Description

In the grungy, cacophonous dressing room of a lower Mumbai theatre, Prahlad, a method actor, struggles to ‘get into character’. When Prahlad’s make-up artist fails to appear, Arushi, a nervous backstage manager, drags her buddy, Sherry, away from the background actors as a replacement to work on the main, frustrated star. Forewarned that he could aggravate Prahlad, Sherry performs his work at a risk. A risk that could have him caught in the crossfire between Prahlad and the rest of the room. A risk, that threatens not only to injure him, but turn him inside out, and relive a past so secret, it could only have hidden backstage.

Director's Bio

Altamash Jaleel is a 22 year old student filmmaker in hissenior year at New York University’s  Tisch School of the Arts. Born and raised in Bombay, Altamash began his film journey early in high school. He has since been a Scorsese and Kubrick devotee and found his temple in New York City. He aspires to become an auteur film director one day.

Credits

Prahlad: Bhupinder Singh
Sherry: Ram Kanneganti
Arushi: Pooja Nair
Produced By: Red Carpet Moving Pictures

Precedes

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   The Tiger Hunter

   Lena Khan / Feature Competition / USA / 2016 / 94 mins

   A young Indian man relocates to 1970s Chicago to become an engineer, but when his job falls through, resorts to an elaborate charade with misfit friends in order to woo his childhood sweetheart.

   Preceded by: Sherry

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