All I Want Is Everything (film)

All I Want Is Everything is set in Hyderabad city and revolves around lives and friendship of three girls—Vaijayanthi, Nidhi and Trisha—classmates who share their secrets with each other. Vaijayanthi comes from a Tamil conservative family; Nidhi is from a broken family, raised by a single mother; and Trisha was brought up by a single father.{{cite web |title=All I Want Is Everything review |url=http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/all-i-want-is-everything/english/all-i-want-is-everything-movie-reviews-5330-2.html |publisher=Full Hyderabad |access-date=17 March 2013}}

Vaijayanthi wants to become a filmmaker, but faces challenges realizing this dream from her conservative family as well as from her possessive boyfriend Vivek. Vaijayanthi becomes pregnant, but has an abortion because Vivek abstains from taking responsibility. Trisha is a somnambulist and an isolophobic (fears solitude). She worries about being alone after the death of her single father, and seeks to avoid this by marrying her boyfriend Shashank. Nidhi is a lesbian struggling with her sexuality.

The cast of the film included–{{cite web|title=Credits|url=http://www.banayengefilms.com/credits.html|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311123621/http://www.banayengefilms.com/credits.html|archive-date=11 March 2013|url-status=dead}}

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• Sagari Venkata as Vaijayanthi
• Sampada Harkara as Nidhi
• Iantha Mitchell as Trisha
• Isidore Philips as Prof. Manvi
• Roshan Kanakala as Roshu
• Nikhitha Sai as student
• Pavan Kadiri as Main Eve teaser
• Saraswathi as student
• Kiran Desu as Moped guy
• V. Lazarus as Father in the car
• Dhanya as Girl in the car
• Pradeep as Raidu
• Vani Harkara Nidhi's mother
• Dr. Jayanti Reddy as Vaijayanthi's mother
• Ramachandraiah as Vaijayanthi's father
• Major Shiv Kiran as Trisha's father
• Kajal RJ as student
• Shobna Narayana Rao as student
• Vakula as Librarian
• Pramod Sanghi as Vivek
• Priya as Student
• Taruna as Student

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The crew of the film included–

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• Direction, story, screenplay: Shital Morjaria
• Assistant director: V. Lazarus
• Banner: Banayenge Films Production
• Producers: Jhansi Laxmi, Rekha Pappu
• Executive producers: Jhansi Laxmi
• Line producers: Shobna Narayana Rao
• TV9 production team: K.V.S. Sarma, Sharada, Vasu, Pavan Kadiri, Ramu.k
• Camera team: Sridhar.T, Achyutha Kumar, Satish
• Camera Equipments: Prasad Film Laboratories Pvt Ltd, Outdoor unit, Hyderabad
• Assistant cameraman: Srinivas
• Camera attendant: Babu
• Music director: Parsa Pahlevan Zade
• DTS: Ramanaidu Studio, Krishna (Sound Engineer), Shashi (Manager)
• Sound effects: Venkat
• Sound mixing and dubbing: Super Good Theatre
• Sound technician: G. Venkat Ramana
• Dubbing artist: Surya (for David), Prashant (for Vivek), Jhansi (for Nidhi's Mother and Doctor)

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All I Want Is Everything was Shital Morjaria's debut film as a director. Prior to her directorial debut, Morjaria worked as a media professional, making a few documentary films on social issues. It took Morjaria almost two years to finish this film. She said in an interview, the producers o the film—Jhansi Laxmi & Rekha Pappu—agreed to finance the project immediately after hearing a brief narration from Morjaria.

The producers came up with several titles for the film related to friendship, but none felt right. The film's title was inspired when Morjaria saw a friend wearing a t-shirt printed with the words "all I want is everything." Morjaria though it was a perfect title for thef film.{{cite news |title=Why Should Boys Have All the Fun? |newspaper=Why should boys have Indian Express |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/why-should-boys-have-all-the-fun-/1088956/0 |access-date=18 March 2013}}

Morjaria scheduled many workshops and rehearsals in order to develop a "chemistry" between the members of the team before shooting. The whole film was shot only in 10 days. The film was originally intended to be 90-minutes, but when released was 62-minutes.{{cite news|title=The Three Musketeers|url=http://postnoon.com/2013/03/17/the-three-musketeers/114559|access-date=18 March 2013|newspaper=Post Noon}} Post-production work was lengthy. The budget of the film was {{INRConvert|2.5|m}} and Morjaria and others contributed their own personal funding to complete the film. Due to the budget problem, even at the release of the movie, several members of the production team could not be paid. To help with the production costs, Prasad Film Lab and Ramanaidu Studios of Hyderabad provided discounted digital intermediate work, and the film's cinematographers and editors charged very little for their work on the film.

Morjaria met Sagari Venkata through a common nutritionist and gave her the script to read, later offering her a role in the film. Sagari, who played the character Vaijayanthi, initially wanted to play either Trisha's or Nidhi's character.{{cite web|title=Sagari Venkata talks acting, singing and her forthcoming Indie release 'All I Want Is Everything'|url=http://bollyspice.com/55769/sagari-venkata-talks-acting-singing-and-her-forthcoming-indie-release-all-i-want-is-everything|publisher=Bolly spice|access-date=17 March 2013}} Sagari's co-star Iantha Mitchell, who played Trisha's character, was seeking an opportunity to act in a film, while, Sampada Harkara wished to direct a film. In an interview, Morjaria said that she met Harkara in Facebook and no one else was ready to play Nidhi's role until then.

Morjaria felt there were too many films made in Indian film industries on male friendship, and not enough on Indian girls' and women's relationships. This drove her to plan and make a film addressing the societal image of contemporary Indian women. The film also attempts to portray the dreams, fears, aspirations, and joys of contemporary Indian women.{{cite news|title=Three women in a boat|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/tVUMygRlgcySM5wjySiC9M/Shital-Morjaria--Three-women-in-a-boat.html|access-date=18 March 2013|newspaper=Live Mint}}{{cite web|title=Preview: All I Want is Everything|url=http://bollyspice.com/52698/preview-all-i-want-is-everything|publisher=Bollyspice|access-date=18 March 2013}}

Morjaria hinted in an interview that there were autobiographical elements in the film; for example, she (Morjaria) was a sleepwalker when she was young - much like Trisha's character. She (Morjaria) was also angry, similar to the character Nidhi. According to IBNLive the film was "probably inspired by" 2001 Bollywood film Dil Chahta Hai.

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All I Want Is Everything was released on 8 March 2013, on International Women's day,{{cite news|title=All I want is everything to release on Women's Day|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-jhansi-lakshmi-shital-morjaria/20130306.htm|newspaper=Rediff|access-date=17 March 2013}} and received a U/A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification, India.{{cite web|title=Beekays films details|url=http://www.beekays.com/movies/hindi/2013/all_i_want_is_everything/|publisher=Beekays|access-date=20 March 2013}} The film was showcased at the Goa South Asian Film Festival,{{cite web|title=SAFF 2012 film synopsis|url=http://southasianfilmfestival.in/SAFF%202012%20FILMS%20SYNONPSIS%20FINAL.pdf|publisher=southasianfilmfestival.in|access-date=19 March 2013}} the Kerala Vibgyor International Film Festival, and the Mumbai Third Eye Film Festival. Morjaria, said, "We were planning for a long while to make this film. It is a fun movie altogether. We truly need the support of the crowds. It's a film that we have made for the sake of friendship with little interest in monetary benefits."{{cite news|title=All I Want Is Everything press meet|url=http://www.cinegoer.com/navigation/telugu-cinema/events/all-i-want-is-everything-press-meet/|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304010650/http://www.cinegoer.com/navigation/telugu-cinema/events/all-i-want-is-everything-press-meet/|archive-date=4 March 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The film opened to mixed reactions from critics and audiences. IBNLive and News Times both{{cite web |title=All I Want Is Everything review |url=http://newstimes.co.in/readnews.aspx?id=4868 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412233223/http://newstimes.co.in/readnews.aspx?id=4868 |archive-date=12 April 2013 |publisher=News Time |access-date=19 March 2013}} gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars, while DesiMartini{{cite web |title=DesiMartini review |url=http://www.desimartini.com/movies/all-i-want-is-everything/md2907.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313001718/http://www.desimartini.com/movies/all-i-want-is-everything/md2907.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2013 |access-date=17 March 2013}} and fullyhy.com gave it 2.5 and 3 stars respectively. The lyrics and music of the film were appreciated. Morjaria's direction also got some appreciation. But, the film's simplicity, along with its general lack of resources were problematic according to critics. IBNLive wrote in their review "Unfortunately, due to the simplicity of the subject, the plot drags making you feel that you are watching a lengthy short-film. Moreover, due to lack of resources, the final output does seem to have the look and feel of a well-made documentary for television."

The Times of India commented in their review that the content of the film was "fresh," but the "product" was a little "rudimentary." In this review, the acting of Iantha Mitchell as Trisha was widely appreciated, while they found the acting of Sagari Venkata and Sampada Harkara as Vaijayanthi and Nidhi "impressive" too.{{cite news|title=All I Want Is Everything review|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-08/movie-reviews/37560464_1_film-appreciation-nidhi-trisha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095154/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-08/movie-reviews/37560464_1_film-appreciation-nidhi-trisha|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=17 March 2013}}

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