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Laali Is Too Esoteric To Be A Moving Portrait Of Loneliness

  • Posted on June 22, 2022June 29, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
The film doesn’t quite need the sort of heavy-handed storytelling it employs
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miniaturist of junagadh
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The Miniaturist of Junagadh Paints The Void Between Home And Heart

  • Posted on May 26, 2022May 27, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
The short is a tender dance of loss and nostalgia
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Rabbithole: A Thought-Provoking Short About The Irony Of Isolation

  • Posted on November 27, 2021November 27, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
The 11-minute film, directed by Tushar Singhal, is fairly basic in its messaging, but the little details are nice
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Friction, Starring Sanjay Kapoor, Is Unbearably On-The-Nose

  • Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021
  • by Prathyush Parasuraman
The 20-minute short film is streaming on Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films’ YouTube Channel
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Transistor Review: A Poignant Short Film Rooted In The Urgency Of History

  • Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
Prem Singh’s tender 25-minute short reaches beyond the period tropes, and dares to explain itself through images only
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  • 4 min

Nooreh, On MUBI, Is A Poignant Portrait Of An LoC State Of Mind

  • Posted on July 13, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
This 22-minute short film by Ashish Pandey is a moving reclamation of formula
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Dobara Alvida Is A Cheesy Short That Wastes A Decent Premise

  • Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
If only the makers of Dobara Alvida had managed to keep their Bollywood in their pants, the film might have felt like more than just the narrative equivalent of a doomed one-night stand
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  • 5 min

The 2021 Oscar Frontrunners For Live-Action And Animated Short Film Depict The Hope And...

  • Posted on April 19, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
If Anything Happens I Love You is a tender 13-minute film that’s the unanimous frontrunner in this year’s Animated Short category at the Oscars, and for good reason
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  • 3 min

Sunday Short Film Review: A Modest, Charming Snapshot Of Closeted Love

  • Posted on March 27, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
Arun Fulara’s sparse 10-minute short, Sunday, sheds a shy light on the everyday existence of a middle-class India that isn’t allowed to earn the privilege of being courageous.
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Atul Mongia’s Short Film Awake Is A Wonderfully Twisted Portrait Of A Happy Marriage

  • Posted on February 15, 2021February 16, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
Awake is a perceptively performed and cleverly conceived film. It subverts the dysfunctional marriage trope by blurring the line between twisted and empathetic.
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Short Film Bittu Is Steeped In Poignant Lyricism

  • Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021
  • by Anupama Chopra
With skillful restraint, director Karishma Dev Dube nudges us to consider the consequences of inequity
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Step Out Is A Naive Snapshot Of A Cultural Epidemic

  • Posted on February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
At best, Step Out is uneven and naive. At worst, it suffers from symptoms of the male-saviour syndrome
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