1947. The ravages of Partition have compelled an old artist, Husyn Naqqash, to sell his ancestral home in Western India and move with his family to Karachi, Pakistan. When Kishorilal, a stoic and stone-hearted man, who has bought the house, comes to know that Husyn is a well-known miniature painter and has an invaluable and rare miniature collection, he schemes to get hold of the collection. But all is not what it seems and there is a secret about the collection that Husyn’s family is holding back. Not only from Kishorilal… but also from Husyn.
Kaushal Oza is an alumnus of FTII, Pune and a two time winner of the National Film Award. Born and raised in Bombay, Kaushal trained for 5 years in the inter-collegiate circuit. He then joined FTII and graduated in Film Direction.
His first short film, Vaishnav Jan Toh, won the National Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director. It was followed by his second short film, Afterglow, which too won the National Award making Kaushal the only FTII student in the illustrious history to have won the coveted award for consequtive short films. The film was also a part of a package of Best Short Films in 100 years of Indian Cinema in the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival. After a very successful festival run Afterglow proved to be very popular on YouTube garnering 1.5 million organic views.
In 2021, Kaushal founded Luminoso Pictures and the production house's first project was the short The Miniaturist of Junagadh. Kaushal wrote and directed the film starring Naseeruddin Shah, Rasika Dugal, and Raj Arjun. The film premiered at New York Indian Film Festival and was screened in over 25 International Film Festivals garnering 7 Best Film Awards. The film has been a critical and popular success with 3 million views on YouTube since its release.
In 2024, Kaushal wrote and directed his first feature film, Little Thomas, starring Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Dugal, and produced by Anurag Kashyap amongst others. The film had its world premiere in Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. 
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and
short films made from, of, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres.
