Sushant Nagpal | India | 2025 | 20 mins. | Hindi | Filmmaker attending
In an unnamed town in 2000s India, a barber and his son possess a strange gift – they can regrow people’s hair in exchange for years from their lives. In a parallel realm rooted in Hindu cosmology, a divine barber and his curious apprentice tend to the gods themselves.
Sushant Nagpal
Sushant Nagpal is a filmmaker and theatre director from Haryana, India. Exploring magical realism, absurdity and myth in contemporary life, he has directed acclaimed plays, including Yasmina Reza’s Art. In 2025, he won the JCS International Emmy Award and developed Society at the Red Sea Series Lab. Barber of the Gods is his fiction debut.
Producer: Sushant Nagpal
Writer: Sushant Nagpal
Cinematographer: Manas Krishna
Editor: Jitu Das
Sound: Bigyna Dahal
Music: Nitish Rambhadran
Cast: Kumud Mishra, Jaivardhan Lakhera
