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Do I Exist: A Riddle
Produced byGlorious Gonardh Productions
Release date
  • 2019 (2019)
Running time
16 minutes 38 seconds
CountryIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi

Do I Exist: A Riddle is a short film by Dhruva Harsh.

Plot

Do I Exist: A Riddle is a short film comprising René Descartes’s philosophy "Cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am) and "Buddhism" combined. This work of fiction is the manifestation of dream and death or life after death. It’s about existing as a 'being' or not. In this film soul seeks transformation into a buddhist monk and redeems his soul from the body captivated with the charm of corporeal desire and 'maya' (delusion) even after death.

Here Siddhartha, the protagonist is already dead but still stuck in the matrix called 'maya' in Sanskrit and he seems utterly confused between life and death, dream and reality, forgets time and place and keeps dwelling in the same house where he lived with his wife called Marvi. Siddhartha’s character is influenced with Gautama Buddha, a primary figure of Buddhism, and he is a modern portrayal of him. But here Siddhartha does not have any choice to renounce his wife in seclusion but his wife Marvi leaves him over a quarrel of about conceiving a baby.

Cast

Awards

  • Official Selection : 5th International Film Festival Shimla (2019)[1][2]
  • Official Selection : Pondicherry International Short Film Festival [Puducherry] (2019)[3]
  • Official Selection : 12 th Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur (2020)[4]
  • Best Cinematography  Award   : Chambal International Film Festival (2020)[5][6]
  • Official Selection : Panorama International  Film Festival,Tunisia (2020)[7]
  • Best Editing : 16th Kolkata Short Film Festival (2020)[8]
  • Official Selection : 4th Kalinga Global Film Festival (2020)[9]
  • Official Selection : 8th Delhi International Film Festival (2020)[10]

References

  1. ^ "SCREENING SCHEDULE IFFS 2019". INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SHIMLA 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Shortlisted Films-IFFS". INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SHIMLA 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Short Films | Pondicherry International Film Festival". Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. ^ "12th Jaipur International Film Festival - JIFF - 17 to 21 January 2020 at Inox, GT Central, Jaipur". jiffindia.org. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. ^ "CHAMBAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". www.ciff.co.in. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ^ "CHAMBAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". www.ciff.co.in. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Panorama International Short Film Festival ( Official group )". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Chitrabani – A Human Touch in Communication". www.chitrabani.net. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Kalinga Global Film Festival". Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Film Entry Form Delhi International Film Festival". www.delhiinternationalfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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