RIHA UNLOCKED ARASTU ZAKIA

  • INDIA

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  • HINDI

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  • 2024

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  • 30 mins

Zoya is the wife of an abusive husband. She is a woman in a patriarchal society. She is a Mother to a child she regrets not being able to protect. And then she is sought out for help by another victim of abuse. While they are divided by class, they are united by spirit and their quest for freedom. ‘RIHA’ (Unlocked) is a self-produced debut short by Arastu Zakia. The film is a tribute to his Mother - the lady who rescued him from domestic violence and lead the movement that brought the ban on Triple Talaq in India. Her journey has been covered extensively in The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Times, TEDx and so on.

ಪಾಪರಾಜಿಗಳ ಮಿನುಗುವ, ಜಗಮಗಿಸುವ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಾತ್ಮಕ ಪ್ರಪಂಚ ಅಸ್ತವ್ಯಸ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಕೃತಕ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನೇಪಾಳದ ಅನುಭವಿ ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಾಹಕ ಮನೋಜ್, ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟ ಆರೋಗ್ಯದಿಂದ ಪರಿತಪಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸಹೋದರನ ಅರೋಗ್ಯ ಸುಧಾರಣೆಗೆ ಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲ ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಹಣ ಮಾಡಲೂ ಹಾತೊರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಸೆಲೆಬ್ರಿಟಿಗಳ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ತುಂಬಾ ಇದೆ. ಆದರೂ ಮನೋಜ್ಗೆ ಸಹೋದರನ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗಾಗಿ ಹಣ ಹೊಂದಿಸುವುದು ಕಠೋರ ಸಂಗತಿಯೂ ವಾಸ್ತವಿಕ ಜೀವನಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿಡಿದ ಕನ್ನಡಿಯೂ ಆಗಿದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Noopur Chokshi, Soman Nambiar, Arastu Zakia

Screenplay :

Arastu Zakia, Anup Abraham Parackal

Director of Photography :

Dhrupad Shukla

Editor :

Ajay Yadav

Music :

Sandesh Shandilya

Sound :

Mohit Shankar

Cast :

Indu Sharma, Ashwath Bhatt, Vara Raturi, Ahad Khan, Naved Aslam, Alok Gagdekar

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Dharamshala IFF (Official Selection), Tasveer, Seattle (Official Selection) and Bengaluru ISFF (Official Selection)

ARASTU ZAKIA

Before filmmaking, Arastu did his Undergrad in Commerce, Postgrad in Sociology and was a Venture Design Fellow from Stanford CDR & AU's VentureStudio. He was the Founder of a Civic Education NGO, CEO of an EdTech Startup and Chief Product Officer at India's largest Education Platform - Careers360. His autobiographical feature - 'ZAKIA' - was selected for the Rewrite Screenwriters’ Lab. Arastu’s directed short film 'RIHA' was selected at India's only Oscar-qualifying festival - BISFF, the World's only South-Asian Oscar-qualifying festival - 'Tasveer' and Dharamshala IFF. Arastu is also one of the 6 Directors selected for the First Draft Fellowship.