The short film explores the many facets of motherhood as well as of right and wrong. The overarching question it attempts to raise is if the outcome can be seen as the index for judging a difficult decision. Maa is about a struggle between a woman and her elder son regarding treatment of her younger son's addiction. The visuals employ dimly-lit frames to invoke a sense of darkness that clouds the lives of the characters. With strong performances and mature writing, the film delivers a well-rounded product.

Maa | Dino Morea | Neena Kulkarni | Vivaan Shah | Short Film of the Day

A young man sits in a cafe, watching a girl from a distance as he draws her on paper. The discovery of her sketches in his notebook are bewildering for her and she threatens to call the police on him. However, once he hands over the sketches to her and she concludes he's harmless, she lets it go. Soon, another encounter throws them in together and frequent meetings follow thereafter, further nurturing their budding love story. However, beyond coffee dates and being smitten with each other, lies another narrative, one of nightmares and dark secrets. As the two get intertwined more tightly, are they headed down a path of no return?

Masterpiece | Short Film of the Day

Fit India is the story of twenty-five-year-old Ganika who is overweight, and faces constant body shaming.
She suffers repeated rejections by suitors who come to examine her, as is customary in an arranged
marriage set-up in India. Ganika strives to balance her own self-esteem and aspirations with the social
expectations. 
On the surface level, the film is light-comedy that imbibes millennial jargon and behaviours to become
relatable and consumable. The lead actor playing Ganika, as well as the rest of the cast, live up to
what’s expected of their performance. However, it also seeks to straddle its own aspirations of
delivering something new and unique, and an attempt to employ mainstream tropes in order to increase its appeal for a larger section of the audience. The film offers a simple engagement with issues of body shaming and how it gets tied with the patriarchal gaze of Indian society, while perhaps also striving for introspection of their own thoughts and perspectives on the part of the viewer.

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