The documentary is a beautiful tryst with the past, memory and time. The narrative is of a young girl, trying to put together an image of her grandfather who passed away about a year ago from the time of when the film begins. As she leads her family members and his employees into sharing their anecdotes of him, it is revealed to the viewer that the common thread that links them all is Hotel Naaz, an establishment that he started in 1959. <br><br> The film attempts a wonderful use of empty spaces (sometimes even using them to superimpose stills and battered black and white photographs) and a calm, quiet pace that allows the story to connect itself with a lost age and time. While placing her grandfather amidst the hustling activity of Hotel Naaz, our protagonist also explores and wonders about the could-have-beens of her own relationship with him, despite being distanced from each other by the numerous boxes of gender, generation gap and even a different time period. Exhibiting promising potential on the part of the young team, the film does a notable job of exploring and presenting all of these elements to the viewer.

Naaz Hotel | Pick of the Festival Circuit

In the contemporary atmosphere of increasing discrimination and divisiveness, especially on the basis of religion, the short film comes forth with an emphatic message. The approach it adopts for the same is endearing and devoid of any preachiness. <br><br> Tiffin opens with visuals of a school, just about to start bursting with the energy of young kids. However, even a world as innocent as this is fraught by the discriminatory laws it has inherited from the adult world. The strength of the film lies in the subtle, quiet manner it adopts to address its concern, along with being supplemented by a convincing performance of the young lead. When society finds itself torn apart by hollow walls of us and them, hope indeed has a resilient, unusual way of making its presence felt, won't you agree?

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