Kapil (Dobriyal) learns that his wife, the mother of their three children, is having an extra-marital affair, and her reaction to his reaction is priceless. Deepak Dobriyal and Isha Talwar are in superb form as a married couple who find themselves teetering towards a divorce in the midst of a family wedding. The wicked Swaaha, which is also the best film in the set, has been written and directed by Smrutika Panigrahi. Courtesy Sikhya Entertainment/Flipkart Video. Shafin Patel in Thappad from the Zindagi inShort anthology. Smartly lensed to reflect Babloo’s knee-high view of the world, Thappad skilfully brings Babloo’s comic book fantasies to life. The delightful Shafin Patel is the pint-sized Babloo, who stands to a group of boys stalking his sister Bani (Vedika Nawani). Manjot Singh and Aisha Ahmed play inter-faith Tinder users who take a swipe at love.Īnother kind of love, less treacherous and more touching, is on display in Vinay Chhawal’s Thappad. Gautam Govind Sharma’s Chajju Ke Dahi Bhalle is an awful lot like Sachin Garg’s short film Tinder – Ek Prem Katha, only with better production values. Given the pressures, where is the room for personal happiness? As a patient reminds Kavya, “Everybody needs this only. Oncologist Kavya’s day is filled with drudgery and drama – the hours at the hospital are long and unending, she doesn’t really want to marry her long-term boyfriend, and a domestic crisis is brewing. The female worldview is also the focus of Vijayeta Kumar’s Sunny Side Upar, starring the talented Malayalam actor Rima Kallingal. Divya Dutta in Sleeping Partner from the Zindagi inShort anthology. Yet, Dutta is affecting as the bruised wife, and Sanjay Kapoor is turning out to be a fine cameo artist in small but well-written parts. The feminist lite treatment ensures a conclusion that nobody saw coming. Things get more serious in Punarvasu Naik’s Sleeping Partner, starring Divya Dutta as a victim of marital rape, Sanjay Kapoor as her cruel partner, and Jitin Gulati as her distraction. Sampat’s Parsi accent is as dubious as the staging. Mrs Balsara may or may not be imagining a robbery attempt by a short man she had previously helped put away. Joining the “Revenge of the Aunties” sub-category in the anthology is Swaroop Sampat’s Parsi dowager in Rakesh Sain’s Nano So Phobia. The pacing is uneven and the twist doesn’t quite have the desired result, but Neena Gupta has tremendous fun. In Tahira Kashyap Khurrana’s Pinni, flavour-of-the-season actor Neena Gupta plays a housewife and expert sweet maker from Mohali who is taken for granted by nearly everybody in her life. There are no narratives from the southern, eastern and north-east regions – unless a second anthology is in the works.Īll the stories end on a twist or two, some of them better realised than others. The aim, according to a press statement by Prakash Sikaria, Vice-President of Growth and Monetisation at Flipkart, is to empower “young talent by giving them the right platform to tell compelling stories that star an array of talent – from seasoned actors to digital sensations”. The spread, which has been produced by Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment for Flipkart Video, consists of slices of life that are mostly sweet with a touch of the savoury and the spicy. The emphasis in Zindagi inShort is on feel-good, even when the evidence suggests that this isn’t always possible. Restless women of all ages both in front of the camera and behind it, concise and sharp storytelling, and a showcase of future talent mark the anthology of short films being streamed on Flipkart’s video streaming platform. Wrestlers protest: From Neeraj Chopra to Sania Mirza, here’s what athletes across sports are saying.Fresh tension in Manipur’s Churachandpur, Congress says state has turned into ‘war zone’.‘Ponniyin Selvan Part 2’ review: Mesmerising visuals and memorable characters.IPL 2023: Anil Kumble on Rashid Khan’s legacy, Piyush Chawla’s experience and the impact player rule. What do dating, romance and love really mean for a Dalit woman in India today?.‘Sisu’ review: An efficient action drama.In Odisha, a child’s death lays bare a food crisis in Adivasi hamlets.New in May: Six recent books of nonfiction show how far India has come – and how far it can go.The story of the charming British conman who duped Bombay jewellers and still walked free.Behind Gujarat’s beautiful fabrics, the invisible lives of boiler workers.Badminton Asia C’ships semifinal blog: Satwik-Chirag become first Indian doubles pair to reach final.Interview: For BJP, polarisation has hit saturation point – but Karnataka will deliver clear verdict.
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