The film invokes a notable conversation around justice and freedom and how far the two can be located from each other in the real world. The entire the action of the story unfolds within a single room where two men have a conversation - an important, powerful lawyer and a convict who has been incarcerated for two years without having committed the crime. <br><br> As a dialogue is invoked around the ideas of crime, justice and the punishment meted out to them, the film utilises its limited resources efficiently to communicate its intention. Further, it offers a critique of the Indian justice system, and the several legal complexities inherent to it that have been twisted and moulded to one's advantage by the powerful and the mighty in some very infamous cases of the past.

Gunah | Short Film Nominee

The film is located in a dystopic world over half a century ahead of contemporary times where water has become a highly regulated commodity. As its use gets closely monitored, everyone is allowed only fixed amounts, and exceeding them requires especial permissions. The story opens with an ongoing interrogation about an indiscriminate use of water that has overshot the allowed levels. <Br><br> While using the imminent threat of severe water shortages, a situation already being experienced by several parts of the country as well as the world, the film also invokes a reality marked by corruption, selfish motives, thefts and double crossing. The Guilty attempts an efficient use of its limited sources to share an important story with the viewer, reminding them of a very real and pertinent environmental concern.

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