Production Document
In partnership
JW Marriott Kolkata  ·  Father’s Day 2026

The Head
of the Table

A Father’s Day film, told through the host who looks after everyone.
Script for Approval  ·  Production & Logistics Plan
Prepared for
Vidushi
Director of Marketing, JW Marriott Kolkata
Prepared by
Rohit Think
YKC Media
Date
June 2026
Status
For Approval
YKC MediaYaaron Ki Company · Kolkata
01  —  The Idea

The host as the father of the table

A father isn’t the person served at the head of the table — he’s the one who sits there to make sure everyone else is taken care of. That is also exactly what a great host does. So Gorav becomes the father of the JW table — and on Father’s Day, the hotel turns that care back onto the real fathers in the room.

It is a tonal sibling to “The Order” from Mother’s Day: where that film was a private, intimate two-hander, this one earns the brand’s voice by making the hotel itself the caretaker. One quiet gesture, held with restraint, doing all the emotional work.

Why it works for JW right now
The Head of the TableYKC Media  ·  for JW Marriott Kolkata
02  —  The Script

The Head of the Table

Runtime~44 seconds Delivery16:9 hero + 9:16 cutdown LocationOne JW restaurant TalentGorav Arora + guest family
0:00–0:06
Scene 1
Establish
Gorav walks the restaurant floor at golden hour. Not to camera — he’s reading the room. Quiet authority, warmth.
Audio: soft piano, low strings, ambient room tone.
0:06–0:16
Scene 2
The quiet gestures
Warm, unhurried vignettes — he eases a chair for an elderly guest, catches a server’s eye with a single glance, notices a child reaching for water and slides it closer.
VO — Warm
“At every table, there’s someone who makes sure everyone else is taken care of.”
0:16–0:24
Scene 3
The line that lands
Gorav pauses, takes in the full room.
VO
“We’ve spent our lives sitting in that chair.”
0:24–0:36
Scene 4
The turn
A family enters with their father. Gorav personally walks him to the head of the table, draws out the chair, and seats him. The father — a little surprised — sits. The room anticipates him: his tea exactly the way he takes it, his plate arriving before he asks.
VO
“This Father’s Day, let him sit at the head of the table.”
0:36–0:44
Scene 5
Resolution + sign-off
The father being quietly cared for; his family watching him be looked after for once. A small, real beat — his hand, his unguarded smile. Gorav steps back, out of frame.
VO / Super
“We’ll take care of the rest.”
End card: JW Marriott Kolkata · Father’s Day · “Gorav Arora, General Manager.”
Creative Guardrail

The emotional anchor stays the guest’s father. Gorav is the host-father who makes the moment happen — never the hero of it. The instant the camera loves him more than it loves the real dad, it tips into a vanity piece. Keep him in service of the guest throughout, and it stays moving.

The Head of the TableYKC Media  ·  for JW Marriott Kolkata
03  —  Production & Approvals

What it takes to make it

Brought by YKC
Our scope
  • —Direction & DOP
  • —Full camera package
  • —Lighting & sound
  • —Post: edit, grade, sound mix
  • —Delivery in both aspect ratios
Provided by JW
What we’ll need
  • —Location + a ~3-hour window, ideally a soft-light or pre-service slot
  • —Gorav for roughly 2 hours on the shoot day
  • —Casting: 1 father + 2–3 family (a team member’s real father reads beautifully — your steer)
  • —F&B styling: signature tea service + one hero dish
  • —Wardrobe note for Gorav (brand-standard suiting)
  • —Clearance to film staff & guests in background
Approvals needed — the gating items
1
Script sign-off
From you — as written, or with notes.
2
GM on-camera approval Biggest risk
Gorav’s own consent, plus any Marriott area / brand-marketing clearance required to feature a GM on screen. Worth starting today — this is the single item that can quietly move the timeline.
3
Voice direction
English VO · English VO with Bengali subtitle · or text-only. We’d lean text-light and let the visuals carry it — happy to follow house preference.
The Head of the TableYKC Media  ·  for JW Marriott Kolkata
04  —  Timeline & the Ask

The window, honestly

Father’s Day falls on Sunday, June 21. To direct this personally, the shoot has to land by Monday, June 16.

By Wed, Jun 11
Script + GM on-camera approval locked
Thu–Fri, Jun 12–13
Casting, location recce, F&B styling confirmed
Sat / Mon, Jun 14 or 16
Shoot — half-day
Jun 17–18
Edit + grade (team-run, reviewed remotely)
By Thu, Jun 19
Final delivery — comfortably ahead of the Jun 21 publish
A note on the dates

If approvals slip past Jun 12, we move to a team-led shoot under remote direction, or shift the publish — but the earlier we lock items 1 and 2, the cleaner this stays. The whole plan turns on those two greenlights.

The ask

a. The script

Your approval on the script as written, or with notes.

b. The GM

Gorav’s on-camera buy-in. The moment both land, we lock crew and casting the same day.

Rohit Think
YKC Media · rohitthink@ykc.media · Yaaron Ki Company
The Head of the TableYKC Media  ·  for JW Marriott Kolkata