''Diary of A Housewife'' is a (2001) short film directed by

Vinod Sukumaran Vinod Sukumaran is an Indian film maker and film editor. He won the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director for the film ''Diary of a Housewife'' in 2001. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India ...

. The screenplay is written by

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. The cinematographer of the film is

Santosh Thundiyil Santosh Thundiyil is an Indian cinematographer. He is best known for films like ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998), ''Devadoothan'' (2000), ''Krrish'' (2006), '' Pinjar'' (2003), ''Rowdy Rathore'' (2012) and '' Jai Ho'' (2014). Early life and educat ...

, who is one of India's top cinematographers today. The film won the

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for Best First Non-feature Film of a Director in 2002. This film focuses on the concept of waiting and philosophical crisis of war. Through a young wife, it deals with philosophy of war, and the hopes and expectations related to it. The film revolves around three female characters; a young lady, and old woman, and a girl.

Major film festival screenings

*Inaugural Film of Indian Panorama at International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2002) held in New Delhi. *Asian Cinema Section of Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester (CFF 2002) *River to River Florence-India Film Festival in Italy 2002 *Competition Section of Mumbai International Film festival (MIFF 2002) *World Cinema Section of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK2002) *National Film Festival organized by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (2003) 2001 documentary films Documentary films about war Indian documentary films Documentary films about women 2001 films Works about women in war {{war-documentary-film-stub