The short film is a philosophical engagement with notions of existence, self and the endless pursuit of desires in life. It's marked by its layered narrative that falls within the boundary of the abstract, opening itself to different interpretations. The protagonist finds a small chest whose contents are undisclosed to the viewer. He immediately takes it home, hiding it in a dark, quiet corner of his house. It is the search, attainment and finally securing this object that comes to mark his entire existence. <br><br> Sometimes it makes him jolt upright in the dead of the night, other days it's the reason for him to jump out of bed during the day. It torments and tortures him and he knows no rest until he has found the object in his possession again (to perhaps lose it all over again), even if it means shutting out the rest of the world. The film uses a narrative marked by an approach that withholds as much as it reveals, and yet ensures that its message is conveyed lucidly, thereby enabling it to succeed.

Iruttai Thediya Samayangal | Short Film of the Day

The film is a commentary on survival in the cut-throat, capitalistic world of a big city where a man has come seeking employment. After selling his mother's ancestral property, and barely making ends meet, in the quest of bribing a senior professional to help him secure a government job, he is left at his rope's end. As a first-person voice takes us into the protagonist's journey of resorting to pick-pocketing to keep himself from starving, the narrative presents an implicit question about who truly is a thief in this world. <br><br> 
The tone and execution of the plot remain notable, as do the performances. There is also philosophical rumination about the nature of tragedy and how the index of its measurement differs depending on the wealth and poverty of the person it strikes. The final result is promising, even if it loses points in the department of visuals, a characteristic that can be modified in future projects.

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