Experiencing Interruptions?

Where Shall I Find Home

A mental asylum with no boundary walls and no iron chains aims at rehabilitating and empowering mentally unstable women. Priyanka and Trupti Di, two inmates are at two different stages of rehabilitation are on their quest to define their notions of home. But what is normal to them, is not standard for us! Will the seeker in them comply or will they rise above the norms and paint their own peaceful skies called home?

  • Vrushab Maitri
    Director
  • Hiba Farheen
    Writer
  • Vivek Alankar
    Producer
  • Aakash Choudhary
    Cinematographer
  • Prabodh Kamble
    Editor
  • Chiranjib Baruah
    Sound Recording, Design and Mixing
  • Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata
    Production Company
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Griha Aar Paibo Kotha
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes 14 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 30, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali, English, Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute(SRFTI)
  • 7th Siliguri Short and Documentary Film Festival
    Siliguri
    India
    February 1, 2020
    Golden Elephant Award Best Documentary
  • Pimpri Chinchwad International Short Film Festival (PCISFF) 2020
    Pune
    India
    September 6, 2020
    Best Documentary Film
  • 3rd Jharkhand International Film Festival & Awards (JIFFA)
    Ranchi
    India
    October 8, 2020
    Winner
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
    March 27, 2020
    Golden Fox Award
  • Hollywood Venus Awards
    Istanbul
    Turkey
  • Golden Tree International Documentary Festival
    Frankfurt
    Germany
  • Jaipur International Film Festival
    Jaipur
    India
    January 21, 2021
  • 13th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK)
    Trivandrum
    India
    September 25, 2021
  • 9th DMCS National Short Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    February 20, 2020
  • Goa Short Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    December 12, 2020
  • UP International Film Festival
    Varanasi
    India
    February 28, 2020
  • Indapuram International Short Film Festival
    Indapur
    April 3, 2021
    Semi-Finalist
  • Santipur International Film Festival
    Santipur
    February 12, 2021
  • C STUDIOS Online Short Film Festival
    Chennai
    India
    May 15, 2020
    Top 7 Films
  • Pen in the Lens Online Film & Literature Festival

    India
    July 19, 2020
Director Biography - Vrushab Maitri

Vrushab Maitri is a student of Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI) of batch 2018-20. He is pursuing Producing and Direction under Electronic and Digital Media (EDM) wing of SRFTI. He has a B.Tech degree in Computer Engineering from NIT Surathkal. He has made serveral short films. Griha Aar Paibo Kotha is his first documentary film. His films have been selected in various International Film festivals and garnered many awards.

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Director Statement

India has always been very negligent in talking about mental health and this documentary takes mental health into account and follows two mental asylum inmates Trupti and Priyanka. This unique open mental asylum with no boundaries or gates believes in empowering these usually abandoned women to work on their own and create identity. Our film mainly focuses on Trupti and Priyanka's journey, who are at different stages of dealing with their mental health, in their quest to find their own homes and reunite with their families.