Picnic is a skilled attempt to talk about familial love, separation and inevitable pain. The short film weaves a narrative around an ordinary day in the life of a family preparing to head out for a picnic. The paranthas are packed, the playlist is downloaded and the final Virat Kohli score is checked before stepping out. Yet, something is amiss, a deep emotion pulls at the heartstrings of the family members. What is that emotion and how does it set this particular picnic apart? Watch the film to find out.

Picnic | Short Film of the Day

This is a well-produced film with good performances by all the actors. However, the climax of Listener leaves the viewer a bit under-whelmed. This could perhaps be blamed on the format of a short film where the creator is confined by the duration. <br><br> Yet there is a distinct need for the crescendo to rise in a different manner. The protagonist of the short film works at a restaurant where people pay him to listen to them talk. Listener, thus, also becomes a comment on the loneliness in society where despite friends, family and a job, people have to pay to get heard. Bottomline? It's a good film with a great concept, but there's an inexplainable sense of something being absent.

Listener | Short Film of the Day

The short film has a wonderful message for the viewer - the universal nature of faith. No matter the name we choose for them, Bhagwan or Allah, they are all the same indeed. The strength of the film lies in its writing - how it uses the innocent questions of a child to remind grownups - the simplicity of a truth they have forgotten while raising imaginary walls and boundaries. <br><br> Laddoo is a good short film, but what keeps it from being great is its massy nature. While keeping its audience in mind, it perhaps attempted to reach out to a larger section of society. This could perhaps explain why it rides so high on emotions, bordering on becoming maudlin in parts. All in all, a decently produced piece of art which deserves brownie points for the intention it sets out with.

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