I Am Seventeen | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee February 17, 2020

I Am Seventeen

By Vineet Sharma with 6.6

thriller · Short Films · hindi

The film is an exploration of a dark reality of sexual abuse of women at the hands of greedy and power-hungry men. The story unfolds to reveal a seedy deal between two men, a pimp and his client. It also offers a comment on juvenile criminals, and how sometimes even after having committed a heinous crime, they are not meted out a punishment in proportion to it.

As they sit discussing their individual stories, ahead of the decided time of the meeting with the young girls, the plot develops and takes the viewer deeper into a grim world of deception, blackmail and one of making money by entrapping young women and girls. Things go as far as to reveal an ugly reality of suicide and death. In the second half of the film, things move swiftly to further reveal a truth that is aimed at shocking the viewer. However, what will be the fate of the protagonist when all cards are finally laid out on the table?
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