The societal pressure caused due to set standards for a perfect girl, daughter or wife, oftentimes become a burden on those who are unable to reach those norms. The inability to look beyond such parameters, often drowns its victims in self-doubt and shame, wasting away their true potential.

The short film Doliyaan, portrays the message of realization of true self-worth in a very subtle way. Set in a village of Uttar Pradesh, the story revolves around a young girl named Kamna. Society’s expectations of a perfect body bother her to an extent, that it makes her insecure and under-confident. Eventually, under the guidance of a young lady, she understands her true worth and proceeds to pursue her dreams.

A Whistling Woods International production, the film is written and directed by Preksha Agarwal. It casts Trimala Adhikari and Seema Azmi in its lead, with Nirmohi Mali as a supporting cast.

The film conveys the powerful message of how we accept ourselves is of far greater importance than how others perceive us.

As Mae West said, “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

This spirit of being truly alive and living life to the fullest is beautifully embodied in the short film, Raat Baaki Baat Baaki.

Nominated at Filmfare awards 2019 under short film category, the film is directed by Divyansh Pandit and features Jackie Shroff, TV actor Shubhangi Latkar, Akshay Nalawade, Bhawsheel Singh Sahani, Semal Bhat and Rohit Lamba as co-stars.

Portraying the role of a businessman, Jacky dada mentors the four youngsters, struggling with distinct challenges in their lives. Their stories converge on a night when they come across a life-changing experience through some alcohol, some secrets and loads of fun.

The narrative takes us on a warm and emotional ride, while leaving us with a beautiful message that life is too short to carry any form of baggage.

Ujala is a short film based on one of the most iconic judgments of the Supreme Court that came out in 2018, and will be remembered for the years to come. The historic judgment declared some parts of Section 377 of IPC unconstitutional, made our society more inclusive and equal at large.

Ujala is a story about a teenage girl named Yuvika, who decides to talk about her sexual choices with her parents a week before Diwali. Kanchan Khilare, who plays Yuvika’s role was first noticed by the director during a play and was chosen for this film. Sushila Karani playing Yuvika’s mother is a Homemaker and Krishnan Iyer playing Yuvika’s Father is a Lawyer who has been doing Spoken Word for a year now, were flawless in their first acting assignment.

Conceptualized by a renowned poet Mohammed Sadriwala, this idea was converted into a short film by the director Navaldeep Singh. In his words, Navaldeep is a lover by default, a lunatic by chance and a poet by choice. He grew to fame with his first poetry video Tiranga released by UnErase Poetry.

Watch this Short Film now as this will surely bring a smile on your face this Diwali.

Plus Minus, the debut project of Bhuvan Bam alongside Divya Dutta, is an incredible short film. It highlights the fundamental aspects of relationships in a marriage, depicted by a mid-aged woman’s dissatisfaction and unhappiness relating to her mother-in-law. A deep conversation regarding relationships, troubles and life in general, with a young soldier, helps her explore the depth of often unrealized love of her family. Plus-Minus, rightly observes that every relationship has plus and minuses attached to it. Objective perspective of the positives and negatives is an essential prerequisite to any successful relationship.

The message of living every moment of life to the fullest is beautifully sewn to the tribute paid to one of the most extraordinary Indian soldier, Baba Harbhajan Singh. His ardent patriotism and service to the nation, has become folklore and is a story that needs to be told to the world.

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A unique collaboration of two exceptionally talented teams from across the border, led to the creation of a beautiful short film titled “Matched! An India – Pakistan Independence Day Special”. It is based on the budding friendship of a Pakistani boy and an Indian girl, who meet online and bond over the India-Pakistan cricket match.

The story revolves around their journey from feeling that instant connection right from the first chat to understanding each other and their cultures to constantly supporting each other through their individual, yet similar struggles of convincing their parents to pursue their dreams. With their hearts filled with gratitude for one another, they get ready to fly high in their lives and achieve all their dreams.

Slowly, falling for each other, they realize the bitter truth of border separating them shown through a subtle unsaid moment between the two. Yet, hopeful of their bright futures of achieving their dreams, they bid adieu to each other.

Beautifully shot in India and Pakistan, this film truly explores the uncharted territory of people to people connect between the two countries on an everyday basis. Although divided by border, but united by glorious history and culture, the film-makers wish the beautiful people of both the countries a very Happy Independence Day.

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