A man and a woman sit across from each other during an ongoing investigation. The man is accused of killing a woman, Nikita, and now the cop before him, Nusrat Khan, demands an explanation for this heinous act. <br><br>As the conversation unfolds, the narrative presents its ideas on right and wrong, and how greed, lust and anger have the world in their grasp. A sudden reversal of circumstance is also presented in this endeavor which, even if marked by a few rough edges in terms of production, remains notable in the effort it invests in exploring its ideas.


Rakshash - The Birth of Demon | Short Film Nominee

The film works with an interesting idea: one of a film entirely in flashback. And not simply flashback, but a reverse order of the progression of events that come to constitute the narrative. The story ropes in suspense, violence and crime to weave itself and present forth its intentions to the audience. <br><br> It should be noted that though we are shown the actions happening in a slowed, reversed sequence, the examination of the motifs, the sense of guilt or sin or redemption that comes with introspection
of reflection is absent. An introspection is only possible when there is a relation or contrast with the
present; in the absence of a connection to a present circumstance, the sense of the past can be easily lost. It is perhaps this connection that could have allowed the film to be more than everything it already is.

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