16 min · Marathi · Comedy
A nostalgic Marathi comedy about a small fib told by a child and the bigger truths it uncovers. Fifteen gentle minutes for anyone who remembers swearing on their mother as a kid.
Royal Stag Barrel Select Shorts
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27 min · Hindi · Drama · Romance · Comedy
Love can be awkward at any age. Try this short for two generations finding their way through romance, family and unexpected connections.
26 min · Hindi · Romance
Two former lovers meet by chance when they end up sharing a cab. As the ride winds through the city, old memories and unresolved feelings surface, along with every 'what if' of the road not taken.
22 min · Hindi · Science fiction · Drama
A robot built to serve begins to question the people around him. Try Anukul for a Hindi science-fiction short about consciousness, power and the ethics of creating an obedient helper.
21 min · Hindi · Drama
Can an unfamiliar kind of work reveal a familiar human need? Watch for a conversation about loneliness, judgment and the comfort of connection.
21 min · No dialogue · Drama
Tiku Talsania and Swara Bhasker share a cab in this wordless short from Royal Stag Barrel Select Shorts. They bicker like children the whole ride, until they strike the right note.
17 min · Hindi · Comedy · Drama
A donkey's worth turns out to be a very human question. Watch for a Hindi folk tale about status and the people others underestimate.
31 min · Hindi · Drama
Aarti Chhabria directs Darshan Jariwala as a wealthy businessman who, facing death, leaves everything to seek peace in Varanasi. A thirty-one-minute Hindi drama about what really matters.
22 min · Hindi · Comedy · Romance
Seemaa Desai's Hindi comedy stars Rajesh Sharma as a bored government clerk who discovers a dating app, with Adah Sharma and Ashwini Kalsekar. Twenty-one sweet and spicy minutes.
24 min · Hindi · Drama
A caregiver's first day with Giri, an elderly man living with Alzheimer's who keeps calling for his wife. A Royal Stag Barrel Select Hindi drama about acceptance, bittersweet and beautifully acted.
22 min · Hindi · Drama
Yash Verma's Hindi family drama with Sanjay Mishra, Neeraj Purohit and Anupriya Goenka: siblings rush home after a worrying call from their father and find him cooking kheer. Selfish or selfless, what does family love ask of us?
30 min · Hindi · Drama
A home holds more than its walls. Watch for an artist and his family facing what it means to leave during Partition.
21 min · Hindi · Drama
Make a little time for the story in “Nayantara's Necklace”. An accidental friendship between two unlikely women, and a necklace.
37 min · Bengali · Drama
Suman Mukhopadhyay and Gargee Roy Chowdhury play a couple suffocating at home during the COVID lockdown, one anxious and one hopeful. A thirty-six-minute Bengali drama about finding air to breathe.
15 min · Hindi · Drama · Romance
A Hindi drama about Rewa, a bride on the brink of her wedding who dares to take one last journey of her own before taking the leap. Fourteen minutes on doubt and courage.
19 min · Hindi · Romance · Drama
Kunal Kapoor and Kritika Kamra in Sumit Aroraa's Hindi drama for Royal Stag Barrel Select: after an affair ends their relationship, a white shirt is all that's left to let go of.
15 min · Hindi · Drama
A forgotten birthday makes room for a woman’s own wishes. Watch for the person behind the family role.
18 min · Hindi · Thriller · Drama
A shared meal carries a family history that is hard to speak about. Watch for a short about the lasting traces of a traumatic event.
15 min · Hindi · Comedy · Drama
Neeraj Pandey's comedy for Royal Stag Barrel Select stars Manoj Bajpayee as a man waiting in a hotel room for the woman he's having an affair with, and nothing goes to plan.
29 min · Hindi · Comedy · Drama
A Hindi comedy-adventure in the Uttarakhand hills: two small-time chancers on the run from the police end up sheltering three students. Twenty-eight breezy minutes.
14 min · Hindi · Romance · Drama
Naseeruddin Shah and Shernaz Patel star in a Hindi romance set in one small café, where an old love is glimpsed across the room and a young couple face their parting.
16 min · Hindi · Drama
A small birthday wish carries enormous weight in this Hindi drama with Rasika Dugal. Inspired by the 2014 Peshawar school attack, it is a hard but deeply humane watch.
18 min · Hindi · Drama
Ask a mother how she is, and really listen. This tender Hindi drama with Seema Pahwa and Palomi Ghosh sits with the quiet struggles a mother hides behind 'everything is fine'.