Someday (2021 film) explained

Someday
Director:Shefali Shah
Starring:Shefali Shah
Music:Prasad S.
Cinematography:Eeshit Narain
Editing:Antara Lahiri
Runtime: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

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

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]

Release

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

Critical response

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Wasn't sure if I had it in me to direct a film: Shefali Shah on 'Someday' . 17 March 2022 . The New Indian Express . 21 June 2021.
  2. News: Shefali Shah's maiden directorial project 'Someday' to be officially screened at the 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021 . 18 October 2022 . Indulg Express . 16 June 2021 . en.
  3. News: Shah . Shefali . Everything I consumed on screen as an escape from 2020 helped me evolve into a filmmaker, writes Shefali Shah . 21 March 2022 . Firstpost . 17 December 2020 . en.
  4. News: Cyril . Grace . Shefali Shah says Happy Birthday Mummy Ji is inspired by her own life. Interview . 17 March 2022 . India Today . 23 July 2021 . en.
  5. News: Suri . Rishabh . Shefali Shah on her debut directorial short film: I shot in my house with a unit of five people . 17 March 2022 . Hindustan Times . 3 July 2021 . en.
  6. News: Roy Chowdhury . Rishita . Shefali Shah's directorial debut Someday selected for 51st USA Film Festival . 17 March 2022 . India Today . 7 April 2021 . en.
  7. News: Shefali Shah's directorial debut Someday to be screened at the 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart . 17 March 2022 . Firstpost . 16 June 2021 . en.
  8. News: Shefali Shah's directorial debut Someday makes it to final selection of USA Film Festival . 18 October 2022 . Mid-day . 8 April 2021 . en.
  9. News: BKD . Shefali Shah's directorial debut 'Someday' to be screened at 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021 . 18 October 2022 . National Herald . 16 June 2021 . en.
  10. News: Mukherjee . Shreya . Shefali Shah's 'Someday' will now screen at Bollywood Festival Norway . 18 October 2022 . Yahoo . 12 September 2021 . en-SG.
  11. Web site: Someday review: Loving portrait of a mother-daughter relationship in pandemic times . https://web.archive.org/web/20210907035807/https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/someday-45833 . live . 7 September 2021 .

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