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Chhoti Baarish (Little Rain)

Chhoti Baarish (Little Rain) is set in the midst of an isolated Indian village with lush meadows and grazing cattle. It tells the story of a small innocent boy's wish to dance and play in the rain, despite being incessantly scolded by his folks for his nonchalant mischief all the time.

  • Ritopriyo Saha
    Director
  • Aurho Saha
    Key Cast
    "Kid"
  • Sheetal Sahu
    Key Cast
    "Father"
  • Shruti Rao
    Key Cast
    "Mother"
  • Ritopriyo Saha
    Writer
  • Arvind Dev
    Cinematography
  • Ritopriyo Saha
    Producer
  • Saikat Das
    Music & Editing
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Chhoti Baarish
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy, Children, Indian, Family, Musical
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 20, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    250,000 INR
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Golden Lion International Film Festival 2024
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner - Best Children’s Short Film
  • Jaipur International Film Festival 2025
    Jaipur
    India
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Ritopriyo Saha

Ritopriyo Saha is a writer & director, music composer and contemporary visual artist born in Kolkata, presently based in Bengaluru (India). Times of India has recently published an article about his progressive outlook on present day performance art forms.

Ritopriyo writes theatre & film scripts, short stories & poetry. He also composes original instrumental music on the piano. His devout interest in theatre & filmmaking has brought him to write & direct independent films with original stories, which have received nominations, awards and critical acclaim in film festivals around the world like Jaipur International Film Festival 2025 (India), Golden Lion International Film Festival 2024 (India), Intimalente Film Festival 2019 (Italy), Music Shorts Audience Award 2019 (USA), Montgomery International Film Festival 2019 (USA), Reels of Fire Film Festival 2019 (India), Anekhaarthi Film Festival 2019 (India) and Lift-Off Film Festival 2019 (UK).

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Director Statement

I believe in building a bustling community of practicing artists, organising intimate gatherings for film screenings, live music, performance, storytelling and art related workshops, which can become a breakthrough initiative to encourage young and upcoming independent talents from all fields of art.