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XO

2026 · 23 min

An intimate, poetic meditation on two people's shifting bond, blending playfulness and melancholy into a quietly absorbing experience.

Directed by
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Genres
Drama
Overview
They are two. They play a game, fight and compete, love and wander, yearn and mourn. They part and reunite, get bored and create, scream and dream. But can they defy the duality?

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Directed by
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • memory
  • fate
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Runtime
23 min
Country
India
Languages
Marathi

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