The short film opens at the most intriguing note, letting the narrative take its time to reveal to the viewer what it's truly about. To be fair the title gives away much of its subject matter - the anti-jinx charm of lemon and chilli. That should prepare a horizon of expectation for you, but does it really? In its lighthearted, engaging manner, the plot develops to reveal how a man peddles stories to sell the charms he makes regularly. One after the other, customers fall prey to his smooth conversation, inevitably ending up being his patron. Even when he hits a roadblock in the form of an unusually stubborn customer, of course he is armed with his communication skills. The path seems laid out for him, until one day when tragedy comes knocking at his own door. Will his talisman provide him the protection he ensures all his customers of?

Limbu Mirchi | Short Film Nominee

Employing animation and coupling it with humour, the film weaves a narrative about caste, ideas of communism, a young man's denial of age-old customs and superstitions, and his grandmother's failed and desperate attempts to make him see the truth of her ways. A zealous final product, the film weaves all of this together into the folds of its narrative, bringing forth an engaging story for the viewer. From lizards dropping from the sky to unexpected black kitties to red threads, the plot ropes in all of them. Serendipity too wriggles its way into the story of a day that has been unfolding disastrously so far, but does it also mean that the conclusion will be a catastrophe too? The film has an unexpected and amusing answer up its sleeve for the same.

Artham Anartham | 2020 Film Challenge

The film takes us into the life of a protagonist called Lagnesh and introduces us to the strange events that constitute it. He finds superstitious practices put in his way either in the form of his mother's constant nagging, or sometimes in his own stubborn and fixed beliefs. However despite it all, fate does not seem to be favouring him. It is eventually a circuitous path that finally leads him to realise the truth of it all. The intrinsic message of the story is a reminder for the viewer about how detrimental ideas based on superstition, whether of your own or of those around you, can prove to be. As for Lagnesh, towards what kind of outcome is his life headed?

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