As Ravi begins to confront a part of himself he has suppressed for years, the distance between them grows. Shruti feels the change long before it is spoken.A trip, a missed call, and a silence that stretches too long bring to the surface what neither of them has been able to say. They do not break all at once. They come apart slowly, while still holding on to what they need from each other.Even after they separate, they remain connected by the same system that once kept them together. WAITING is a quiet story about love, identity, and what happens when survival leaves little room for choice.

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Waiting

Ravi and Shruti live together in the U.S., bound not only by marriage, but by a visa tied to his job. Leaving each other could also mean losing the life they have built.

"The Missing Piece” is a story that steps into the silence, into the space where the world often turns away from what it can’t accept. It is a rare tale of differences and the quiet courage it takes to embrace them. More than a film, it is a gentle rebellion against stigma and a reminder that the deepest connections are not spoken, but felt.

The Missing Piece

Three years after they stopped speaking, Sanjana and Roshan are forced back into their childhood home to find a property deed following their father’s death. What starts as a mechanical search quickly turns into an emotional excavation as they unearth the objects they left behind. The closer they get to the document, the more the past starts to leak into the present, pushing them toward a long-overdue collision. They think they’re looking for a way out of the house, but they might actually be looking for a way back to each other.

ARTEFACTS

After three years of silence, a brother and sister are forced to spend an afternoon in their childhood home following their father’s death, where the objects they unearth begin to say everything they couldn't.

Story of Saleem and Jennifer. It’s a beautiful story about how two strangers—or rather, two souls—can meet, give each other exactly what they need, and then move forward changed. Saleem and Jennifer remind us to expect more from the people we cross paths with, and to see ourselves as capable of being more in someone else’s life, too.

Two Souls

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SHORTS: Waiting, The Missing Piece, Artefacts & Two Souls

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