The film offers a very involving, skilled narrative that presents its many developments at a gradual, organic pace. The story is constructed with care, ensuring it remains imbued with thrill as well as a shocking progression of events in the most unexpected manner. 

However, the world it conjures to share all of this with the viewer, at first glance, is far from it. It’s simply a conversation between two sisters until one realizes that the space is rife with resentment, bitterness, and a constant threat of violence. 

Anu has walked out on her relationship in the middle of the night, asking her sister to come pick her up. Even in the face of the darkness of an empty, lonely corner of a street, or gawking strangers, or a little-too-inquisitive cops, she is undaunted. The same resilience is present in her elder sister as well. When these elements and characteristics are tied together neatly at the film’s conclusion, supplemented by the chemistry, and notable performances of the two actors, they present a story of far darker occurrences than the viewer might have expected at the beginning.

Anu Aur Di | Short Film of the Day

Our first interaction with the film is marked by a sense of grief, bleakness and a woman sitting by herself in a shadowy room. The rest of the story then becomes a movement to this point by portraying all the events that preceded it. It introduces us to the said woman and her husband. They discuss the financial trouble their son is in due to the pandemic, and decide to help him out. 

After selling their house and whatever little jewellery they had collected throughout their lives, they head out to be with him. It is at this point that we are taken into Shrawan's life which is far from what his parents or the viewer has believed so far. Through high intensity drama and sentimentalism, the narrative shares its intentions with the audience.

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