April 18, 2024

AFS Cinema

May 3rd to May 5th

a religious fanatic begins to experience delusions. When mundane lives of these three women intertwine in a lonely chawl in India, we encounter an existential underworld of raw impulses, desires and fears in this human wilderness with no respite and no resolution.

Amar Colony

India | Narrative Feature

2022 | 75 mins | Hindi

Recorded Q&A with Filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan

Special Jury Prize - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022
Best Debutant Director - International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2022

Amar Colony is a desperate tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy. The film is set in a small hill town in the lower Himalayas in India. Meera (20), a lonely pregnant woman is caught in a maze of desires and disappointments. Devki (45), a widow confined to a wheelchair, demands respect for her pigeon. Durga (60),

About the Artist

Siddharth Chauhan is a filmmaker based in Shimla/Mumbai. He has continuously taken his locally produced films to festivals in UK, US, Sarajevo, Belarus, Indonesia, New Zealand, Italy, China, Canada and France. His short film 'Pashi' won 6 International Awards including Best Director, Best Film, Audience Choice, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. Indie Film Magazine reviewed and called Pashi – 'India's Finest Short Film'. Amar Colony is Siddharth’s debut feature film.

Trailer

Credits

Crew:

Director:

Siddharth Chauhan

Writer:

Siddharth Chauhan

Producer(s):

Nisheeth Kumar

Film Editor:

Paresh Kamdar

Featured Cast:

Nimisha Nair

Sangeeta Agrawal

Usha Chauhan

Deepak Sharma

Aayush Srivastava

Rohit Agrawal

Sreejith Vijay

Yash Thakur

Jasleen Gulati

Ishan Azad

Anuj Sharma