Shorts & Mid-length · Filmmaker Q&A
Hudke ki Pyaang Pyaang
Directed by Arun Fulara
Screens as part of Programme 11: Modern Love.
Screening at DIFF 2026
Sat31
to Saturday 31 Oct · PictureTime 3
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- Runtime
- 24 min
- Year
- 2026
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi
- Subtitles
- English
Synopsis
In a small Himalayan town, Vikas and Jyoti, a Dalit boy and a Brahmin girl plan an escape to the city through government teaching jobs. When paying the required bribe demands selling his ailing father’s ancestral shop, Vikas hesitates, causing their relationship to crack.
Director
Arun FularaArun Fulara is a Mumbai writer-director whose shorts Sunday, My Mother’s Girlfriend, and Shera have screened at over 200 festivals worldwide. He wrote the feature Thamma (2025) and is developing his feature directorial debut, My Home Is in the Hills.Cast and crew
- Producer
- Seema Hari, Vikas Kumar, Sharib Khan, Arun Fulara
- Writer
- Arun Fulara
- Cinematographer
- Dhruvan Gautham
- Editor
- Pradeep Patole
- Sound
- Kalhan Raina
- Music
- Devraj Bhaumik
- Cast
- Prakash Joshi, Purva Pathak, Alok Sah, Krishna Bisht
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