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Saltwater

2023 · 12 min

A quiet, tender short that unfolds across years, letting small parenting moments accumulate into something gently moving.

Directed by: Sachin Dharwadker
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Sanjay Chandani, Deepti Gupta, Rishi Mahesh

Overview: Over a period of many years, a father takes a peculiar approach to parenting his Indian-American son.

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Directed by: Sachin Dharwadker
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Sanjay Chandani, Deepti Gupta, Rishi Mahesh

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
family
identity
memory
aging
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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

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Genres: drama, family
Directed by: Sachin Dharwadker
Written by: Naveed Khan
Starring: Sanjay Chandani, Deepti Gupta, Rishi Mahesh, Armaan Medatia
Runtime: 12 min
Languages: English, Hindi

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