Safdar Rahman

Ready Steady

A high school drama about ten teenagers who come from low-income backgrounds, but have managed to get admission in an elite high school in a posh part of Delhi. The film is an unfiltered account of their lives, the struggles and friendships, the discrimination they face and support they receive—giving us a peek into what it means to grow up in India today.

Chippa

At midnight on his 10th birthday, a boy scours the lesser-known Kolkata streets in search of a father he’s never met, carrying a letter he can’t read.