North American Premiere
Over time, the routines of Abhi, a young urbanite living in Mumbai, and Deepa, his housekeeper, intertwine.
Zoya Shabana Khan, Manik Papneja, Mahi Girish Bhanushali, Yaashi Agarwal, Vipul Chanda, Asif Ali
India
2024
In Hindi, English and Marathi with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Pallavi Singh
Producer
Kedhhar Barrve, Surya Balakrishnan
Screenwriter
Deepanshu Mallik
Cinematography
Manoj Karmakar
Editor
Navtika Sharma, Abhro Banerjee
Production Design
Trupti Chavan
Original Music
Shubham Shirule
Surya Balakrishnan
Surya Balakrishnan is a filmmaker and co-founder of Footloose Films, a Mumbai-based advertising production house. A graphic design graduate and NYFA alum, Balakrishnan recently directed two episodes of the critically acclaimed Amazon Original Khauf. Her debut feature documentary, Amarkatha (2025), is an eco-political film set in Kashmir that explores the complexities of the Amarnath pilgrimage. A format-agnostic by choice, Balakrishnan gravitates toward stories that gently urge us to care.
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