Grab your popcorn coz it’s anthology time! After Netflix’s ‘Ludo’, Amazon Prime Video has announced its anthology – ‘Unpaused’.
The upcoming original will feature 5 Hindi short films that were filmed during the pandemic.
The official synopsis of the film says, ‘Unpaused’ is a film about “love, new beginnings, second chances, and a glimmer of hope.”
Set in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film stars Gulshan Deviah, Saiyami Kher, Richa Chadha, Ishwak Singh, Sumit Vyas, Lilette Dubey, Abhishek Banerjee, Geetika Vidya, Ratna Pathak Shah and Shardul Bharadwaj.
What are the 5 films?
As per Peeping Moon report, the synopsis for the 5 films reads-
1) Glitch
The 1st film in the anthology is directed by Stree fame Raj & DK and stars Gulshan Devaiah and Saiyami Kher.
“In these times when people fear human contact, a hypochondriac man meets a delightfully strange girl on a blind date, which turns out to be far more meaningful than he anticipated.”
2) Apartment
The second short is helmed by Nikkhil Advani. It features Richa Chadha, Sumeet Vyas and Ishwak Singh.
“When the owner of a successful online news magazine learns of her husband’s sexual indiscretions, she is left shocked and unable to come to terms with it. Hopeless, she spirals into a dark maze of self-blame and attempts to end her own life. Enter, a ray of hope in the guise of a pesky intruder. Except his intrusions are actually interventions. Through their interactions, she finds the inner strength to face her unpleasant situation and then move on.”
3) Rat – A – Tat
Starring Sairat fame Rinku Rajguru and Lillete Dubey, the 3rd feature is directed by Tannishtha.
“Two women. Four decades apart— one who chose to be alone and the other who is alone because of circumstances, confront loneliness and form an unlikely friendship during lockdown which brings them hope and a new beginning.”
4) Vishaanu
Directed by Avinash Arun of Paatal Lok fame, the 4th film in the lot stars Abhishek Banerjee and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan.
“During the lockdown, a young migrant family after being thrown out of their rented house, for not being able to pay the rent, decides to illegally sneak into a lavish sample flat – that is in the same building in which they were working as construction workers. This time, for them, is a dream lived for a momentary period as well as a curse to cope up with their stark reality.”
5) Chaand Mubarak
Directed by Nitya Mehra of Made in Heaven fame, it stars Ratna Pathak Shah and Shardul Bharadwaj.
“An affluent middle-aged single woman is forced to seek help of a young rickshaw driver to run some errands during Mumbai’s lockdown. The woman is stubborn & class conscious and resents the driver’s orthodox views on women. As these two strangers from opposite sides of the track spend three days together, they slowly start peeling away their defenses and form an unlikely friendship based on newfound respect and understanding, realizing they aren’t so different after all – both lonely in the big city of dreams.”
Unpaused will start streaming on Amazon Prime Video from December 18, 2020.