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Experience moments of innocence, confusion, strength, and unexpected clarity along with the young protagonists in this block. These six powerful short films grapple with tough issues such as grief, mental illness, addiction, and resilience - through the eyes of children.
Guddal, a free spirited 5 year old girl along with her younger brother Laddoo and older sister Chinu live in their ancestral home with a nanny to look after them. Guddal and Laddoo are on a series of shenanigans orchestrated by Guddal. Her mischief lands her in trouble and she is punished. But the news of the death of her ailing grandmother and the flow of relatives in her idyllic space leave her perplexed. The film looks at the spirit of childhood even in the grimmest of times.
- DirectorNishi Dugar
- ScreenwriterNishi Dugar
- ProducerNishi Dugar
- FilmmakerCinematographer: Ashwin Ameri; Sound Designer and Music Composer: Dawn Vincent; Production Designer: Shalmolee Mukherjee; Colorist: Mahak Gupta; Editor: Pavan Theurkar; Sound Recordist: Sudipto Mukhopadhyay
- CastVeda Agrawal, Lavya Jain, Manav Hinduja, Manjari Saxena
Experience moments of innocence, confusion, strength, and unexpected clarity along with the young protagonists in this block. These six powerful short films grapple with tough issues such as grief, mental illness, addiction, and resilience - through the eyes of children.
Guddal, a free spirited 5 year old girl along with her younger brother Laddoo and older sister Chinu live in their ancestral home with a nanny to look after them. Guddal and Laddoo are on a series of shenanigans orchestrated by Guddal. Her mischief lands her in trouble and she is punished. But the news of the death of her ailing grandmother and the flow of relatives in her idyllic space leave her perplexed. The film looks at the spirit of childhood even in the grimmest of times.
- DirectorNishi Dugar
- ScreenwriterNishi Dugar
- ProducerNishi Dugar
- FilmmakerCinematographer: Ashwin Ameri; Sound Designer and Music Composer: Dawn Vincent; Production Designer: Shalmolee Mukherjee; Colorist: Mahak Gupta; Editor: Pavan Theurkar; Sound Recordist: Sudipto Mukhopadhyay
- CastVeda Agrawal, Lavya Jain, Manav Hinduja, Manjari Saxena