Author: Surbhi Dewan

2020 | Fiction | Hindi | 10 mins When the middle-aged Kamble makes his weekly visit to the neighbourhood barber shop, it’s not just for a shave. He can’t wait to be touched by Jaan, the new barber-boy he has Read more

2023 | Documentary | Hindi | 30 mins In our society which is highly patriarchal and male-dominated, the issue of male child sexual abuse gets overlooked and neglected. Through the stories of some male survivors of sexual abuse, the film Read more

2010 | Animated Documentary | English | 26 mins The story of a young girl who is led to a distant land by the force of her visions and her mother’s spirit to discover the latter’s roots, and possibly her Read more

2006 | Documentary | English | 11 mins A visual representation of an inner feeling… made with stock home video, it expresses the filmmaker’s feelings towards her alcoholic father, the soundtrack being a telephone conversation.

2012 | Documentary | English | 26 mins Ruminations on the filmmaker’s brush with cancer and musings on love, death and memory

2017 | Documentary | English | 13 mins “Tungrus and the Chicken From Hell” is more than the simple tale of a pampered and unruly chicken; it’s a parable about a man reenacting memories of his village upbringing in the Read more

2021 | Documentary | Urdu | 16 mins ‘Playing at the Boundary’ (Khel Khel Mein) tells the story of three young people from the area of Lyari in Karachi, Pakistan – an area that is known for being one of Read more

2022 | Documentary | Hindi | 9 mins The film is about the relationship that a 13-year-old girl shares with water while living next to Ahmedabad’s largest landfill. This poorly planned area has contaminated borewell water and a poor water Read more

2018 | Documentary | English | 19 mins The film demonstrates the importance of a supportive environment for the young, grappling with gender and identity

2018 | Documentary | Hindi | 20 mins A journey with Anshuman, a transman, on the Delhi Metro, reclaiming public space and his self