Directed by Achal Mishra • Drama • With Abhinav Jha, Bijay Kumar Sah, Prashant Rana • 2022 • 51 minutes
DHUIN is a stunning, novella-length portrait of a 25-year old street theatre actor (Abhinav Jha, in a breakout performance) who is desperate to leave his rural hometown of Darbhanga for Mumbai, but finds himself trapped by family obligations, lack of experience and connections, and the all-enveloping fog of living.
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The Village House
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Writing with Fire
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2022 Acadamy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature! Reporting from a social environment built to divide based on caste and gender, a fearless group of journalist...
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