While India may have gone under a lockdown in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are several people in the country who are still sceptical about the gravity of the situation and the importance of the quarantine in bringing the pandemic under control. The short film is an enthusiastic attempt to engage with the same indifference and scepticism. Using surrealist images of animals, as well as a notable structuring of the narrative, it reminds the viewer to sit up and pay head to the health advisories.

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Though the film situates itself in the horror genre, it is perhaps better suited for the horror-comedy category (at least for
the first half of the film). This makes it more interesting for it is one of the lesser explored ones. The film
also takes a turn towards the eccentric because it is the husband, the man of the house, who starts
seeing the ghost, not the wife. In fact, he is ridiculed by her on account of his fragile masculinity that leaves him
with no option, but to shower with an open door, while she lounges, fiddling on her mobile phone.
It is the wife who consoles her husband who, we are told, has nightmares after watching a horror film. <br><br>
There are jump scares, and loops, and attempts at leaving the viewer with ambiguity, but the film
doesn’t fully realise that potential.

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