Actor: Samta Sudiksha

All India Rank 2023

Set in the 90s, seventeen-year-old Vivek is sent away from home to attend a rigorous program to prepare for the highly competitive IIT entrance exams. Over two years, Vivek goes through the motions of Indian adolescence, but it is his parents who do the growing up.

Bhakshak 2024

A struggling local journalist begins a dogged investigation into harrowing cases of abuse being covered up at a shelter for young girls.