Set in the bustling lanes of 1990s Old Delhi, Termite is an intimate story about companionship, belonging and the quiet anxieties that emerge when a familiar life begins to change. Ajith (Valavane Koumarane), a Tamil termite exterminator, and Saud (Faisal Malik), who runs a Xerox shop, share an unconventional domestic partnership as roommates in the old city. When the possibility of marriage enters their lives, the unspoken arrangement that has sustained them is thrown into question, and Ajith must navigate friendship, love and his own insecurities. Also featuring Vipin Sharma and Shilpa Shukla, Termite is the first fiction film by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Shaunak Sen, returning once more to the alleys of Delhi and the aches, regrets and yearnings they hold.
