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Deepak Mantena

Oxford, MS

Authorized Prom Date (2002-2004). Also, I work on videos at Celery Studios and make music as Junk Culture. Sometimes I tweet like a champ.

  1. on January 31
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    Deepak Mantena
    Posted project update #11

    DVDs for all

    We really want to thank you all so much for your patience and continued support. Although this project has definitely taken longer than we expected, we're on our way to finishing it. We shot about 23 hours of footage for this project, which ended up taking a while to go through. We've released 2 episodes of Tigerclaw, with 4 episodes left to go. 

    As a reward for your patience, we want to extend the DVD reward to everyone who has contributed any amount! If you've already pledged for the DVD reward, we'll add in something extra as an extra thank you. In the next few months, a Kickstarter email will go out that asks for your current mailing address. Please make sure this is updated so we can get your goodies out to you.

    Third episode is in the works...

    - Deepak & Nitin

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  2. on September 1
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    Pterodactyl: "School Glue" Video by Pterodactyl

    Pterodactyl is remaking the intro to the first Superman movie as a music video for School Glue, the first song off our new record!!

    • 100% funded $2,240 pledged
    • 49 backers
    • Funded Oct 01, 2011
  3. on September 1
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    Put This On: Season Two by Jesse Thorn

    Put This On is a web series about dressing like a grownup. Season two will take us to the world's great style cities... if you fund it.

    • 103% funded $70,328 pledged
    • 1,679 backers
    • Funded Sep 16, 2011
  4. on August 18
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    Deepak Mantena
    Posted project update #10

    Tigerclaw - 2. Viral Video

    After seeing a viral video from rival filmmaker James, AJ and Theo decide to create their own to boost the profile of their failing website. 

    Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/​us/​podcast/​celery-tv/​id435411914

    CTV08 ... http://celery.tv

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  5. on July 15, 2011
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    Deepak Mantena
    Posted project update #9

    New episode!

    Hey all,

    Just wanted to let you know that a new episode of Tigerclaw will be out at the end of this month! 

    If you haven't seen it already, check out the first episode on http://celery.tv.

    - Deepak

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  6. on May 2, 2011
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    Deepak Mantena
    backed a project

    Kevin by Jay Duplass

    In Jay Duplass' documentary debut, he searches for his hero Kevin Gant, a wildly inspired musician who disappeared in 1995.

    • 107% funded $16,170 pledged
    • 265 backers
    • Funded May 20, 2011
  7. on May 2, 2011
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    Deepak Mantena
    Posted project update #8

    Tigerclaw - 1. Local Celebrity

    Episode 1. AJ and Theo discover an opportunity to boost the profile of their epic work-in-progress film Tigerclaw. 

    Subscribe in iTunes... the podcast will be in the iTunes Store Podcast section soon. We'll also be posting all new episodes at Celery.tv.

    - Deepak & Nitin Mantena

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  8. on April 13, 2011
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    Deepak Mantena
    Posted project update #7

    Premiere date!

    Hey friends,

    First of all, thank you all for your patience. In between finishing up a degree, putting out a record, touring around the country three times, and one Filet-O-Fish too many, we've been hard at work wrapping up post production on our web series. Now, we're finally ready to share it with you.

    I'm happy to announce the premiere date of the first episode of Celery TV presents Tigerclaw is... May 2nd! Ohhh, and there's another nugget of news: the show is called Tigerclaw.

    Watch this space for updates until then! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email us at bubbles@celerystudios.com. 

    Deepak

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  9. on January 21, 2011
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    Deepak Mantena
    Posted project update #6

    First stills!

    Hey friends,

    We're still hard at work on editing, but I wanted to share some stills from the series with you! Take a peek.

    Take care,
    Deepak

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  10. on October 23, 2010
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    Deepak Mantena
    Posted project update #5

    State of the Union

    Dearest friends,

    I want to fill you all in on what we're up to.

    First, the biggest change: we decided early on before writing to alter the focus of what Celery TV would be. What does this mean? Instead of 6 episodes of our -sketch- comedy show, you'll be seeing 6 episodes of our -comedy- show. We're just taking out the word sketch to more accurately reflect the material. This doesn't mean we're not going to be making sketch shorts anymore; on the contrary, thanks to all of your generous contributions, we now have the equipment to make and share more short films than we could before. So truly all this change means is that we get to make more videos for you all to watch. I hope that's cool with everyone.

    But that brings us to the most exciting news: we're planning on releasing the first episode of our show in the next few months! Once all of the episodes are released, our next goal is to get those DVDs out to all of you who chose that reward. I want to encourage you all to keep a close eye on http://celery.tv where we will be posting more routine updates on all this.

    Thanks again for all your love and support. We couldn't have done all this without your help and the hard work of our fantastic cast and crew.

    Take care,
    Deepak

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