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Second Chance / Second Chance
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 15th December
- 12.00 pm
- Audi 1
Screening 2
- 17th December
- 6.00 pm
- Kairali
Screening 3
- 19th December
- 3.15 pm
- Kalabhavan
Subhadra Mahajan
Director's bio
Subhadra Mahajan
Subhadra Mahajan was born and brought up in Himachal Pradesh, India. She has had a long collaboration with filmmaker Pan Nalin, most notably in co-writing "Angry Indian Goddesses" (2015), which premiered at TIFF. "Second Chance" (2024) is her debut feature.
Synopsis
City girl Nia visits her family home in the Himalayas in winter alone; traumatised after undergoing an illicit abortion. The caretaker of the house departs, leaving his old mother-in-law Bhemi, in charge. Her days are filled with manual labour and looking after her naughty grandson, Sunny. The three distinct souls find themselves bound together beyond age and class divides. Nia starts to smile again but demons of her past keep catching up on her, as she struggles to give herself a ‘Second Chance'.
Details of Cast
Dheera Johnson (Leading Actress - Nia), Thakri Devi (Supporting Actress - Bhemi), Kanav Thakur (Child Artist - Male - Sunny)
Details of Crew
Swapnil Suhas Sonawane (Cinematographer), Tinni Mitra (Editor), Quan Bay (Music), Anirban Borthakur (Sound Designer ), Niladri Shekhar Roy (Sound), Vidhaat Thothathri Raman, Rinku Pathak (Sound Recordist), Bhaskar Hazarika, Sidharth Meer & Naren Chandavarkar (Co-producer)
Producer Details
Shyam Bora
Writer Details
Subhadra Mahajan
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