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Kaash (If Only)
Kaash, explores the endless possibilities of “if only.” Tired of a relationship that he fears is on its last leg, Aadil – a photographer and a dreamer– embarks on a journey from Bombay (Mumbai) to Gujarat, to meet a girl he has vaguely connected with over the internet. The girl he meets, Khushali, triggers memories of his girlfriend Samira – a Bollywood starlet on the rise. The more he gets to know Khushali, the more he is reminded of Samira. The film becomes a reference to his past, revealing the vagaries of his relationship. The film also acts as a metaphor for the “journey of the self”–weighing possibilities and paths, attempting to balance stability and spontaneity, dreams and reality. As he travels, Aadil meets the characters in Khushali’s life. With haunting Kutch as the landscape, the viewer is drawn into Aadil’s world, where any path is possible, but the catch lies in which one he would not take.
Moh Maya Money (In Greed We Trust)
Moh Maya Money is a story about Delhi-based Aman, employed as a real estate broker in a multinational, who often skims money from his company. His greed for the good life gets the better of him when he finds out about a huge deal in his company. For a bigger piece of the pie he passes that opportunity to Raghuveer, a small-time real estate broker and a thug. Through a series of unfortunate events the deal snowballs, putting him and his wife, Divya, in danger. To fix things, he involves his wife in this desperate white collar crime which entangles complete strangers, leading to an end neither could imagine.
Nil Battey Sannata (The New Classmate)
Set in Agra, India, Nil Battey Sannata is a story of Chanda, a domestic help and her 14-year-old daughter, Appu. Chanda is determined to educate her daughter to break the cycle but Appu is happy to take over being a household help from her mother, and is not interested in studying. Chanda decides to enroll in school, with the help of her employer, to encourage her daughter to complete her education. Competition challenges their relationship creating distance between mother and daughter. In a country where one-third of girls drop out of schools and the education system, this film highlights Chanda’s empowered journey to earn her and her daughter their right place in the sun.
Pathemari
Spanning five decades, Pathemari is Narayanan’s immigration story. He starts his journey in the ‘60s heading to the Gulf in a dhow (a generic sailing vessel) ready to take any job to support his family. As the years pass, he earns success; provides his family a comfortable life but always longs to go back to his life in Kerala. His family exploits every opportunity to use his success. He eventually dies far away from him family and without ever being able to enjoy the life he created.
Premaya Nam (Dirty, Yellow Darkness)
Premaya Nam is a story about Vishwa, and his wife Samadi, who seem to have it all. Except that he suffers from a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder– the fear of his own urine and all that it contaminates. Unable to tolerate his strange behavior, Samadi leaves him…
Silvat
In Silvat, Noor has been living by herself for five years after her husband takes up a job abroad in the first week of their marriage. She seldom hears from him; sometimes a letter, a rare phone call or through the money he sends her every 3 months or so. Her married life is a never-ending wait for her husband to return someday…