The short films opens with the planning of a conspiracy to overthrow the British. The year is 1947, Indians are languishing under the colonial rule and it's time to take matters in their own hands. To achieve the same, youngsters from across India have collected in a remotely located hut. While the plan is hatched in shadows, faces soon become brighter and clearer as it seems to be taking a more defined form. After fighting the darkness of internal conflict, as is also conveyed by literal momentary darkness on screen, the lamp is lit and the path is found once again. The film, which is set in a time when leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru were at the forefront of the freedom struggle, also offers a critique of the nationalist movement. Finally, The Insignificant closes with an interesting thought - all representatives of different parts of the country want freedom, but is that all that they truly want?

The Insignificant | Short Film of the Day

The short film invokes a conversation around the plight of ordinary citizens in a country like India which is drowning in red-tapism and bureaucracy. As an old man struggles to get official work done from a police station, he raises the overarching question - what is his identity? The film uses poetry as a significant tool to further drive this question home. While the forefathers of independent India might have had a particular reality in mind for the nation, why are we still far from it?

Pehchaan | Short Film Nominee

The film has a positive message to share with the viewer - one about overcoming darkness and finding the strength within to achieve the same. It is the story of a man who lives with blindness. The narrative locates him in the reality of a pandemic-stricken world where he is by himself with no other help and support available. After establishing the premise, the rest of the film becomes about him navigating this new reality. However, will he find it in him, the strength he has always harboured inside, to overcome this seemingly endless darkness?

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