Bukhaar is an extremely exciting film. From the moment it begins, it keeps on amazing the viewer
with its attention to detail. From the tiny nuances in the gestures of the character, the language, to the way the screenplay reveals one facet over another, one could tell that it has
been made by a skilled filmmaker, along with a team of seasoned professionals who are at ease with the process. 
It is the story of superstar Ronit Kapoor and his alter ego, Satyendra, or vice-versa. The lead actor,
Abhinay Bansod, whether he is imitating someone or devising his own poetics, is drawing in the
viewer all the same. The only point of reservation is the treatment of the character’s mental illness or
his darker side, so as to say. The temptation to make a moral or social statement out of his ambition overpowers the larger idea of the narrative, the fantasy that the story thrives upon, one which is also the more special part of the film.

Bukhaar | Short Film Nominee

Yamini, a paranormal investigator, has arrived at an abandoned, old house, seeking the potential supernatural entities that might inhabit the space. Searching out these stories as part of her profession, she is definitely better equipped to deal with whatever is in store for her than an average person. Yamini's life is further constituted by a loving relationship and equally supportive friends. 

The message that is primary to the plot is one about the darkness within and how it can serve as the perfect raw material for all the darkness without. We soon see the truth of this proposition in the events that follow and the manner in which an internal darkness comes to grip Yamini. 
The atmosphere of eeriness that ‘Goonj’ conjures for the viewer is sure to stay with them after they are done watching the film. Even though towards the end the narrative loses a little bit of its tautness, the manner in which the world of the film and the story are built remains notable.

Goonj | Short Film Nominee

The Good-Bad Man is a film about a character who seeks redemption by attempting to leave his past behind. You can sense that kind of desperation and anxiety in the behaviour of the protagonist from the beginning itself.
He shaves his head in half, his room is in a mess, he is squatted somewhere in a dark alley, as
though in hiding. The tainted, bleak production is meant to lend him a madman-sort of a frenzy.
However, despite the efforts of the lead actor, the film doesn’t really see its story through. There
ought to be a method even to all that madness and that’s where the film goes disarray.

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