An old man is in bed, about to fall asleep when he is visited by his grandson and a night, perhaps mundane for the characters involved, but eventful for the viewer, soon follows. As the younger man, with a swollen mouth, bleeding gums and a noticeably bad toothache, tries to prepare his grandfather for bed, several memories are invoked by the latter. It is in this manner that the film exhibits surprising and unexpected moments of poignancy within its folds. The narrative ropes in history, the partition of India, the turmoils of a life already lived, the closure which may or may have not been achieved and simply a suggestion of the passage of time that ties it all together in a cohesive, comprehensive whole. The film is endearing, engaging and amusing in equal measure, and leaves the viewer with a sense of a complete product at its conclusion.

Kenchi Aur Pankha  | Short Film of the Day

The film is a glimpse into an afternoon when a woman is trying to put her little one to sleep. The boy has all kinds of antics up his sleeve, absolutely refusing to be put into his bed. To engage, distract, and eventually lull him into slumber, the woman begins to sing a child’s rhyme about a sadhu baba who would get him a bag full of toys. This is accompanied by the strangest series of events developing before her as she finds an eerily similar character staring at her from across the balcony opposite her window. 

Things continue to develop, and are attempted to be mingled with a dream-like blur. However, when this flight of fancy ends, what disconcerting events would it have left in its wake? It is precisely this question that the narrative strives to present and explore.

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