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Synopsis:

They seem to know each other like the back of their hands. Yet, there is something awkward about their relationship. Nikita finds even the most innocent of touches by Neeraj to be so repulsive. 

Aniket, her colleague, has proposed to her and she is seriously considering it. Yet, she can’t let go of Neeraj. 

Why does she seem stuck between a rock and a hard place? What’s the matter with Neeraj? Is it some deficiency, disability or a disease? It would need a silver bullet to get them together. What if the silver bullet already exists, just that they don’t know of it?

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. He graduated from the film school in the year of 2004. He has made 8 short films and 4 feature films so far. He is considered one of the most important contemporary voices in Indian cinema. His short fiction film titled “Girni” (Grinding Machine) won several International and National level awards including 3 National awards for the best short film and the president's gold medal for best direction, the highest honor in India. Umesh has kept his love and passion for short films alive. His each short film has been screened in more than 10 international film festivals including the prestigious Clermont Ferrand, Rotterdam, and Oberhausen. His short film “Three of Us” premiered in the Berlinale Film Festival. He has been invited as jury in most prominent festivals like Clermont Ferrand which is considered the most impactful and influential short film festival in the world. Also, he has worked as an international jury in eminent festivals like Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Cairo Film Festival, Thai Film Festival, International Film Festival of Kerala. These festivals also conducted a retrospective of Umesh?s short films. He made his first feature film, “Valu” (The wild bull) in 2008. “Valu” turned out to be a significant film for Marathi cinema in many ways. It is amongst the few Marathi films that kept the box office collection on an upward swing and also traveled to more than 30 International film festivals. “Valu” is the first Marathi film which world premiered at the prestigious “Rotterdam International Film Festival”. Umesh?s second feature, “Vihir” (The Well) is the first Marathi film to be produced under Mr. Amitabh Bachchan?s production house, AB Corp. Ltd. It also was the second Marathi film that was selected at the coveted Berlin International Film Festival. “Deool” (Temple) is Umesh?s third feature film. It won three National awards including the best feature film of the year. Umesh’s fourth and his latest film, “Highway” was critically acclaimed for its representation of the cross-section of society through an ensemble cast. The film was screened in the New York Indian Film Festival. Umesh has traveled extensively to present his films and to understand the way short films are perceived in different parts of the world. In order to encourage young filmmakers to make quality short films of international standards, Umesh started conducting an extensive short film-making workshop which happens once in a year. This is the fourth year of the same and the response has been very positive from across our state. This workshop is designed specially to understand the nuances and finer details of short films as an independent medium.