Short film

Ali Ali

2025 · 20 min

A hushed, sunlit drift through village childhood and filmmaking, patient and tender, asking you to sit still and notice small things.

Tagline: In a quiet Rajasthani village, Ali and his friends play cricket while a film crew struggles to finish their shoot.
Overview: In a quiet Rajasthani village, young Ali clings to his cricket bat as his friends chase it. What starts as playful mischief reveals a film crew struggling to finish their shoot, blurring childhood and the fragile magic of cinema.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and whimsical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Coming-of-age, friendship, art, memory
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
art
memory
isolation
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: documentary, drama, comedy
Directed by: Rishabh Jain
Written by: Rishabh Jain
Starring: Prince Bidawat, Sandeep Bidawat, Abhishek Bidawat, Hemant Kumar, Kanishk Kuma, Khushi Bidawat, Umang Kumar, Ankit Ahuja
Cinematography: Shayan Shukla
Runtime: 20 min
Country: India
Languages: English, Hindi