Short Film Nominee August 16, 2020
By Shivankar Arora with 6.5
drama · Short Films · hindi
The title is as provocative as it gets. The YouTube description of the film also alludes to the dominant narrative. A girl from another city moves to Mumbai with the dream of becoming an actor. Work is uncertain as it is, and with the pandemic the conditions gets worse leading to a financial crisis of sorts for her.
Since the film industry is seen as a place of ill-repute with pimps and cheats masquerading as professionals, the film follows the same pattern of a struggling actor caught in the midst of an unfortunate situation, one where she is manipulated and cheated. The shame and rebuke forces her to take an extreme step. However, the film refuses to carry forward the same narrative of slut-shaming and victim-blaming and opts for a statement on affirmation.
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