Birth of Fire
18min | Marathi | Drama, Short
Saheb belongs to a ruling family in rural Maharashtra. One day, he kills a man for going against the morals of the village and justifies it in the name of peace. This starts the journey of his self-introspection. Saheb keeps getting vulnerable throughout the day, first in the presence of his colleagues and then in the company of his son who has returned home after six months. Fire is the only one who is witness to his self destruction.
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Synopsis
Saheb belongs to a ruling family in rural Maharashtra. One day, he kills a man for going against the morals of the village and justifies it in the name of peace. This starts the journey of his self-introspection. Saheb keeps getting vulnerable throughout the day, first in the presence of his colleagues and then in the company of his son who has returned home after six months. Fire is the only one who is witness to his self destruction.
Filmmaker Bio
Rohan Apte
Writer, Director, Producer
Rohan is based in Mumbai, India. His debut short film 'Birth of Fire' was a semi-finalist at Flickers' Rhode Island IFF (Oscar & BAFTA qualifying) and also played at Tasveer South Asian FF. He is currently working on his first feature film.
Credits
director: Rohan Apte
writer: Rohan Apte
producer: Apurva Apte, Milind Apte, Rohan Apte, Ratnakar Deshpande, Saniya Mirwani
cast: Makarand Naik, Vedant Nene, Kiran Keluskar, Pranay Manohar, Chaitanya Chawda
Co-Producer: Vikas Shirke
Cinematographer: Nachiket Kulkarni
Editor: Amit Kulkarni
Asst. Director: Ruchir Jedhe
1st Asst. Director: Vedant Nene
Sound Design/Mix/on Location: Anurag Jadhao
1st Asst. Camera: Gururaj Bakshi
Gaffer: Rajaram a Irale
Colorist: Aaryaman Kutty
Associate Editor: Rishab Malhotra
Special Thanks: Shashikant Mehta, Saurabh Mukhija, Priyanshu Rathore