As the name suggests, Praleh takes the viewer into a post-apocalyptic world where a man wears a mask even inside a house as he tries to catch a glimpse of the world outside from a small window. The walls behind him are covered with newspaper cuttings of an atomic explosion, communicating to the viewer the reality the film is set in. The man lives by himself, trying to survive whichever way he can, at the same time, the viewer is also introduced to his life that once was. It is evident that despite having survived the catastrophe, the protagonist is still within the clutches of his memories and past. And as if they were to take a corporeal form while visiting him, soon different characters begin arriving at his doorstep. The narrative enters the abstract space of metaphors and symbols to truly introduce us to the torment of the man, who may have outlived an apocalypse, but still has to overcome the several internal, emotional obstacles he battles within.

Praleh | Short Film of the Day

The viewer is taken fifty years into a dim and uninviting future, where a haphazardly-evacuated modern house and a traditional set of mat and cushion rest before them. A disoriented protagonist wakes up from his deep sleep and inspects the strange surroundings where even his appearance seems foreign to him. Meanwhile, alerts regarding a natural calamity, which is potentially apocalyptic, goes off in the background. 
The alerts being in English, perhaps, seem incomprehensible to the protagonist who struggles to understand the sequence of events. As the stakes rise and the end approaches, the most important development, followed by a crucial revelation, is presented to the audience. Due to another unexpected set of events, relief follows into the narrative, along with the ushering of an amicable territory - the land of Kannada.

Yuddham | Short Film Nominee

A man desperately bangs on John’s door and forces himself in. He is running away from zombies and
cannibals who are chasing him. It is the time of apocalypse and everyone infected by the
deadly virus has turned into a zombie. The film begins at this high point of intensity, and soon brings in ideas of religion and spirituality. The survivor reveals his name as Haridas whose sole purpose of visit seems to be to
convert men of other religions into Hinduism. He gives long encomiums on Hinduism and the discussion
between John an Haridas becomes a drawn-out battle over the superiority of their respective religions. The film is clear in the intentions and message it wants to convey, one of the futility of discord over imagined differences. However, it could have benefited from a crispness of a tighter narrative.

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