Cyclicality of the past, present and future, when combined with the blurred lines between dream and reality, comes to form the integral thematic concerns of the narrative. The interplay of these elements also becomes the core dilemmas of the protagonist who finds himself unable to reconcile a sequence of events that have taken over his life. <br><br> The film is a skilled attempt to explore his confusion, bewilderment, tied with an image of violence he is unable to shake off. However, at the heart of it all, is a release from this eternal, endless loop possible or will it forever continue, marked by its endless variables? The story, marked by a notable performance and voiceover, raises the same question.

Paash | Short Film Nominee

The film is quiet and calm in its approach, marked by its complete absence of dialogues. It takes the viewer into an interaction with two parallel timelines that develop simultaneously. While a young girl struggles with a reality that has confined her indoors, the older woman, perhaps located in a time in the future, far away from a pandemic-ridden world, is shown looking into space when she is reminded of something. <br><br> Both characters are then located in the same room, albeit at different points of time, as the reach for the same drawer. Fishing out a notebook, they have a story each that they want to put on paper. While the child is expected to have something that would be a direct echo of her locked down reality, what would the woman write after all these years?

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