With a notable performance by Taapsee Pannu, Nitishastra deals with gender, violence against women and the idea of right and wrong. The film has the right intent, but is maudlin in parts. Roshni, Pannu's character, teaches self-defense to young girls. Ignoring her mother's suggestion to get married, she prioritises her work over everything. All of this goes hand in hand with reading Hindu philosophy that further cements her ideas. However, little does Roshni know betrayal is just around the corner. What happens when the choice is between what is right and protecting someone you love? Sit back and hold tight as the narrative unfolds to answer this question.

Nitishastra | Short Film of the Day

With a powerful voiceover by Shishir Sharma, this short film invokes a very important concern, especially relevant in a country like India. A child conveys a disturbing truth to his parents using something as innocent as dumb charades. While the family is portrayed to be a loving one, with convincing performances by Vivek Madaan, Pooja Verma and Mohit Parmar, the child had still not been able to communicate his secret. The film goes to show how important it is for parents to have a dialogue and an open channel of communication with their children, and thus becomes an important lesson in parenting in the process.

Dumb Charades | Short Film of the Day

The short film is short, crisp and notable in the message it wants to leave the viewer with. It is also titled smartly, deliberately making the viewer pause and wonder - why is washing hands different for women than men? As one might grapple with the doubt, it soon reveals the reason behind this. The lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has ensured a disturbing rise in cases of domestic violence against women. Since women's experience of a quarantine is different from the majority of their male counterparts, won't their requirements from the process of washing their hands would be different too? The film has an answer and an explanation for the same.

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