On his return home, androgynous-looking Madhu attempts to seduce Ratnakar, his rickshaw driver, who is practicing celibacy in preparation for a religious pilgrimage.
Ashok Vish | India, France | 2025 | 13 mins. | Kannada | Filmmaker attending
On his return home, androgynous-looking Madhu attempts to seduce Ratnakar, his rickshaw driver, who is practicing celibacy in preparation for a religious pilgrimage.
Ashok Vish
Ashok’s short, Nightbirds, premiered at Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Cannes 2024. Automagic won a post-production grant from Région Île-de-France, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand 2025, and won the International Competition at Bangalore International Short Film Festival. He is developing his first feature, To Kill The One You Love, which was part of NFDC Film Bazaar.
Producer: Ashok Vish, Claire Chassagne, Shaji Mathew, Aseem Chhabra, Abdullah Al Kandari
Writer: Ashok Vish
Cinematographer: Nikhil Pires
Editor: Ashok Vish, Benoît Delbove
Music: Wissam Hojeij
Cast: Rutviq, Chethan C.S.
