''Right Here Right Now'' is a

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written and directed by

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. It earned critical acclaim and wide audience appreciation in the following years at the Indo-British Film and Video Festival. It has achieved a near-cult status in the Indian parallel cinema.

Synopsis

* How a one act of bad experience generates the chain of bad experiences. * How a one act of good experience generates the chain of good experiences.

Cast

* Anuradha Chandan as Mother * Rupesh Tillu as Rickshawwala * Tushar Joshi as Uncle * Trishla Patel as the Girl in love * Parul Bheda as Maidservant * Induben Mehta as the Granny

Awards and festivals

* Winner, Best Film (International Short), Syracuse International Film Festival, NY * Winner, Best Film (Audience Choice Award), shnit shortfilmfestival, Switzerland * Winner, Best Film of the Year award at the Mocha Film Club, Mumbai * Official Selection, Tribeca International Film Festival, NY * Official Selection, Rome International Film Festival * Official Selection, Indo-British Digital Short Film Festival, India

Music trivia

* All the soundtracks are original scores composed for the film by

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. * The voices in the songs "Jheeni" & "Red Blossom Cherry" are

Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer (born 3 January 1981) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Tamil, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered 2000 film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His r ...

and

Amit Trivedi Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician who works primarily for Indian cinema. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as ...

. * "Jheeni" is a modified lyric from the 15th Century mystic poet

Kabir Kabir ( 15th century) was a well-known Indian devotional mystic poet and sant. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Gar ...

's song "Jheeni re chadariya". * The song "Red Blossom Cherry" is inspired from a Zen Story. In the story, a man is being chased by a vicious snake until he reaches the edge of a cliff. He jumps from the fear of the snake, and clings to a tree. There's a landing ground below, but before he can land, he hears a lion's roar from below. The branch he's clinging to starts dangling. In the midst of all this, he spots a Cherry. He plucks it and eats it. The snake of the past, the lion of the future and the cherry of now!

External links

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"Indian Short Film Wins International Award"

's official homepage.

"Of our time - The Statesman" * "About the film on filmaholiX" 2003 films Indian short films 2000s Hindi-language films {{short-film-stub