After engaging in active combat, when Atharv returns home, nothing is the same again. Horrors of the war zone continue to plague his nightmares and waking reality. 

The support of a loving wife, Kanika, a sensitive artist herself, is not enough as he battles the many symptoms and consequences of PTSD. The narrative presents a sensitive treatment of the subject, ensuring its conversation remains meaningful throughout. 

 


Despite the overall visual progression losing some of its smoothness as the film moves forth, the end result offers an important story and employs competent writing and performances in its execution. While Atharv may have lost more than he is able to accept as a result of his time in service, will his own life, and its value, especially for Kanika, eventually enable him to lead himself back to recovery and healing? Will there be color again on this blank canvas?

Blank | Short Film Nominee

It is difficult to review a film which is based on a brutal act of violence, but it is even harder when the
film raises questions which one feels ill-equipped to deal with, not because they are uncomfortable, as
the point of the film is to shake up a bourgeois sensibility of chastity even in representation, but because
those are incredibly complex social questions. Blakc is about a prostitute seeking justice against her
rapist, who has been a long, former client, but one day, violates all her boundaries of consent. It is clear,
that as an individual, the viewer is likely to be on the side of the survivor. Even in the writing, the film ensures that it delivers a clear
position, which is heightened by the full-proof writing. But once you raise the question on nuance,
there is the obvious risk of running down the voice. Irrespective, it should be noted that it is an important narrative, and stands as
such.

Blakc | Short Film Nominee

The viewer is allowed a glimpse into the nightmarish reality of a man who has returned from war after undergoing some terrible experiences. As his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is engaged with, we get to interact with a past of bloodshed, violence and loss of friends. In the process, the film strives for a comment on mental health, especially relevant in a world and nation where a raging pandemic has confined us all indoors, away from the life that once was, opening the doors of physical and emotional trauma of all kinds.

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