Aniruddh is a workaholic. He has lofty ambitions, big plans and wants to reach the top quickly.
While others in his office get by working five days so they sleep and booze on the remaining two, the protagonist's life is far from that. He takes no holidays - when he’s not in office, he is working at home. This bothers his
ageing mother who feels neglected, alone and worried for him. <br><br> Preeti, a girl in Aniruddh’s office, is fond of
him and has also confessed her affection for him. However, he avoids her for there are several goals to be achieved
before he settles down. He gets the promotion, but on the same day he returns home to find his
mother passed out on the floor. The ride from his house to the hospital, with his sick mother in the
backseat, makes Aniruddh deeply introspect his priorities and the direction he wants his
life to take. Would it lead him to make concrete changes after all?

Prathikshe | Short Film Nominee

Niruktha is a story about two researchers, Niruktha and Chhaya, who are writing a challenging case -
a study against a powerful medicine corporation, while being chased by goons hired by the same company.
In her personal life, Niruktha rejects the advances of a friend (Vishak) because she is in love with
another. Vishakh can’t take it well, and harbours a tendency to harm her. In the middle of these threats
from her personal and professional life, she is also diagnosed with a mental disorder which makes
her hallucinate that someone is attacking her. According to the doctor, it is Niruktha’s own reflection
that triggers these delusions – an aspect that was clever and worth exploring, but isn’t in the film. <br><br> The narrative ropes in several emotions in an attempt to offer an engaging plot. However, the series of events and the manner they come to unfold in raise a significant question - is it fair to a call a film a thriller when the dominant mode throughout is melodrama? 

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