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Maya

2011 · 14 min

A quiet, black-and-white encounter that lingers on unspoken feelings and the ache of what might have been.

Directed by: Naina Panemanglor
Genres: Drama
Starring: Tanmay Dhanania, Shanaya Rafaat, Sriram Lakshman

Overview: In a tiny first class train cabin in India, 1976, a self-assured Mohan Bhatt encounters his first love, Maya Rao, from 6 years before...

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Directed by: Naina Panemanglor
Genres: Drama
Starring: Tanmay Dhanania, Shanaya Rafaat, Sriram Lakshman

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
memory
identity
class
Places: single country house
road trip
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Naina Panemanglor
Written by: Naina Panemanglor, Raghav Pasricha
Starring: Tanmay Dhanania, Shanaya Rafaat, Sriram Lakshman, Yusuf Saleem, Siva Sivakumaran
Cinematography: Pratyusha Gupta
Runtime: 14 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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