A young professional, Teja, works twenty-four-seven under tremendous stress as an engineer. There is no work-life
balance in his routine. Due to the demands of the job, everyone in his company, including him, consume
anti-stress medication regularly. One day, Teja loses his laptop. He doesn’t remember where he lost it.
Nobody in his office has a back-up of the important documents either, and Teja is in trouble. 
The film is exciting because it’s not a serious drag commentary upon the pressures of a corporate job.
The camaraderie between Teja and his friend, who helps him look for his laptop, offers some comic relief.
But what drives the film is the gullibility of the actor playing Teja. His portrayal of hopelessness is so
endearing, one’s rooting for him even in his silliness.

Anukoledu | Short Film Nominee

A young man finds himself without a job and unable to figure out the direction in which his life headed. In addition to this, there is a constant tension in the equation that he shares with his father. However, amidst it all, two of his closest friends turn out to be pillars of undeniable strength for him, earning the three of them the title of The Musketeers. As so many different elements swirl around the protagonist, opposing forces too make their presence felt, threatening this comfortable equation of friendship and loyalty. Will the main characters be able to conquer these strong currents of discord and conflict, allowing their friendship and interpersonal relationships to emerge victorious? With this as an intrinsic concern, the storytelling overall comes across as being sweet, coupled with a sincere narrative about overcoming hardships with the love and support of your loved ones, and valuing your well-wishers over those elements of the world that may try to separate you from them.

The Musketeers | Short Film Nominee

The short film is marked by its absence of dialogues, and in several places, a background score, endeavoring to share its story simply by the visuals unfolding before you. A man is alone at home, his parents' return having been delayed for some reason, when strange occurrences begin to occur around him. He imagines a stranger, a violent intruder in his house, only to eventually find him to be a fragment of his imagination. This eventually gets tied with an addiction to technology or screens that all of us have battled, specifically in the past year, often ignoring so many other potential hobbies or activities we could have explored. However, even after this lesson has been realized, and one might consider it to be the end of the protagonist's troubles, another unexpected and shocking development awaits him, as well as the viewer, at the heart of the film.

Quit | Lockdown Film Challenge

The dream of being an artist and the hope that comes to define this experience are two intrinsically linked elements that often refuse to leave each other's side. Natana delves into the same equation by taking us into the life of an aspiring actor. With the lockdown having confined him indoors, away from all external distractions, he decides to engage with this desire more and more, eventually leading to concrete steps in the direction of achieving his goal with the help of his family. The story reminds the viewer of the importance of not giving up, even in the face of all the negativity that the world may throw at you, and of finally finding hope and comfort in this very pursuit of what the heart truly desires.

Natana | Lockdown Film Challenge

The short narrative is a zealous attempt to conjure our immediate reality where the world battles a pandemic. It introduces us to the story of an Indian man who lives abroad, but watches disturbing news headlines about the havoc Covid-19 is wreaking back home. As he struggles with what is now have come to be defined as the 'new normal', his attempts to adapt to it become the core message of the plot.

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