Escort

ESCORT is the story of a blind social-worker living and working in a small town and his relationship with his replacement escort – an unemployed young farmer trying to find a life of dignity while his father battles a rising debt.

The two find themselves dependent on the other for their fundamental aspect of their survival - dignity. But what happens when one's dignity comes at the cost of another’s?

  • Asmit Pathare
    Director
  • Asmit Pathare
    Writer
  • Danish Husain
    Key Cast
  • Ajeet Singh Palawat
    Key Cast
  • Content Engineers Media Tech LLP
    Producer
  • Aarambh Mumbai Productions LLP
    Producer
  • Viraj Sinh Gohil
    Cinematographer
  • Sainath S. Uskaikar
    Editor
  • Pruthu Parab
    Background Score
  • Varun Gupta
    Sound Design & Mix
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, politics, disability
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Asmit Pathare

Asmit Pathare is a screenwriter, filmmaker, actor and stage lighting designer. His films have been screened at MAMI, IFFLA, Kerala Film Festival as well as the Sapporo Short Film Fest in Japan. He has been part of the first collaborative ventures in film-making - international and national.
The Owner (2010) was the first collaborative filmmaking experiment where 25 filmmakers from 16 countries came together to make one feature film. Back home, Asmit spearheaded the Creative on The Last Act (2012) which brought 12 filmmakers from 12 different cities in India together to make a film. It received the ABBY Award at Goafest 2013.
Asmit has worked as an actor in Motorbike (FTII Diploma Film) which received the Best Director Award at PIFF (2012). His first feature film Vees Mhanjhe Vees was an NFDC Production. His latest work is Karan Gour's much-awaited Fairy Folk which has travelled to Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne Indian Film Festival, and Chicago Film Festival.
Asmit has lit for theatre productions in English, Hindi and Gujarati. He won the 2017 META Award for Best Light Design for their play Elephant In The Room.
He has conducted Storytelling Workshops for children and worked as the First AD and Language Coach for lead actor Manoj Bajpayee in the Hindi film Aligarh (2017).

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