Debargha Maschatak

Bathed in the flickering glow of a theater screen, a young boy watches in awe as a sea of strangers erupts into applause. That moment changes his life forever. As he grows, his love for cinema turns into an unrelenting pursuit-one that pushes him to create, to dream, and to chase the sound of clapping strangers. But how far will he go to hear it again and even if he does, is that the ultimatum?

Nikhil, a young aspiring violinist, grapples with his father's legacy and his own identity. After his father's death, he discovers a diary left by a mysterious professor, Ashish Dey. The diary reveals deep connections between the two after Nikhil starts unraveling the history of the house and the book. As Nikhil delves into the diary and explores themes of loss, legacy and identity, he encounters various, often mysterious, characters who influence his journey, gradually forming new twisted connections among them.

In a quiet forest, a lonely dove mourning her lost eggs befriends a stray kitten, yet as the laws of nature threaten to separate them, their unlikely bond transcends species and sorrow.

A desperate father traverses through time to save his dying daughter, only to realize that the past holds its own secrets.

In the echoes of the woes of their home, a mother and father await news from their distant son.

At the stroke of midnight hour on August 15, 1947, in stark black-and-white, a wide-eyed child, a desperate family racing a partition train and a lone freedom fighter each bear witness to India's birth through joy, anguish and sacrifice.