The documentary takes us into the first-hand experience of Vansh Pandita, a Kashmiri Pandit, who returns to his ancestral village for the first time since his family left it in April 1990. The subsequent narrative that comes to life is heartfelt and marked by true earnestness. It is weaved with care and emotion and exhibits notable potential in terms of storytelling and portraying the world based on the protagonist’s interactions. 
The journey commences to usher in crucial perspectives about what it means to leave a home behind, and the deep scars that follow, some of which perhaps can never heal. At the same time, a sense of indomitable hope for a better future, one marked by newer, younger voices, and their dreams and aspirations, never truly leaves the film. All of these together ensure meaningfulness and sincerity in the endeavor, one that paves the path for many more to come.

Meen-mul | Short Film Nominee

Irrespective of how far we go in life, we always carry a few things - memories and the people we used to be, with us. This sense of nostalgia as well as an intertwining with a past is what the film offers through its narrative. Using the experiences and memories of four of its characters, Oodh shares a story of a family's relationship with a house they all spent several years in. The plot offers a space of domestic bliss, albeit marked by familial disagreement, but none that is not endearing in nature. It portrays the special emotional connect that each member had with that house, and now when it's time to move on and say the final goodbyes, it refuses to let them go alone. The film is calm and mellow in its depiction of the same, further enhanced by seamless visuals, allowing it a sombre energy that works on multiple levels.

Oodh | Short Film Nominee

A sense of poetry comes to pervade the deliberately slow-paced visuals of the film. It takes the viewer into a world that is not marked by verbal exchanges, but instead a serene background score. As the music is coupled with the developments unfolding before you, a reality of a woman taking care of domestic chores is brought to life. However, soon the frames come to be defined by her stark absence, further invoking a symbolic image for you. In the process, the film endeavors to make its comment about an existence which is made easier and welcome with the presence of a mother, one which seems lacklustre, the calmness acquiring a disconcerting quality, without her.

Farewell to the Seashore | Lockdown Film Challenge

The music video is a union of nostalgia, friendship and a visit to a place from the past that was once called home. After leaving it behind many years ago, a young man returns to reminisce about his childhood. He is not simply returning to a physical location, but also a space that he shared with his childhood best friend. 

In adulthood, as he goes around visiting each of those old haunts, a quiet companion is by his side. Smooth vocals endeavor to supplement the reality unfolding before us with sentiment, and in the process, the music video is presented to the viewer.

Ae Hawa | Short Film Nominee

The quarantine and the consequent isolation it has led to in the lives of innumerable people across the world is truly an unprecedented experience in our lives. The short film is a window into one such narrative of a young boy whose flight gets cancelled, leaving him alone and stranded away from home. The plot thus follows him along as he goes about trying to fill his hours, one day at a time.

Stranded | Short Film Nominee

While the coronavirus lockdown may have put all of us in an unusual and uncomfortable situation, one of the most uneasy ones are those of family members of frontline workers. The short film gives a glimpse into the life of a family where the mother is a bank official. Consequently, she has to step out every day and risk her life simply so that others' work can be done on time. By telling her story, the film aims to pay respect to every single person who leaves the safety of their house behind in order to keep things running smoothly for everyone else.

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