Short Film Review
Everything Is Fine: A Superbly Acted Short Film
Seema Bhargava Pahwa symptomizes the conflict between two haplessly domestic forms of Indian femalehood with heartbreaking pathos
Zoya On MUBI Is A Soothing Reminder Of The Symbiosis Between Man And Nature
The philosophy of the film may sound heavy, but it’s not. It’s accessible, even at the risk of being too obvious
Chosen Few Is A Curt TVF Short Restricted By Its Social Message
There is no time for the viewer to develop any sort of empathetic connection with the events on screen. Blink and you might miss a two-month timeline
ZEE5's Premiere Of 9 Short Films Sways Between Middling And Mediocre
Some of them are safe and simplistic, and some of them, grating. A few titles are more watchable than others
Bin Bulaaye Is A Strange But Deeply Felt Portrait Of Natural Closure
Large Short Films’ Bin Bulaaye starring Ira Dubey and Naseeruddin Shah, is about unfilmable human emotions like closure and healing.
Ved And Arya Is A Sweet Little Short
Ved and Arya deserves credit for how it’s composed. Far too often, conversational shorts try too hard to hide hints that are supposed to belatedly dawn upon the viewer, but here, naturalism is built into the moment
Ghar Ki Murgi Is A Rooted Riff On The North Indian Housewife Syndrome
When the female protagonist refuses to be a heroine, and instead chooses to rebel for her own sanity rather than for the sake of defiance, we get a rare and modestly relatable character like the one here
Happy Short Film Review: There’s More To Happy Than Its Dark, Depraved Exterior
Based in the bleak Ajji universe, Devashish Makhija’s new short is another damning critique of casual misogyny
Devi Short Film Review
When so many known faces across eras – Kajol, Shruti Haasan, Neha Dhupia, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Neena Kulkarni – come together in the same frame, it’s almost always likely that the film will favour message over method.
Zindagi inShort Review – A Largely Enjoyable And Versatile Collection Of Homegrow...
Each of Zindagi’s seven shorts looks like a story that the maker wants to tell rather than one that must forcibly fit a brief
Meal Short Film Review: A Potent, Powerful Short About An India That Is Shining No More
Meal, a powerful 10-minute short directed by Abhiroop Basu, is the first film to directly address the currentness of a nation divided by its government
Sarvagun Sampann Short Film Review: The Indian Wedding Meets Its Match In This Wry, Sem...
It takes a while for Sarvagun Sampann to get there – the pace is convoluted, the narrative rhythm a bit off – but it presents a female protagonist who is unapologetic for a reason
