Anamika, the child of a mixed marriage, returns home to her estranged mother Sadhana because she is suffering from the onset of dementia. Ana returns to a neighborhood she barely remembers, to a woman who sometimes doesn’t remember her.
Acting
Kalki and Deepti Naval: a masterclass in what goes unsaid.
Direction
Pushan Kripalani lets silence do the screaming.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like families who've hurt each other.
Director
Pushan Kripalani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kalki Koechlin, herself of mixed heritage (French father, Indian mother), drew heavily on her own cultural navigation for Ana's character.
The film's title refers to the myth of goldfish having three-second memories—used here as both cruel joke and tender metaphor for Sadhana's dissolving sense of time.
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