South Asian International Film Festival: Chitrakut

Chitrakut

Chitrakut revolves around the lives of five people and their journey of change and metamorphosis as they search for love and companionship. When Debu met Alisha, the beginning of a great love story blossomed in his head, while unbeknownst to him, she was in a desperate attempt to get over her past love. Shaan and Saloni struggle with their undefined relationship—Shaan being hell-bent on staying in denial and Saloni not willing to give up on them so easily. Shaan, always on the lookout for a quick buck, gets himself into a pitiful condition where he has no option but to steal from the person who cared for him the most. Kim is a home baker whose daily routine involves talking to lovers who are getting married and want their story fused in their wedding cake. Unknowingly, she lives and loves through them vicariously. Debu, having learned his lessons from each misadventure smarts-up to the ways of women, Shaan learns about love after having lost it, and Alisha finds her feet as an individual and opens her own little boutique of designer dresses, while Debu and Saloni convert their chance meetings into a friendship of sorts or probably even more. (125 minutes)

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About the Director

Himanshu Malik began his filmmaking career as an assistant on Mira Nair’s Kamasutra –A Tale of Love. After that, he went on to the performing arts, acting in a number of feature films, notably Tum Bin and Khwahish, among others. He turned filmmaker in 2012, writing and directing his first short: ‘Q.E.D (Quod Erat Demonstradum). Malik Pictures is a production house that was founded in 2014 under whose banner Himanshu has directed various music videos and advertising content for numerous India-based brands.

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