There are many stories which often get pushed away into the darkness of secrecy, guilt and shame. It’s better to brush them away than to bring them under the glaring scrutiny of a patriarchal society. <br><br> The short film tells one such story of a woman who has always attempted to hide her scars away. However when the attack is on someone she loves, will she break the silence? The film raises the same question and asserts that sometimes the simple realisation of an ugly reality is the first step towards changing it. It does however fail at providing a neater resolution and might leave the viewer feeling deprived of closure.

Meeraas | Short Film Nominee

In the wake-up of the nationwide lockdown announced on March 24th, 2020 in India, families and
romantic partners found themselves forcibly huddled to share the same space. A dominant portion of
the media and popular culture has represented this domestic realm as a safe haven, and the time of
the lockdown as a time of rest and leisure. <br><br> Ek Ehsaas draws attention to a criminally unheard and
under-represented outcome of the stay-at-home mandate, that of domestic abuse. It argues that the
brunt of the anxieties born out of economic hardship is borne unfairly by women, as their partners
unleash violent, abusive, impulsive, compulsive, and controlling behaviours and aggression on them.

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