The short films opens with the planning of a conspiracy to overthrow the British. The year is 1947, Indians are languishing under the colonial rule and it's time to take matters in their own hands. <br><br> To achieve the same, youngsters from across India have collected in a remotely located hut. While the plan is hatched in shadows, faces soon become brighter and clearer as it seems to be taking a more defined form. After fighting the darkness of internal conflict, as is also conveyed by literal momentary darkness on screen, the lamp is lit and the path is found once again. The film, which is set in a time when leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru were at the forefront of the freedom struggle, also offers a critique of the nationalist movement. Finally, The Insignificant closes with an interesting thought - all representatives of different parts of the country want freedom, but is that all that they truly want? 

The Insignificant | Short Film of the Day

The music video exhibits some skilled camerawork and attempts to capture different stages of life - love, loss, grief and the eventual moving on. The story is of a couple which is deeply in love when tragedy strikes. <br><br>However, irrespective of the intensity of the pain, its end is inevitable, emphasises the narrative. Made as a reminder of light at the end of the tunnel, the video leaves the viewer with an overarching sense of hope.

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