child's point of view, paranoia, bully | disturbing behaviour
When a leopard enters a newly redeveloped apartment complex on Mumbai’s outskirts, it unsettles the residents. For 8-year-old Apu, the encounter lingers. After the leopard is found dead, he begins to perceive the everyday violence around him with unsettling clarity. As reality and imagination blur, his fear takes a darker, primal turn.
Mukti Krishan is a writer and director, and a Vancouver Film School graduate, working across fiction, documentary and advertising. Her documentary Raqs-e-Inquilab has featured on MUBI and The Atlantic. A recipient of the DC South Asian Film Festival Emerging Writer & Director Fellowship and Asia Society Screenplay Fellowship, she has directed campaigns for Netflix, Google, Airtel, Royal Enfield amongst others.
