Experiencing Interruptions?

Dear Papa

Parenting involves the father and the mother, who have important roles to play in the upbringing of a child and when one is missing it creates a dis-balance.
The story is set on a typical busy morning where a single dad gets his daughter ready for school.
The various emotions that they go through on a typical busy day and the undercurrents of love and bonding between them is shown, especially when they do not have a mother.

This story sets to remind us about those fathers who are also trying to be mothers.

  • prataya saha
    Director
    THIRST, ANNA'S WEEKEND, THE DREAMER, TALK ME NOT
  • Benu Bina Banik
    Writer
    Naadan Parindey
  • Red Polka Productions
    Producer
    Chitraa
  • Ayana Jain
    Key Cast
  • Prataya Saha
    Key Cast
    The Dreamer, Urmi's Cat
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    DRAMA, family
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 11, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    50 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - prataya saha

He lives in Bangalore, India and is the Chief Creative Director of Red Polka Productions, an independent film company in the city.
Prataya's directorial debut was Anna's Weekend in 2016 which got selected in festivals in US and China. Thirst, his second film, was selected as official entry in the 14th International Independent film festival, Dhaka; one of the oldest running film festivals in Asia.He is now 5 films old with his film selected in 15+ film festivals around the world.

The last film he assisted is now an official entry into the prestigious Cannes Film Festival video library.

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Director Statement

This is a film that is made keeping time as a factor in order to test the skills of the cast and crew. The entire film is a very honest effort and has been completed in less than 24 hours from conceptualization, story boarding, casting, shooting and editing.

All these have been achieved under a meager budget of $50.