Someday (2021 film)
| Someday | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shefali Shah |
| Written by | Shefali Shah |
| Starring | Shefali Shah |
| Cinematography | Eeshit Narain |
| Edited by | Antara Lahiri |
| Music by | Prasad S. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Someday is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language drama short film written and directed by Shefali Shah, who stars in the lead role.
Plot
[edit]A frontline healthcare worker who returns home for a seven-day quarantine due to the COVID pandemic and spends time interacting through a door with her elderly mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.[1][2]
Production
[edit]In 2020, Shah decided to experiment with writing and directing in two self-starring COVID-19-based short films, Someday and Happy Birthday Mummy Ji.[3][4] Someday marked her directorial debut, and Shah conceived the story based on memories from her mother who had turned caregiver to her grandmother, and shot the film with a five-member crew at her residence over a period of two days.[1][5]
Themes
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Release
[edit]The film premiered at the 51st USA Film Festival and was later screened at the 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart in Germany.[6][7][8][9] In September 2021, it was screened at the Bollywood Festival in Norway.[10]
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]A critic from Cinestaan wrote that "As the sole artiste in the film, Shah poignantly portrays the pain, grief and emotional turmoil of seeing one's parent slip slowly away into dementia".[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wasn't sure if I had it in me to direct a film: Shefali Shah on 'Someday'". The New Indian Express. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Shefali Shah's maiden directorial project 'Someday' to be officially screened at the 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021". Indulg Express. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Shah, Shefali (17 December 2020). "Everything I consumed on screen as an escape from 2020 helped me evolve into a filmmaker, writes Shefali Shah". Firstpost. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Cyril, Grace (23 July 2021). "Shefali Shah says Happy Birthday Mummy Ji is inspired by her own life. Interview". India Today. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Suri, Rishabh (3 July 2021). "Shefali Shah on her debut directorial short film: I shot in my house with a unit of five people". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Roy Chowdhury, Rishita (7 April 2021). "Shefali Shah's directorial debut Someday selected for 51st USA Film Festival". India Today. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Shefali Shah's directorial debut Someday to be screened at the 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart". Firstpost. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Shefali Shah's directorial debut Someday makes it to final selection of USA Film Festival". Mid-day. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ BKD (16 June 2021). "Shefali Shah's directorial debut 'Someday' to be screened at 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021". National Herald. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Mukherjee, Shreya (12 September 2021). "Shefali Shah's 'Someday' will now screen at Bollywood Festival Norway". Yahoo. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Someday review: Loving portrait of a mother-daughter relationship in pandemic times". Archived from the original on 7 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Someday at the 2021 Indian Film Festival Stuttgart