Who do you call?
Hiring runs on word of mouth. Most working crew have no page anywhere a producer can find.
A Mumbai and Kolkata production
CrewDekho
क्रू देखो
Hire film crew you can trust. See the rates. Get the total. Put the payment date in writing.
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The old way of hiring crew.
A story every fresher knows.
Trust is personal
A producer hires because someone they trust vouched. That vouching is never written down.
The rate is a guess
No standard rates. The fresher guesses a number, often too low, and it is settled on a call.
The money is late
Three to six months is common. Nobody has the time or money to chase it.
The promise
1
Find trusted crew
By role and city, with the people who vouch for them.
2
See the rates
Published starting rates and a benchmark before you quote.
3
Get the total
A full crew list, costed, with a payment schedule.
How it works
Six frames, one booking.
From picking the shoot to the day the money lands. Scroll and the reel rolls.
- 01
Pick the shoot
Music video, ad, short film, corporate doc. Choose a size from Micro (1-3 people) to Large (40-150+).
- 02
Get the crew list
Departments and roles suggested for that shoot. Add, remove, set headcounts and days.
- 03
See who is trusted
Crew confirmed by people they have worked with. Sorted by trust, never by cheapest.
- 04
See the total
Day rates times days, flat fees, gear, travel and stay. One number, ready as a cost sheet.
- 05
Offer, counter, accept
Either side can counter. Accept locks the deal and writes the agreement.
- 06
Paid on a date
Advance before, middle payment halfway, balance within 10 days of wrap. Reminders do the chasing.
Interval
मध्यांतर
The total
One number for the whole shoot.
Crew paid per day, per project or per song. Gear quotes, travel, stay and food. Prep and post days counted on their own, never multiplied by shoot days. Export it as a clean sheet for your client.
Cost sheetMusic video · Small · 2 days
| Director | flat fee | ₹30,000 |
| DOP | ₹12,000 × 2 days | ₹24,000 |
| 1st AC | ₹4,500 × 2 days | ₹9,000 |
| Gaffer + 2 light men | ₹10,000 × 2 days | ₹20,000 |
| Sound recordist | ₹7,000 × 2 days | ₹14,000 |
| Makeup and stylist | ₹8,000 × 2 days | ₹16,000 |
| Spot boys × 2 | ₹1,500 × 2 × 2 days | ₹6,000 |
| Editor | flat fee | ₹35,000 |
| Camera and lights | quote | ₹38,000 |
| Food and travel | typed in | ₹18,000 |
Total
Advance 40% before the shoot · Balance within 10 days of wrap
Example numbers for illustration. Real rates come from the crew.
Introducing
Sample crew and hirers.
Made-up accounts, so you can see what a profile holds. Click one.
Sample
Aarav Kulkarni
Director of photography
From ₹12,000 / day
3 confirmed by people they worked with
SampleNandini Iyer
Sound recordist
From ₹7,000 / day
2 confirmed by people they worked with
SampleFarah Qureshi
Editor
From ₹45,000 / project
3 confirmed by people they worked with
Sample hirerLantern Pictures
Producer · Meher Shah
Paid on time: 12 of 12
7 shoots booked
Opening in two cities
Admit one · Screen 1MumbaiमुंबईWhere most hirers are
Admit one · Screen 2KolkataকলকাতাFilm school crews
Englishहिंदीবাংলাमराठी
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Crew in Mumbai or Kolkata, or a producer with a shoot coming up? Write to us and we will bring you in first.
Rangoli रंगोलीBilwamangal (1919) by Madan Theatres of Calcutta is counted as the first Bengali feature film.
Cinema ticket टिकटCinematographers and gaffers plan big sets with lighting diagrams before the shoot.
Paisley कैरीThree-point lighting uses a key, a fill and a back light. Most setups start there.
Diya दीयाTungsten light is about 3200 kelvin. Daylight is about 5600. Mixing them turns faces orange or blue.
Film camera कैमराBefore digital, a single cut meant physically joining two pieces of film.
Patang पतंगAn assistant editor logs and syncs every take before the editor sees it.
Jaali window जालीHindi films build an 'interval block', a cliffhanger right before the break.
Film reel रीलKaagaz Ke Phool (1959) was India's first film shot in CinemaScope.