The documentary, with its seamless, skilled camerawork and intelligent visual storytelling, introduces you to Parul Chauhan, a homemaker in a corner of Delhi, and her relationship with her motorcycle. Through her story and experiences, the film offers a pertinent comment on the location of women in a society where women like Chauhan are still anomalies and possible only due to a fortunate and near-perfect alignment of several moving parts - the most important of them all being a supportive family. As Chauhan takes us deeper into her world, we are introduced to how her riding allowed her to overcome several health problems. She further asserts that she hopes and plans to leave the women around her with the same indomitable spirit as her by teaching them to drive two-wheelers as well.

Journey of a Housewife to a Rider | Short Film of the Month

The film offers a quiet, calm story of hesitation, nervousness, personal battles and eventually overcoming them all to achieve what you truly desire. A man struggles with a speech disorder in the form of a stutter. Despite his best efforts, he is unable to lead a regular life, often suffering great damage at his inability to articulate the right words in time. Parallel to this is a sweet, blooming romance which has been confined only to the virtual realm for six months now. Our eponymous protagonist is extremely fond of the girl which is precisely why he is drowning in hesitation at the prospect of finally meeting her. The narrative does a notable job of handling his insecurities and fears regarding the rendezvous. He tries to evade, delay and simply ignore it, and yet, finds himself buying a bouquet of roses, a little present, dressing up in a fine, white attire and heading out to finally meet her. What will then truly be the outcome of this meeting?

Arundeep Singh | Short Film Nominee

The scene is of a birthday party, but a woman and a child sit in a mood that is far from festive. The hour is late, the house quiet, and the wait, seemingly endless. When a man enters the setting, the direction of the narrative is made clear to the viewer. 'Piggy Bank' is the story of a neglected family where the man is too preoccupied with making money. While spending long hours on phone calls and before his laptop screen, he has forgotten the value of the time spent with his wife and young son. The story offers a comment on this loss in his world of profits by portraying how the man is made to realize his folly in the most innocent way.

Piggy Bank | Short Film Nominee

The narrative does a notable job of sustaining an elemental suspense at every step. The story is of a single night when a woman is trying to get home to her daughter. The lateness of the hour ensures that her fear for her safety remains all-pervasive. In the process, the film thus brings to life the reality of any average woman who constantly looks over her shoulder to see whether or not she is being followed. However, our protagonist has learnt to not cower down, and instead fight back even in the face of overpowering fear, and it is perhaps the same values that would be passed on to her daughter. Additionally, there is a suggestion of help being available in the form of concerned men as well in a world which is rife with crooks and ruffians of all kinds. Tying all of these components together as a complete whole allows the film to present itself to you in the form of the final product.

Just Another Day | Short Film Nominee

Living in an orthodox society which looks down on pre-marital sex and teen pregnancy, Ananya and Pranav find themselves in a fix when their home-experiment for a pregnancy test results in a positive. Ananya’s mother soon arrives to find her in dire emotional straits, and after some probing, she finally reveals the truth. 
As the two women undergo an intense experience, one that is especially and unnecessarily burdensome for women in a patriarchal society, shaming and rejecting them for an unplanned pregnancy, the story comes into existence. Whether the narrative itself subscribes to the moral policing of female bodies or condemns it, remains unclear. However, at the same time, Ananya finds herself reaching a new space of warmth and understanding with her mother at the end of it all.

Ek Chance | Short Film Nominee

The film follows a young, in love couple who meet up discreetly for their dates and outings. One fine night, they are able to convince the girlfriend's parent for a night out under the deceit of her staying over at a friend's place. Their special, happy night is brought chaos by brutal and terrifying goons who abduct them and take them to a secluded construction site where the abductors try to take advantage of the situation. The male protagonist, lying hurt on the ground, trails off to his past, difficult memories, moments in which he had lost all hope. He narrates his dreadful experience in school when he was bullied by fellow classmates or the time he was almost hit by a truck or when his mother was struggling to survive on the hospital bed. He reveals that even after such adverse circumstances, he never lost faith in the higher, superior authority, the one he looked out for and was supported by when all is lost. This, in turn, eventually allows the realization of the title in the plot of the film as well.

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