Asham Kamboj

British Writer & Director

Asham directed the British feature film Basement that was distributed by Revolver Entertainment for Theatrical and went on to International sales in countries such as Germany, Australia, and Indonesia.Prior to this Asham wrote, directed and produced several short films ! Stain (B3 Media, UK Film Council Funded), Rent (Arts Council), Sandwich(Film London) screenings at both Raindance and the prestigious London Film Festival and international festivals. And recently completed the short film, Stealing which won Best Short film award at 16IFF (Jaipur)

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An interview with Asham Kamboj

In wanting to investigate and understand the experiences of British South Asian creatives further, I’m delighted to share my interview with filmmaker Asham Kamboj. Kamboj is a writer and director who has made a number of short films including Rent (1999), The Sandwich (2002) and most recently A Place To Stay (2020). He directed his debut feature film, Basement, in 2010. I started our conversation wanting to know what inspired Kamboj to want to make films.

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Stealing

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Stealing

Directed By: Asham Kamboj

Log line – Jude steals a USB, only to find something more than she bargained for.

Brief synopsis – At her local Library, Jude notices an attractive man at a computer terminal. During closing time, she spots he has left his USB attached to the computer. Curious she takes it home, when connected it shows a video clip, which leads to a bizarre set of circumstances.

Synopsis – Jude works at a Library in Slough. While stacking some books on a shelf she notices an attractive man at a computer terminal. They make eye contact. She blushes and looks away. When she looks again he has gone. During closing time she walks pass the computer terminal and notices that the man has left his USB attached to the computer. Instead of handing it in she takes it home, and when she connects she is shocked at what she sees. She investigates further with her neighbour Riz that leads to a bizarre set of circumstances.

From The Director

The spark for Stealing came in late 2014 in rainy Paris traveling in a taxi to a cinema. I noticed someone had left a USB on the back seat. I picked it up and wondered what was on it. Curiosity is a killer I felt the need to be nosey, but being the good citizen I handed it to the taxi driver, unlike our lead character Jude who decided to take a different approach and it opened another experience. It played on me, what if I had taken it. What was on it, who’s was it?

This experience instigated me to write Stealing.

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