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Rohit, a college student from a low income background, is envious of his friends' social media posts and photos and constantly feels a sense of embarrassment. When his friend notices this, he encourages Rohit to look at life positively and to try and make the best of his situation instead of developing an inferiority complex.

  • Ashish Manohar Naik
    Director
    Cycles
  • Ashish Manohar Naik
    Writer
    Cycles
  • Ashish Manohar Naik
    Producer
    Cycles
  • Pranay Dale
    Key Cast
    "Rohit"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Marathi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 7TH Anna Bhau Sathe International Film Festival Pune 2024
    PUNE
    India
    INDIA
Director Biography - Ashish Manohar Naik

Ashish Naik is an Indian filmmaker. He Primarily works in production design an art direction for Indian Films and Web. Ashish completed his post graduate diploma in film making at Mumbai University. His first short film ‘Dreamweaver’ screened at several Indian film festivals Like Mumbai Film festival (Mami 2012) etc. And second one ‘Cycles’ screened at Third Eye Asian Film Festival 2015.

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Director Statement

Competition in a person's life is not only limited to his career, his wealth, his success but it has reached up to his lifestyle status, the likes and followers he gets on social media. The status of a person's social media account has started to be considered as his lifestyle status. Because whatever he eats, what he wears, where he roams is getting shared on social media. But in this unannounced competition to earn likes and shares, in the pursuit of following trends, people are forgetting their preferences, their inherent things and relationships. The contradiction seen in the real life and virtual life of some people is the inspiration for my short film.