Anuj Singh Duhan

The residents of Malegaon look to Bollywood cinema for a much-needed escape from daily drudgery. Amateur filmmaker Nasir Shaikh gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his vision to life, thereby bringing a fresh lease of life into the town.

The story of Captain Balram Singh Mehta of India’s 45 Cavalry regiment who, along with his siblings, fought on the eastern front during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. Named after the Russian amphibious war tank “PT-76”, which floats on water like an empty ‘pippa’ (tin) of ghee, the film traces Mehta's coming-of-age as he steps up to prove himself in a war to liberate Bangladesh.

In a small Indian village, a closeted young man becomes trapped in a recurring day, forcing him to relive a deadly confrontation with a homophobic policeman again and again in a desperate attempt to alter his fate.

Three outspoken atheists Daksh, Abhay and Reeti accept an invitation to attend an unusual gathering at a remote farmhouse. What begins as an evening of conversation and intellectual provocation gradually turns into something far more unsettling. As their hosts introduce ideas that challenge everything the three believe about faith, consciousness and reality, the boundaries between philosophy and experience begin to collapse. Each guest is forced to confront something deeply personal and increasingly impossible to explain. By the end of the night, their certainty about the world, and their place within it, may no longer survive.