405 Short Film Review: A Thoughtful Portrait Of Isolation
Time slows down in Shanawaz Nellikunnil’s enigmatically titled 405, a short film based on a story by Murali Govindan, Krithika Manohar and Vishnu Nair
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Banana Bread Is A Wry Lockdown Short
Despite its shaky end, Terribly Tiny Talkies’ latest short starring Rasika Dugal and Mukul Chadda is sweet, well-acted and wryly observational
Gunta Short Film Review: A Superbly Observed Mumbai Portrait About A Man And His Man Fr...
Gunta, not unlike Zoya Akhtar’s short in Lust Stories, is a beautifully bittersweet portrait of urban India’s most intimate and desensitized equation.
Siblings Short Film Review: A Beautifully Acted Short About The Futile Postponement Of ...
Sheetal Menon’s Siblings beautifully illustrates that siblings who suffer together long enough, start resembling timeworn lovers
Katran Short Film Review: An Uncomfortably Profound Story Of An Unhappy Old Couple
Prem Singh’s 14-minute short starring Piyush Mishra and Alka Amin, elegantly examines a reluctant relationship and puts into context the tragic toxicity of long-term marriage
Lost And Hound Short Film Review: A Spooky Riff On The Indian Parent Syndrome
Directed by Jagdish Mishra, this short film, streaming on YouTube, is a slow, mood based story of an ageing mother grappling with one missing and one distant son
Amma Meri Short Film Review: One Of The Standout Indian Short Films Of 2019
Director Tarun Jain crafts a haunting visual language for his film. Not unlike Article 15, the oppressive Haryanvi village here is a character, an antagonist that is closing with its apocalyptic landscape.
Suno Short Film Review: A Hard-Hitting, Well-Acted Short That Checks Its Viewers’ Pri...
SUNO certainly merits a place in the upper pantheons of art that does more than just lazily ride the wave of the #Metoo movement
Bebaak Short Film Review: A Defiant, Well-Acted Short That Dissects The Politics Of Faith
A short film that unflinchingly locates womanhood as an instrument that is used to connect faith with fate
Photograph Short Film Review: An Ambitious Short That Places Feeling Over Form
It’s easy to dismiss such films as “abstract” and “pretentious” these days, but there is something about Photograph that resonates for the way it brandishes a hopelessly dreamy gaze.
Sparsh Short Film Review: A Preachy Premise That Is Rescued By Its Exemplary Lead Actor
A 15-minute short that feels like a different (read better) film when Kay Kay Menon is on screen
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Kahanibaaz Short Film Review : A Spooky Short That Overstates The Analogy Of The Taxi D...
The score is choppy, the acting a bit loud, and there is probably more truth to its premise on paper than to the on-screen translation
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