Aaba
India / Fiction / 21'23'' / HD / Color / 2017
Up in the highlands of India a girl lives alone with her grandparents. After her grandfather is diagnosed with lung cancer, she watches as he calmly digs his own grave, furnishing it for his comfort in the hereafter with a handful of his worldly possessions. His light-hearted approach to dying is a gentle and laconic acknowledgement of the natural cycle of life and death. But things don’t always go as planned in the land of the living.
Director: Amar Kaushik
Script: Amar Kaushik
Director of Photography: Soumik Mukherjee
Producer: Raj Kumar Gupta, Mitul Dikshit
Musician: Alokananda Dasgupta
Editing: Arindam S Ghatak
Sound: Arka Ghosh
Cast: Sunku Dani, Randa Dani, Chunya Dani, Yami Hage, Jhoram Khopey
CV
Amar Kaushik was born in Uttar Pradesh, India in 1983. He grew up with his grandparents in Kanpur. He graduated with a degree in science with the intention of joining the Indian Air Force but then realised that was not his wish. He got a job in tourism before moving to Mumbai and working his way into the Indian film industry.
Filmography
Aaba (Grandfather) 2017
Festivals Attended
Aaba: Berlin Intenational Film Festival, Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Aix-en-Provence International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest
Awards
Aaba: Jury Award, Audience Award - Savigliano Film Festival, Best Short Film - International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
Contact
rajam8@yahoo.com