Chaara

This short starts off as a rather ordinary film and ends up really devastating. Chaara is a critique on carnivorism, and it clearly endorses vegetarianism. Above all, it seeks to raise awareness of something most people wouldn't know about, but in some places, especially in less developed countries, it exists, namely cannibalism. This reality, however rare it might be, is harrowing, as is the fact that women would be the main victims. The way it's presented in the film is, obviously, successfully disgusting.

The effect of the story could never have been achieved without the exceptional cinematography. First, the camera resolution is exceptionally high. The quality of the photography is so good you could actually observe distant faces with full clarity, which obviously makes everything so real and the more disturbing. The camera work is phenomenal. It captures images so crucial to the story, making dialogue totally unnecessary for the conveyance of its message.

Chaara is well acted by its two leads, especially Khan who is the main player here. Other than the stupendous technical advances, the film has great background score composed by Nitesh Rajesh, who also composes a poignant original song performed by Charoo Bakshi, which concludes the short and intensifies the sadness of the situation. Indeed, Chaara is an extremely effective short. It is an artistic creation which isn't positive but definitely thought-provoking.