The pandemic has demanded of us extreme life changes ever since it clutched the world in its grasp in 2020. As our work got confined to screens, it further required of people to adopt a completely new approach to performing their professional duties. The short film is a sweet story that explores the same by taking us into the life of a couple. The woman is a teacher struggling to get her young pupils to come onboard with online classes. However, humans' ability to adapt has the potential to overcome all obstacles, especially with the help and support of loved ones, suggests and portrays the film.

Pumpkin Eater | Lockdown Film Challenge

The film begins with a graphic scene of torture. We are informed by a television news anchor that an unarmed
policeman has been kidnapped by militants/terrorists in the conflict state of Jammu and Kashmir. As
the title explains, from then on ensues a religious war, which in this case is called jihaad. The religion of
the captive is the same as his captors. The film depicts without critical reflection, a view from a
fundamentalist terrorist organisation. However, through narration in the end, it endeavours to redeem itself with a
message of peace.

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