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April 26, 2026 at 8:45:00 PM
AFS Cinema
AASMANI
India | Short
2026 | 33 mins | Hindi, English
Live Q&A with writer-director-producer Sayani Gupta
Shown as part of the Family Shorts Program
Best Short Script at the Independent Short Awards LA.
Honourable Mentions at Tokyo Film & Screenplay Awards
An elderly woman struggles with the choice of selling her beloved vintage car, Aasmani.
Restoration Process
About the Artist
Sayani is an acclaimed Indian actor. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII, Pune), she has built a 14-year career defined by fierce & unconventional choices across film, theatre, and streaming. This has been a 17 year long dream that has finally come to fruition.
Trailer
For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions.
Credits
Director:
Sayani Gupta
Writer:
Sayani Gupta
Producer(s):
Sayani Gupta Movies
Sumitra Gupta Foundation For Arts
One India Stories
Film Editor:
Paramita Ghosh
Revathy Asha
Daria Bedi
Abhay Kaul
Thank you to our community partners for this screening!
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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