![]() ![]() ![]() The thematic resemblances between the shorts are rather slim. One of the most remarkable feats of Zindagi inShort is its conscious effort to diversify its genres. But soon they realise their love needs to overcome a far catawampus hurdle than familial consent. Amrik (Manjot Singh) and Amreen (Aisha Ahmed) find each other on a dating site, and instantly connect on their shared love Shah Rukh Khan, cricket, and street food. Belonging to orthodox families, both Amrik and Amreet remain hush-hush about their blossoming love. Gautam Govind Sharma's Chhaju Ke Dahi Bhalle is a heartwarming take of young romance seen through the lens of Partition. But it is Panigrahi's conviction in her material that shines through a film that seeks to question age-old lofty traditions. The rest of the film sees Kapil and his wife come up with ingenious arguments that slowly but assuredly dismantle the notion of the "sanctity of marriage." The humour is frivolous, even bordering on the risque at times. Initially scared the move may jeopardise his marriage, he finally resolves to confront his wife, who threatens to demand a lump sum alimony if he takes the matter to court. While attending his brother's engagement ceremony, Kapil gets an anonymous tip-off about his wife cheating on him. The film follows Deepak Dobriyal's Kapil Agarwal, an insecure, underconfident man living in constant fear of being abandoned by his far prettier wife (Isha Talwar). On the other hand, Smrutika Panigrahi's Swaaha is treated as an intriguing cat-and-mouse chase, where the husband and wife struggle to gain one-upmanship over each other to have the last word. The story and its life-affirming ending aside, what makes Nano So Phobia perhaps the most remarkable short of the lot is its sharp editing (masterfully done by Dnyanada Samarth) and Daniel B George's booming operatic background score. That she is a scatterbrain is established in the very beginning as she rummages through her drawers to look for her cellphone. ![]() She routinely has nightmares her former vertically challenged help Rancho (Arun Kushwah) will break into her house. Her fear of vertically-challenged men, instilled by her dwarf domestic help, finds expression in her obsession with vertically challenged television villains. Sain turns the home invasion genre on his head with a relentlessly wacky narrative, and a supposedly senile septuagenarian (Swaroop Sampat) at the centre. In fact, Nano So Phobia is so good that it may be even come to define what a model short film should look like. With Nano So Phobia, director Rakesh Sain poses a commentary on society and its apathy, but without a pinch of sermonising. While one tells the tale of an old, disheveled woman fighting to cope with the trauma of being robbed by her domestic help, the other captures the plight of a man who has just been informed that his wife has been an infidel. Talking about Bollywood, the most un-mainstream ventures in the anthology are the deliciously zany Nano So Phobia and Swaaha, both laced with a wicked sense of humour. Despite the superb acting though, one may find Sleeping Partner a tad too melodramatic and Bollywoodised, especially in the end. ![]() His gait, and the twitch is his eyebrow is as far from a quintessential antagonist can get - which makes Kapoor so chilling. Even in her rebellion, it is Neena's dignified quietude that makes the ending so powerful and effective.ĭutta imbues her character with utmost vulnerability, and Kapoor nails his portrayal of an abusive husband, by making him a spectacularly ordinary man. But Kashyap's masterstroke to make Neena quiet and shy helps the film from slipping into intense melodrama. Neena's only human interaction is with the help, who does not spare a moment to roll her eyes at Neena's dedication towards her family or belt out a saucy remark at her naivety. There is also a cheeky observer - the domestic help (played by the effervescent Srishti Shrivastava). Silently, she seeks refuge into the bountiful, bustling kitchen with its clanking dishes, whistling kettles, and boiling pots. Her husband (Shishir Sharma) is never malicious but often fails to regard his wife as a thinking entity. The anthology begins with Tahira Kashyap Khurrana's short Pinni, which she has crafted with utmost delicateness. This is a story about a neglected woman ( Neena Gupta), whose daughter and relatives call her only when they need her to courier them her special handcrafted pinnis (a type of sweet popular in Punjab). 'I just got one second and it created history': Naatu Naatu lyricist Chandrabose on his Oscar moment Guneet Monga poses with Kartiki Gonsalves, AR Rahman and Resul Pookutty internet says 'Gang of Oscars' ![]()
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