Set against the hinterland of a Kashmir divided on religious lines, the film tells the story of inter-faith lovers. Attempting to invoke a poetic approach in the narrative, supplemented by a strong performance by Neelofar Hamid, Gaash is about Fatima, a Kashmiri Muslim, falling in love with a Hindu man. <br><br> The film opens with the sight of a group of men carrying a coffin in the snow. A parallel story is unfolding inside the coffin as a woman metaphorically awaits her life after death and the subsequent liberation from all man-made restrictions and inhibitions that kept her from her one true love. The plot attempts a comment on a society that is fraught by religious differences, misogyny, patriarchy and the complete obliteration of a woman's voice, along with the idea of love eventually surmounting all of these odds.

Gaash | Short Film of the Day

Lush green forests beckon three men as they make their way to a camping spot. Vast outdoors are presented to the viewer, enabling them to appreciate the beauty of nature. However, the visuals of littering are also interspersed within the plot to remind one of their responsibility towards their surroundings. <br><br> While the narrative portrays all of this, it adds a supernatural entity to the plot as well. The three men, Zeeshan, Ishfaq and Mudasir, make their way into the heart of the forest, unaware of the malicious being that rests within it. As the fate of the characters becomes more and more shrouded in uncertainty, Wan slowly unfolds, eventually leading the viewer to the only possible conclusion of this story of horror.

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