Shishir Jha

An anthology of 8 short films around the theme of "Interval", mentored and curated by Imtiaz Ali, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anand Gandhi.

In a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, India, a Santali couple copes with the loss of their daughter. The grieving couple express themselves largely through song and ritual, blurring the boundaries between personal pain and communal trauma. Tortoise Under The Earth is a poetic elegy to a world that is rapidly disappearing, subsumed by unchecked development and displacement.

After a fight, a woman patiently awaits for her husband while the sadness and loneliness tear apart her heart.

When you are married for 50 years you look back on life rather than look forward to it. However when this couple with an empty nest have a desire to see their grand daughter it sparks new life into their daily routine.