Hindi short films

25 min · Hindi · Drama · Romance

Settle in with a Hindi love story about loss and the choices that shape a relationship, one that quietly asks what love, happiness and sacrifice really mean.

12 min · Hindi · Drama

Sheeba Chadda and Shantanu Maheshwari in Ajay Shivan's Hindi drama: Ved has his birthday all planned, until his mother's surprise reminds him whose special day it really is.

11 min · Hindi · Drama

Sudeesh Kanaujia's Hindi drama about a well-educated man lost in daily routine, and how one person's outlook can change another's. An official screening at the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival, per its makers.

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.

24 min · Hindi · Drama

A Hindi drama released for Women's Day that asks how 'woke' a modern family really is when it comes under pressure. Starring Geeta A. Sharma and B Shantanu.

23 min · Hindi · Thriller

A routine shave becomes uncomfortable when a fugitive bulletin makes both men suspicious. Choose The Salon for a Hindi thriller built around one room and the danger of not knowing whom to trust.

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

For everyone who's wondered who takes care of the person taking care of everyone else. Seema's decision puts everyday household work in a new light.

13 min · Hindi · Romance · Drama

For the crush that begins with a familiar face and a few shared floors. A short romance about noticing someone in an everyday space.

27 min · Hindi · Comedy · Drama

Two past love stories meet at an unlikely wedding. Try this Hindi comedy-drama for a twist on arranged marriage, honesty and second chances.

12 min · Hindi · Drama

For anyone who has struggled to say what they feel, Zuni turns toward the emotions that can get lost in everyday pressure and family life.

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.

22 min · Hindi · Drama · Comedy

A broken window grill lets a homeless man slip into a night-shift worker's home, and he grows attached to it. Its makers list best short film at the Indian Film Festival of Boston. Twenty-two bittersweet Hindi minutes.

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'.

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.

7 min · Hindi · Comedy

Madhoo and Parzaan Dastur star in Nitesh V. Ranglani's six-minute Hindi Mother's Day comedy: a tribute to the love, care and scolding we can't do without.

11 min · Hindi · Drama

A Six Sigma Films Hindi drama about a dissatisfied middle-class man whose outlook changes after meeting an educated tea-stall owner. Ten minutes on finding happiness in small things.

15 min · Hindi · Drama

A forgotten birthday makes room for a woman’s own wishes. Watch for the person behind the family role.

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.

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?

16 min · Hindi · Drama

Two girls from very different homes are brought together by a lunch box during the Ganesh festival. Six Sigma Films' warm Hindi drama, finished by MMC viewers.

20 min · Hindi · Drama

Gregg Helvey's Oscar-nominated drama about Kavi, a boy forced into bonded labour at a brick kiln who dreams of school and cricket. Its makers cite more than 100 festivals and 50 awards.

17 min · Hindi · Drama

Sometimes a wrong address leads to a welcome connection. A lonely widower and a delivery boy offer a small story about companionship.

27 min · Hindi · Drama · Romance

Sometimes love lives in the routines we share. Settle in for Ram and Shakuntala's Thursday ritual, and the companionship built around a meal.

12 min · Hindi · Drama

A child's simple wish for a cake becomes his mother's quiet mission. Settle in with Half Cake, a Hindi short about a single mother's resilience and the small sacrifices behind an ordinary treat.

22 min · Hindi · Thriller · Drama

The police have a suspect, but not an identity they can pin down. Try Zabaan for a Hindi mystery about suspicion, unanswered questions and the limits of certainty.

18 min · Hindi · Romance · Drama

Aniket Chandrakant Dhavale's Hindi drama with Sruthi Hariharan and Vishal Nayer: a couple about to marry, and the secret he's afraid to tell. Billed as award-winning by its makers.

14 min · Hindi · Drama

An argument does not always end with the people who started it. Watch for how one person’s anger can ripple through other lives.

9 min · Hindi · Drama

Parag Dubey's eight-minute Hindi drama about a nanny and her employer, which its makers say has won several best short film awards. Small, warm and quietly devastating.

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.

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.

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.

30 min · Hindi · Thriller

Is Kavita facing reality, a dream, or something harder to explain? Try this Hindi mystery for a situation that keeps shifting beneath her feet.

15 min · Hindi · Drama

A Hindi drama about a woman whose voice puts insomniacs to sleep, and the old client who says he hasn't slept in twenty years. Fifteen quiet minutes about the past and mental health.

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.

15 min · Hindi · Drama

As time slips away, an ageing man wants above all to know he still matters to those he loves. Settle in with Kanwaljit Singh and Nilu Kohli for a tender Hindi drama about belonging in later life.

16 min · Hindi · Thriller · Comedy

Kumud Mishra plays a shady estate agent in Subhajit Dasgupta's Hindi horror-comedy, with Ayesha Raza and Gopal Datt: house-hunting turns bizarre in a house with a mind of its own.

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.

6 min · Hindi · Drama

Make a little time for the story in “Marz”.

31 min · Hindi · Romance

One cafe table holds years of unanswered questions. Try this if stories about longing and the places we return to speak to you.