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International Shorts Section

Parchaaiyaan

Chandrakant Singh

36 MINS / HINDI / INDIA / 2023 / DRAMA

Synopsis

Mirza Sahib, a man in his late fifties, novelist by profession and poet by heart, great fan of Mirza Ghalib and Sahir Ludhianavi, stay alone in his house "Parchaaiyaan" after death of his wife Noor, Mirza Sahib never married again. To avoid his loneliness, he uses to give his one room on rent to like-minded people. His first paying guest was Sahil, a die-hard fan of Sahir Ludhianavi and an artist by profession, a very skillful painter, six years back he shifted to US and left all his belongings behind at Mirza Sahib house with a commitment that whenever he will come to India, he will stay in the same room. Sandhya, a Punjabi girl in her late twenties came to Mumbai to become a writer and starts staying with Mirza Sahib as paying guest and its been four years now and they share a great repo, just to look after her daily expenses Sandhya starts doing a part time job in a call center, Sandhya is also a great admirer of Sahir and Amrita Pritam poetry and their unconditional love stories. Mirza Sahib call her Amrita. Concept Now twist comes in the story is when Sahil comes to India for a week for one of his paintings exhibitions and start living in Parchaayiaan in the same room where Amrita also staying. Good part is that Amrita goes for his call center job in the night. Sahil goes for her exhibition during the day. So, one boy and one girl sharing the same room. But Different timings Boy in the night. Girl in the day. Boy is so organized. Girl is all messy. The only common factor is Sahir Ludhianavi. Will they ever meet? What happen to their love story? This is the crux of whole narration

Cast & Crew

CAST:
Tanuj Virvani
Sezal Sharma
Hemant Kher

PRODUCERS:
Chandrakant Singh
Rajith Menon
Anil Jain
Liaquat Gola

DOP (Director of Photography):
Javed Ahtasham

EDITOR:
Ashish Gaikar

Director's Biography

Chandrakant Singh is an Indian director and producer who has directed Hindi films such as Six X, Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa, Bin Bulaye Baraati, Be Careful, and Main Zaroor Aaunga. The most recent movie he has directed is Kya Masti Kya Dhoom which is due for release in 2021. Well-versed in Hollywood and international film worlds, he is also a regular the most prestigious film festivals around the world, including Cannes, Toronto .and Berlin

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