Film & Television Institute of India

An ascetic walks through the narrow streets of a village every morning while his family is still asleep. In his semi-somnolent state he dreams about the history of the village mixing up myths, folklore and facts.

A series of three episodes which explore the relationship between men, women and the physical and mental spaces they inhabit.

The camera sways slightly, setting in a majestic black and white on the intimate stories of a small village bordering the jungle. A mystical and poetic cinematic experience, in which one gladly gets lost.

A pair of young siblings inhabit a fanciful world of their making, hidden from the eyes of their mother. When she finally catches a glimpse of their world, it faces the threat of crumbling. The two of them can either surrender or resist.

Man-pulled rickshaw, which have served Kolkata for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a result of legislation introduced by the State Government in 1981. This would rob over 100,000 people of a living. The film analyzes the critical situation, and on the basis of concrete facts and figures, questions whether such a step would be fruitful at all. The image of a man pulling a man is a depressing and a negative one - but not more negative than that of the image of a man going without food.

The film explores the mental time and space of one character, a girl, who lives in a lane in a suburb of a city (Mumbai).

Kundan Shah's FTII Diploma Film - A 23-minute dialogue-less short about a gang of bank robbers.

The giant wheels of the city grind thousands between them. A young boy from a chicken farm and a housekeeping girl in a luxury hotel - each one must give the other strength to try and escape this fate, as nameless chicken continue to feed the city slaughterhouses.

In a quaint village on the Indian Konkan coast, in the time of yellow grass with steps receding and prayers unanswered, a desire for oblivion forks the search for images of exile and belonging.

An old man ventures into the virtual world.