](https://royvillemedia.in/yt/) - Royville Media Royville Media's official channel with all original content incl films, web episodes, documentaries, music videos, film trailers, first looks, behind the scenes, and more on subcultures and stories from India and around the world. Contact: info@royvillemedia.in https://www.royvillemedia.in - [for 'dek bass' geeks](https://royvillemedia.in/bengal-deks/) - an assortment / database/ listing of bengal dek dj box competition chongs or 9/6s and RCF-styled stacks, youtubers, sound men, 'dek bass' 'mic operators' as a part of the on-going research on Bengal soundchecks and sound clashes. Images subject to copyright. ©&℗Royville Media 2025. an assortment / database/ listing of bengal dek dj box competition - [Soundcheck by Lewis Khan](https://royvillemedia.in/soundcheck-by-lewis-khan/) - FOREWORD DIRECTOR'S NOTE SYNOPSIS CREDITS SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS FOREWORD “The piece will focus on physical experience, taking theaudience into the heart of a West Bengali soundclash, andto the rural locations they take place in.I’m not interested in a talking head style explainer film, butrather something more visceral, recreating the sheer powerof the speakers and the - [See you on the other side](https://royvillemedia.in/see-you-on-the-other-side/) - SYOPSIS CREDITS SYOPSIS Three bosom friends, separated by time and space, now living in different ends of the world, receive a mysterious message from a childhood flame after 12 years…A film remotely created during March 2020 lockdown, now streaming (2021) on Disney+Hotstar. CREDITS SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDEA Film by Roy DipankarCAST: Ahmareen Anjum, - [friends](https://royvillemedia.in/friends/) - [EXTREME NATION](https://royvillemedia.in/extreme-nation/) - SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS CREDITS WISHBERRY CAMPAIGN SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS World Premiere15th Jecheon International Music & Film FestivalAugust 2019, South KoreaHonourable Jury Mention Award9th Dada Saheb Phalke Film FestivalApril 2019, DelhiBest International Documentary FeatureFestival Internacional de Cine y MetalJuly 2019, ColombiaOfficial SelectionWacken Open AirAugust 2019, GermanyJury Selection showcaseOUT.RA Sonica EkranoSeptember 2021, PortugalOfficial SelectionNorient Film FestivalFebruary - [From The Archives](https://royvillemedia.in/from-the-archives/) - SYNOPSIS | Episode Links SYNOPSIS | Episode Links From The ArchivesThe endless vault of Extreme Nation film archives, regurgitates a fresh series of unpublished interviews, gig walk-throughs, metal shows, views, conversations, faces and landscapes of the underground, people and places of the Indian subcontinent. This series celebrates 10 years since documenting footage for the feature - [Manan](https://royvillemedia.in/manan/) - SYNOPSIS CREDITS SYNOPSIS “Mystical afternoons and enchanting twilights of longings & celebrations of a single mother, who looks beyond the mundane & rekindles the magical lore of Moomal – a lovelorn woman of legendary beauty & the queen of Jaisalmer during mid-14th century, India who broke free from traditional norms.”Created during the last few months - [Spiritual Bass](https://royvillemedia.in/spiritual-bass/) - SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS CREDITS SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS Special Screening by Sound System Outernational8th Global Reggae ConferenceUniversity of West Indies – Mona CampusKingston, Jamaica14th February 2024Sonic Street Technologies ScreeningSociety for Social Studies of Science (4S)Cholula, Mexico8th December 2022 SYNOPSIS The crew behind Hyderabad’s first Jamaican style sound system meditate on the connection between - [NAFIR](https://royvillemedia.in/nafir/) - SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS FOREWORD DIRECTOR'S NOTE CREDITS SELECTIONS | SCREENINGS Indian PremiereOfficial Selection – Short & Doc21st Kolkata International Film FestivalKolkata, IndiaNovember 2015South Asian PremiereOfficial Selection – Music et Docs14th Festival Film DokumenterYogyakarta, IndonesiaDecember 2015Official Selection – Short & Documentary17th Madurai International Film FestivalMadurai, IndiaDecember 2015Official Selection – DocumentaryChennai International Documentary Film FestivalChennai, IndiaFebruary - [Global Toronto 2021](https://royvillemedia.in/global-toronto-2021-presents-this-is-how-we-rock/) - Synopsis Synopsis Earlier this year, we had an opportunity to showcase the influence and presence of rock music in India through decades, from then to now, spanning a nationwide spectrum featuring bands, musicians, and enablers from India, for Global Toronto Music Conference and Asia Music Summit 2021, virtual. - [Demon They Call Troy](https://royvillemedia.in/demon-they-call-troy/) - CREDITS CREDITS Artist – DemontheycalltroySong – Demon They Call TroyMusic (Production, Mixing & Mastering) – AkashConcept & Direction – Roy DipankarCamera, Production Control & DI – Harish GowthamEditing & FX – Charan Balakrishnan ( https://www.thefinalform.studio/ )Performed By – Jerome Prateek, Prashanth Oliver, Shwetha, Debapriya Roy, Ashwin Venkatraman, Akash ShravanProduction Crew – Naveen, Alex, AshwinTeasers, Snippets - [Norient Film Festival Presents](https://royvillemedia.in/norient-film-festival-presents/) - SYNOPSIS CREDITS SYNOPSIS In this episode of Norient’s 2021 video series, a filmmaker in lockdown connects with his creator friends living in worlds separated by oceans, time, and tides. A loopback at the year that was and the times to look forward to through a contemplative exploration of sound, visual, and spaces. For the 2021 - [Max Alice](https://royvillemedia.in/max-alice/) - Synopsis Credits Synopsis Four friends flirt with psychedelia and debauchery in lockdown…A Troma-esque synthwave throwback to mumblecore. A short film where subculture meets fiction storytelling’. Credits Featuring Arielle Ann, Ann Theresa Vincent, Rakeeb Rocktim & Telal XulShot by Abhijit Kakoty, Rakeeb & Sibarshis DuttaSound Design by Rahul TelangMusic by Karun RamaniSoundtrack by Popcorn Kid, SpeedtripScreenplay, - [Baby - GMB](https://royvillemedia.in/baby-gmb/) - CREDITS CREDITS Anurag Tagat writes on Rolling Stone India:‘In the video for “Baby,” Bedi is seen on a day out at the beach as well as indoors, with a visual splicing of footage of cats by editor Sarang Aigalikar. 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