Given our shrinking attention span, short films may turn out to be an important medium through which content will be consumed in the future. But can we handle a bunch of them, say seven, in one go? Looking at Shor Se Shuruaat, it’s evident we can. The film delves into the subject of noise through seven stories, each presenting a unique take and dealing with real-life issues.
Sound here, is not just presented as one of the five human senses; the filmmakers deal with the word in its entirety. There’s the starting film Aazad where, not just the writer but also those around him, pay the price for his habit of saying the truth. Then there is Aamer, which tackles sound purely as a sense through the eyes of a young street kid in Mumbai.
Decibel, takes a dystopian look at sounds being banned in the future and how that may affect us. Dhwani is another dark yet life-affirming short on how an inmate on death row, who is scared of dying, peacefully accepts the fate that awaits him.
( 3.5 / 5 )