Arsh Jain
Directing
Biography
Arsh is an actor turned director. He started his journey in 2019 with collegiate-theatre as an actor but later his interest gravitated towards directing stories. His first attempt at direction was a play that was an adaptation of Fyodor's Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground". After 4 years of theatre, his first story with a camera was the short film "2bhk" which he wrote, directed, edited and also acted in. The film was screened across India through multiple film clubs and a few film festivals. His next and the most recent project is "Ustad Bantoo", a feature film about an Indian wedding Band trumpet player. The film got selected in the International Film Festival of Rotterdam for its World Premiere and also for the Work-in-Porgress Lab 2025 at the WAVES Film Bazaar where it was one of the only 2 projects to win the Red Sea Film Fund. Apart from filmmaking, he practices multiple art forms like painting, designing posters for other independent films, writing/ composing music, sketching and also creating aimations.
Known For
2 flatmates unfold the layers of their relationship on a random Sunday afternoon after they encounter a power cut.
2bhk
Suber, a socially awkward boy ends up in the house of Ifra, a strange woman after being tasked with losing his virginity by his cousin Farhan.
Lori
Bantoo, an Indian wedding band trumpet player risks everything to go on a journey of finding his own tune, his own music.
Master Bantoo
Nitin, 27, is struggling to recover from a recent heartbreak, seeking solace in small daily rituals like making coffee and listening to jazz, but his peace is interrupted by an emotionally fragile 26-year-old who joins him for breakfast. As they discuss Jaun Elia’s poetry and the man’s mental health struggles, Nitin grapples with understanding his trauma while dealing with his own. Later, Nitin discovers a dead man in the street, surrounded by a crowd indifferent to the death, more concerned with trivial matters like recipes and exams. This absurdity deepens when Nitin realizes a profound truth about life and death upon returning home.
Help Yourself
Akshita gets visited by a version of her in search for a better life. Now to save herself, she must find an even better Akshita.
Mannequins
Aaina, insecure about her complexion dreams of getting married to a boy who finds her attractive. She comes across Gulab a flamboyant toilet cleaner, who finds her attractive but Aaina's father has chosen someone else for the marriage.