The School Bag Explained

Director:	Dheeraj Jindal & Anshul Agrawal
Starring:	Rasika Duggal Sartaaj RK
Music:	Yousuf Hussain
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi
Producer:	Dheeraj Jindal Shashi Chopra
Editing:	Neil Sehgal
Cinematography:	Satchith Paulose
Runtime:	16 minutes
Distributor:	Large Short Films

The School Bag is a 2017 short film directed by Dheeraj Jindal & Anshul Agrawal, written by Anshul Agrawal, starring Rasika Duggal and Sartaj RK.The film has been screened at more than 100 film festival across 24 countries and won 44 awards in different categories. The film was applauded by critics as well public after its online release on Large Short Films.

The short film is based on a real life 2014 Peshawar school massacre in Pakistan when 132 innocent kids were killed in Army Public School, Peshawar by terrorists.^{[1] [2]} Rasika Duggal who plays the mother who would do anything to bring a smile on her child's face it tells a story about the relationship between a mother and her seven-year-old son who wants a new school bag on his birthday, but fate has something else in store for him.

Cast

• Rasika Duggal
• Sartaj RK

Reception

The film has been selected and won many international awards^{[3] [4] [5]}

• Vancouver Film Festival ^[6]
• Fastnet Film Festival Winner ^[7]
• Reel to real International film festival ^[8]
• Best Short Film at Sandpoint Film Festival in USA ^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Smita Patil International Film Festival^[12]
• GIIFFA ^[13]
• Haryana International Short Film Festival ^[14]
• Bengal International Short Film Festival ^[15]
• Lahore International Children's Film Festival ^[16]
• Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati ^[17]
• Free Spirit Film Festival ^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rasika Dugal's short film The School Bag releases to overwhelmingly good responses. 14 June 2017. Deccan Chronicle.
2. Web site: Here's why Rasika Dugal's new short film, The School Bag, will stun you!. 14 June 2017.
3. Web site: Indian short film wins award in Vancouver. . 12 December 2017.
4. Web site: Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival. The New Indian Express.
5. Web site: Indian short film 'The School Bag' wins award in Montreal. Tribune News. Service. Tribuneindia News Service.
6. Web site: Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival .
7. Web site: Fastnet Short Film Festival (2017). IMDb.
8. Web site: Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival (2017). IMDb.
9. Web site: Sff_2018 .
10. Web site: Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve. Almas. Khateeb. 14 June 2017. TheQuint.
11. Web site: (Young) Review: The School Bag . 21 June 2017 .
12. Web site: 2016 Winners | SPIFF .
13. Web site: Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve . 14 June 2017 .
14. Web site: Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve . 14 June 2017 .
15. Web site: Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve . 14 June 2017 .
16. Web site: Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival .
17. Web site: Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival .
18. Web site: Kalichaat wins four awards at Free Spirit Film Festival .:. Tibet Sun .