The short film is the story of two sisters where the elder one takes care of her younger sibling who is in a wheelchair. As she struggles to keep up with her various responsibilities, she finds herself tempted to go down a dark path from where there is no return. The narrative introduces us to various moments of their affection and intimacy. This is done perhaps intentionally to achieve an element of shock at what follows. The manner in which events develop in the story is aimed to provide a jarring image in direct contrast to the earlier ones of love and sisterhood. While light and dark continue to wage a battle within the protagonist, who will be victorious at the end of it all?

Pratibimbo | Short Film Nominee

'Kashish' is a well-meaning conversation on domestic abuse and how it can extend beyond simply a physical manifestation, or fixed expectations that one might have of an abused-and-abuser-equation. It attempts the same by showing a doctor's procedure of conducting an autopsy on someone who took their life by suicide. As she unravels each layer, the plot is also gradually shared with the viewer. 

The film expresses its views, but also seems a little wary, as if hesitating in saying the whole truth. It should be noted, however, that at the conclusion there indeed exists one final endeavour of expressing its closing thoughts in a direct manner. It would be interesting to see the team explore the premise and this expression further, and share them thus with the viewer.

Kashish | Short Film Nominee

A mother and her son are located against a black backdrop of a world where hardly anything else exists beyond them, or an object or two of theirs. The narrative eventually progresses to reveal this to be a realm that lies between life and death, at the brink of some crucial decisions that would determine the final fate of the characters. The setting further acquires a theatrical quality, while evidencing the desire to share its story with sincerity. The plot strikes a conversation with the themes of redemption, guilt, existence, life and death, and the possibility of an eternity in Hell that lies on the other side of it all. Eventually, all of these aspects are then attempted to be tied with the complexity of the dynamic shared between the two characters.

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