Kuch Der Aur
Kuch Der Aur is a film showing the journey of a young boy trying to find a moment of bliss in his life filled with impassiveness and eternal wait. The film tries to seep inwards into the lives of the people in Chandni Chowk and internalize their experiences of desperate longing and wait and presents it through a fictional narrative with a tinge of observational cinema.
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Anurag KawatraDirector
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Anurag KawatraWriter
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Intriguing FilmsProducer
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Saajan KatariaKey Cast"Bittu"
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Niharika KunduKey Cast"Kaira"
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Rajesh NavgainKey Cast"Chacha"
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Meenu KawatraKey Cast"Maa"
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Project Title (Original Language):Kuch Der Aur
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Project Type:Experimental, Feature
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Runtime:1 hour 5 minutes
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Completion Date:August 30, 2018
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Production Budget:1,500 USD
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Country of Origin:India
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Language:Hindi
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
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New Delhi Film Festival 2018Delhi
India
Special Appreciation for Feature Fiction -
9th Jagran Film Festival 2018, MumbaiMumbai
India
September 30, 2018
Indian Premiere -
11th monthly season of the Virgin Spring CinefestKolkata
India
September 29, 2018
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD -
Bioscope Global Film Festival, 2018Amritsar
India
September 28, 2018 -
Calcutta International Cult Film FestivalKolkatta
India
December 10, 2018
Kolkata
Outstanding Achievement Award
Indian Independent filmmaker Anurag Kawatra is native of Delhi and has worked in mainstream and independent cinema as a Director, editor and writer for several Ads, short films, fictions and documentary films. He started his career as an editor and assistant director in short films and digital Ads. Kuch Der Aur (2018) is his debut feature film as a writer-director.
Chandni Chowk is a place where you don’t have to look for any stories or drama, everything just happens right in front of your eyes. If you spend long hours in Chandni Chowk you’ll see that there is one thing common in all the stories, that is the eternal wait that the people here are accustomed to. Midst the bustle of the busy streets where everyone seems to be working, there are moments where it all seize to stop and it appears as if the person has been waiting for someone or something to happen. You can sense that longing, that wait, that restlessness in almost everyone.
That’s what inspired me to weave a narrative that seeps inwards into the lives of the people and experience their longing rather than just looking at the busy streets from outside. Kuch Der Aur is one such narrative that internalizes these experiences and represents it through the journey of a young boy trying to find a moment of bliss in his life filled with impassiveness and eternal wait.
While seeing the film the audience can experience this longing and can reflect back onto their lives realising that emotion, that longing was somehow present in them throughout their lives when they had to wait for something or someone. I believe the film will leave audience with something to think upon.
Kuch Der Aur is not just a journey of a single life but is a collective representation of that indefinite wait which tests each and every soul.