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मेरा भाई_My Brother

Ram, an undocumented Indian-Muslim immigrant is working in the cemetery alongside a young, illegal Indonesian immigrant trying to make ends meet in Singapore.

  • Shreela Agarwal
    Director
  • Daniel Yang
    Writer
  • Shreela Agarwal
    Writer
  • Wong Jade Xin
    Producer
  • Aditya Srivastava
    Key Cast
  • Syah Riszuan Bin Huslan
    Key Cast
  • Charis Yeo
    Director of Photography
  • Trudy Gold Lukamto
    Production Designer
  • Dione Goh
    1st Assistant Director
  • Tejaswi Annadevara
    Editor
  • Chan Soo Chee
    Sound Designer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    मेरा भाई
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    21 minutes 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    Singapore
  • Language:
    Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Lasalle College of the Arts
  • Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF)

    World Premiere
  • Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF)
  • New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)
  • SHORT to the Point
  • Paris Lift-Off Film Festival
  • CAPA CILECT 2021

    Best Film
Director Biography - Shreela Agarwal

Shreela Agarwal is a director, editor, and screenwriter from India. Originally from Delhi, Shreela spent her adolescent years in Mumbai, and has just graduated from the Lasalle College of Arts in Singapore, where she did her Bachelors in Film. She has completed a slew of short films one of which, 樸運(The Keeper), a Chinese fiction, which she directed has since been screened in several film festivals across the world.
Shreela is also a photographer and a certified mountaineer who enjoys traveling and meeting new people. She currently lives between Singapore and Mumbai.

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Director Statement

When people move to live and work in a different country they tend to look out for other people from their own country. In Singapore, the majority of Indians are immigrant workers. Hence, being an Indian, I have always been curious to learn more about the nature of the lives an immigrant worker leads.
Are they very different from me and you? Or are they who they are because of the circumstances they are in?
I was drawn to question why I, after residing here for just a year, could be looked upon as being a Singaporean, whereas these migrant workers (some who have been staying here for as long as 20 years) will always be looked upon by a majority of people of this country as outsiders.
Inspired from this thinking came about the story of मेरा भाई (My Brother).