New Delhi, the winter of 1993. A deaf mute young man is arrested by "Bureau" and accused of being a spy. A sign language expert is brought in to act as an interpreter for the Government’s agent and the “spy”. The unravelling of the mystery is the journey that sucks the sign language expert into the dark vortex of rivalry between intelligence agencies, deceit, and corruption, where the horizon line between innocence and guilt gets hazy.
Acting
Ishwak Singh's wordless performance is devastating.
Writing
Sign language as both weapon and vulnerability.
Direction
Atul Sabharwal traps you in bureaucratic dread.
Director
Atul Sabharwal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Set during 1993 New Delhi, the film evokes India's post-Cold War intelligence paranoia rarely explored in mainstream cinema.
The title 'Berlin' references the divided city as metaphor — two men separated by language, both trapped in no-man's-land between agencies.
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