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Short film

Dark Skin

2021 · 11 min

A quiet, painful slice of life that lets everyday rejection and colourism sting without melodrama.

Directed by
Shivankar Arora
Genres
Drama, Family
Overview
‘Dark Skin’ follows Ankita, played by Ankita Mittal, a woman who has been at the end of multiple rejections for marriage proposals because she is considered to have a darker complexion than what the groom’s family would want.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, family, gender, isolation
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Shivankar Arora
Genres
Drama, Family
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, family
Directed by
Shivankar Arora
Written by
Shipra Arora
Starring
Ankita Mittal, Ankit Narang, Anuradha Sharma, Rini Das, Neelu Kohli
Runtime
11 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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