Several comments rest within 'The Last Time I Saw The Moon', most important of them all being about identity. The narratorial exploration of the same ensures that notions of identity of the protagonist reach an overlap with that of the town he inhabits. The two entities are thus allowed a simultaneous progression. 

While one faces the imminent threat of urbanization and demolition of shops and houses in the name of change and widening of roads, the other is denied the most primary, basic marker of his identity, his name. Chandra, dismissed and maltreated by the entire town as the local lunatic, fights a battle as desperate as that of the beloved town itself where people are ready to protest against the road construction. And yet, they remain apathetic and indifferent to Chandra’s plight. 

 
The film invokes a calm, quiet, notable exploration of the complexities that afflict the circumstance. However, whether the town, as well as Chandra, will be overwhelmed by tumultuous waves or would they find a way to brave them, remains the question crucial to its core.

The Last Time I Saw The Moon | Short Film Nominee

“But all the flyovers do not have the capacity to create HISTORY, isn’t it?” 
This is a very compelling question to begin a story with. The Concrete Kalinga examines the implications
of the construction of the four-lane highway from Mangalore to Udipi. The highway’s perspective is
imagined as a reporter interviews it about its journey. The highway shares its thoughts on waiting
patiently for a whole decade to be built, and about its might. 
But for a beginning as compelling as that, the film doesn’t ask any political questions that are implied
when notions of history and development in urban space are involved. On the level of thought, perhaps this strain could have been followed a little further.

The Concrete Kaalinga | Short Film Nominee

The short film adopts an experimental approach to talk about the significance of technological developments in furthering the overall growth and prosperity of the nation. It wants to put its message across by showing a conversation between different appliances and electronics of a household, and further coupling it with attempts at humour.

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