The sun never rises again after an elderly woman steals the village's rooster, which throws the community into disarray. To bring the rooster back, a prophecy is invoked, sending the old lady's family into exile.

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Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know...

Once upon a time in a village, an old lady steals the rooster and the sun never rises again...

“Claimant" is about a father who discovers that his teenage daughter was assaulted and raped, so he decides to confront and punish the rapist, but since the culprit is a very proficient lawyer he uses laws in a way that he not only escapes from justice but also legally make the father the criminal.&nbsp;

Dadresi (The Claimant)

A father decided to revenge a lawyer who rapes his teenage daughter

The film is about the propagation of evil curses in the form of a beautiful ring that invokes greed. The story revolves around a simple man who stumbles upon the ring and steals it.

Ouroboros

The film is about the propagation of evil curses in the form of a beautiful ring that invokes greed. The story revolves around a simple man who stumbles upon the ring and steals it.

A young boy convinces a fisherman to take him to the sea. Once into the sea, the boy discloses his true plan, driving the fisherman into anger, wondering whether the boy had succeeded in carrying out his plan or not.

Blue

A young boy convinces a fisherman to take him out to sea, but once they are far from shore, the boy’s true intentions are revealed — leaving us to wonder if his plan succeeds.

In a low-income neighborhood in Pune, 'Kitty', an eight-year-old boy, lives with his mother 'Saroja' amidst severe water shortages. During Kitty's summer vacation, Kitty fills his days playing with his imaginary friend while Saroja struggles to manage household tasks and water&nbsp;collection alone, due to her husband's absence. Their neighbor Gullamma suggests Kitty should grow-up quickly to help his mother. Meantime Kitty becomes intrigued after encountering a stiltwalker and playing with Gullamma's son, Dasthgir. He convinces Dasthgir to get him a pair of stilts. Later, Kitty discovers that whenever he walks on stilts, all the taps around him start running with water. When he shares this news with other people, he gets laughed at. His own mother gives him a scolding. Angered, Kitty runs away but is found and brought back home by Dasthgir. Saroja reassures Kitty that they will use his ability to bring water to the neighborhood. Soon after, in the middle of the night, stilts emerge from Saroja's house, and wherever Kitty's shadow passes, taps and containers start running with water, flooding the lanes and roads. Kitty continues to walk as his stilts echoes through the neighborhood.

Waterman

An imaginative kid in a water scarce slum realizes a superpower and decides to help his struggling mother to make her life easy.

A man tries to keep himself together as he waits in a university canteen for his beloved from yesteryear. "Pyaar Andaaz" is a short experience attempting to capture the ephemeral nature of love and human connection in a single continuous take.

Pyaar Andaaz (Love Undoes)

A man tries to keep himself together as he waits in a university canteen for his beloved from yesteryear.

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