FICTION FILMS
SANTOSH
Drama | Short Film | 31 m | 2022
SANTOSH is a project I directed, wrote and edited as a part of my Graduation Project. This project was forged in grief when my grandmother passed away and lost her ability to speak during her last days and my mother could never get the closure from such a loss that she wanted. The short fiction film explores the protagonist, a young woman spending her mother’s last moments together. Both have learned that the mother is about to pass away due to being terminally ill and are having a final conversation about their life. The mother is in immense pain yet is worried for her daughter being distraught. Whereas, the daughter is fearful of losing the only person in her life and is willing to go to any lengths to save her from the clenches of inevitable death. The daughter during these tough times suffers through different stages of grief- DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, DEPRESSION, ACCEPTANCE throughout the 3 acts of the film and develops an understanding towards her mother’s pain and the situation they are in.
LONE
Drama | Short Film | 9 m | 2021
LONE is a project I directed, wrote and edited as a part of my 3rd Design Project. The thought for this project birthed during the time when COVID-19 was a major threat around the globe and people had to resort themselves to extreme situations to survive. The project shows the Protagonist locked away in a unknown location where he descends into madness.
Official Selection Preksha
Film Festival
2021
Honorable mention
The Sun Valley Junior Film Competition
2022
PARIKRAMA
Drama | 9m | 2021
Parikrama is a fiction project I worked on as a director, writer and editor as a part of my Fiction workshop module. This project focused on enhancing the students capability of creating fiction stories that can be expressed to an audience and how to build the world for the film. The project Parikrama focuses on 3 friends meeting up in a art exhibition after parting their ways a long time ago, However there is mystery surrounding a fourth friend's whereabouts.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
UMMEED
Documentary | 13m | 2021
​Ummeed is a documentary project that I developed in December of 2021, the project revolves around a small village on the borders of Faridabad and Delhi in the interiors of the Aravali mountain range in Haryana. The village had existed for somewhere in between of 50-80 years, however as of August 2021 amid the chaos of COVID-19 this village descended deeper into pit of chaos when the authorities claimed the village exists legally on forest grounds and has to be demolished in order to preserve the flora and fauna of the forest. This project is a deeper insight into the adversity the villagers now face.
THAT WHICH IS UNSEEN
Documentary | 8m | 2021
That Which is Unseen is a Documentary Project I shot, wrote and edited as a part of my Documentary Workshop module in a small team of 3 students. This project covers Prashant Panjiar, a major Indian photojournalist who has covered many of major Indian historical events post independence. In 2021 Prashant compiled his life work into a book launch which gives a deeper insight of the stories behind the images from his days as a photojournalist.
AD FILMS
An advertisement project for Hewlett Packard that was executed on minimum budget by a team of film making students of which I was a part of the directing and editing team. The project narratively focused on the capability of technology to make humans more abled and help them achieve their goals and dreams when placed in the right hands and how Hewlett Packard has contributed to this noble cause.
A small Advert me and a small team of student did during the pandemic which focused on trying to promote travel amongst the students after the Lockdown would be lifted. The project focused on how there has been a whole lot of suffering during the pandemic but now it is time to "Safar" which translates into travel in the Hindi language.