Top 10 Award-Winning Short Films In India

In the era of digitalization, we now have more options than just Bollywood movies and TV shows. Many short films are produced nowadays, which can be easily watched on YouTube for free. The advantages of making such short films are that anyone interested in the talent can make it. The making requires less finance as compared to a three-hour-long movie and if you are new to the industry, you can get a platform to showcase your work. There are many more outstanding films in the wide and consistently excellent Indian short film marketplace. But these short films require the same amount of effort and hard work, and only the support from the public/audience can encourage these directors and writers to work more. India has many talented directors, writers, actors, and people from production who give their best to make these short films to make a name for themselves in the industry. Here are the Top 10 award-winning short films in India-

1. Period. End Of Sentence

Period. End of Sentence, a Netflix documentary short that won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, aims to encourage viewers to think broadly and appreciate the influence that young people can have. The movie had its Netflix debut in February 2019 after playing in film festivals nationwide in 2018. It follows the women of Kathikhera, an Indian town outside of New Delhi, as they set up a booth and advertise their feminine hygiene products all across their community.

2. Soni

Director Ivan Ayr Ivan Ayr is an Indian film director, editor, write >> Read More... 's Soni is a 2018 Hindi-language crime drama film in India. The movie's lead actors are Geetika Vidya Ohlyan Geetika Vidya Ohlyan is an Indian film industry ac >> Read More... and Saloni Batra Saloni Batra is an Indian film and television indu >> Read More... . Kimsi Singh Bio coming soon... >> Read More... and Kartikeya Narayan Singh produced it. It was written by Ayr and Kislay and followed the lives of Delhi Police Superintendent Kalpana (Batra) and her officer Soni (Ohlyan), who investigate crimes against women in the city. This short film won of the Best Short Film Award at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2019.

3. Counterfeit Kunkoo

The story of this short film is based on a woman who struggles to rent a house in Mumbai, a city where millions reside. She is a middle-class woman and would make a decent tenant, but no one is willing to give her a house because she is a woman without a husband. The film shows the struggles of housing discrimination and marital rape. ‘Counterfeit Kunkoo’ won of the Best Short Film Award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne in 2018.

4. Nathicharami

Being stuck between the conflict of emotional beliefs and physical cravings, Gauri, a widow, finds it difficult to express her physical desires in an Indian culture that views marriage as the exclusive setting for doing so. Just when she finally feels that she has overcome the struggles in her mind, the situation takes an unexpected turn. This short film won the Best Short Film Award at the National Awards 2019.

5. Mama’s Boys

Akshat Verma Akshat Verma is the Indian actor and writer who ma >> Read More... directed this shot film, who also wrote the black comedy movie, Delhi Belly Click to look into! >> Read More... . This short film is based on a small part of an Indian mythology book, Mahabharata. The concept of the story is a funny and modern take on the epic. The story shows how Draupadi is shared between the five brothers, Pandavas, after their mother absent-mindedly orders them to. ‘Mama’s Boys’ won the Special Jury Mention at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2017.

6. The School Bag

Mothers and their sons always share a beautiful bond. Farooq shared a similar bond with his mother but always had an empty space in his heart for his father, who left them for another woman. Farooq desires to see his father and demands this as a birthday gift from his mother. But his mother is unsure of how she could grant her son this simple wish. This short film won the Best Short Film Award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2017.

7. The Bypass

Actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana in Muzaffa >> Read More... and Irrfan Khan Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started >> Read More... were a part of this short film, directed and written by Amit Kumar Being the offspring of a famous parent is always >> Read More... . The tale centers around corruption, robbery, and brutality in the film's spine-chilling atmosphere of the deserts. The mind-blowing acting abilities left everyone speechless. This short film not only won the hearts of its viewers but also was the winner of the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film in 2004.

8. That Day After Everyday

This film received 4 lakh views in just two days after its release on YouTube. Eve teasing is a highly current and delicate societal issue that has been upsetting all of us for a while now, and this is the plot of this short film too. The film focuses on three women who struggle and faces eve teasing as a part of their life with a lack of support from society. This short film won the Filmfare Award for Best Short Film in 2014.

9. The Coffin Maker

The short film is set up in a small village in Goa. This film tells the story of a man called Anton Gomes, a carpenter by trade who decides to start a coffin business after a series of unfortunate events leaves him jobless and broke. He lives a chaotic life up until death began to question his life one day. This short film won the Special Jury Prize at the National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... in 2014.

10. Ahalya

Directed by Sujoy Ghosh Sujoy Ghosh born in Kolkata had his schooling at S >> Read More... , this short film is a mystery thriller. Actors like Radhika Apte Radhika Apte, an Indian actress was born on Sept 7 >> Read More... , Tota Roy Chowdhury Tota Roy Chowdhury is a Bengali actor, born on Jun >> Read More... , and Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee was born on January 19, 1935, >> Read More... are seen as the lead characters of the film. The film revolves around an artist and his wife who are encountered by a police officer looking for a missing person’s reference. Winning the Best Short Film Award at the Filmfare Awards in 2016, this short film has made its name in the film industry.