Guddal, a free-spirited 5-year-old, lives in her ancestral home with her younger brother, Laddoo, and older sister, Chinu. A nanny, Aaya Didi, cares for them in the absence of their parents. Guddal orchestrates mischievous antics with Laddoo, landing them in trouble and punishment. The news of her ailing grandmother and the influx of relatives in her otherwise idyllic house leave her bewildered. Through a coming-of-age narrative, ANAAR DAANA explores the essence of childhood.
SOUR CANDY (ANAAR DAANA)
Directed By Nishi Dugar
India | Narrative | 20 min
U.S. Premiere
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Hindi
English
U.S. Premiere
2024
20 minutes
Coming-of-Age, Drama, Family
Narrative
India
Nishi Dugar
Nishi Dugar is a filmmaker and cinematographer from Jaipur, India. She studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and holds a bachelor's degree in Multimedia from Saint Xavier's College, Kolkata. During her teen years, she started experimenting in photography, and later cinematography. She is also a member of the Indian Women Cinematographer’s Collective. Nishi always wanted to tell her own stories, about the intimate, tacit fragments of human relationships. ANAAR DAANA is her first short film, for which she chose to go back to her roots in Rajasthan.
Nishi Dugar
Kush Patel
Nishi Dugar
Veda Agrawal (Guddal)
Lavya Jain (Chinu)
Manav Hinduja (Laddoo)
Manjari Saxena (Aaya Didi)
Suryakanta Bothra (Grandmother)
Doorva Sharma (Gulaab Bua sa)
Deepak and Sarita Dugar
Rita and Rajiv Mukim
Tilak Family
Bothra Family
Cinematographer: Ashwin Ameri
Editor: Pavan Theurkar
Production Designer: Shalmolee Mukherjee
Location Sound: Sudipto Mukhopadhyay
Music and Sound Design: Dawn Vincent
Costume Designer: Kush Patel and Shalmolee Mukherjee
Colorist: Mahak Gupta