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This short film opens with a wonderfully piercing sonnet that will remain with you for quite a while. It brings you into the presence of a housewife who needs to get her sonnets distributed with the assistance of her better half who works in a distributing house. The synopsis of the story is We are a woke generation…We, as a society are headed towards a revolution, both culturally and mentally. But are we becoming more enlightened or is it just superficial ready to crack under the slightest pressure? What happens when one family is put under such pressure. Will they come out stronger or will they silently crumble under the strain. For a film that beginnings on a stunning note, it sure gets the watcher uninformed with the dim turn the story abruptly takes.

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Above everything, Chupchaap is a film about how men can assist ladies with constraining them into quiet because of their slanted philosophies. In this way, it propels the watcher to contemplate upon the disengagement of ladies in our current reality where they are not just denied of a space of help and assurance, yet are frequently likewise faulted for offenses submitted by others. Short movies everywhere in the world have a solitary point plan – to propel watchers to think. Someplace down the line, that thought changed and short movies became performers and parodies. Notwithstanding, some movie producers, as Bilal Hasan, have adhered to the underlying thought of short movies. His most recent short film, Chupchaap, talks about an unspeakable truth in India – that of sexual attack. This is the finished survey of the most recent short film on the Humara Movie stage, Chupchaap.

A dad and mother invest the vast majority of their energy worrying about the security of their girl. While the name of the city isn’t given, the content and the screenplay show the city as the capital of India, Delhi. Things take an urgent turn when their little girl disappears from her educational cost classes and the mother surges out to look for their girl. Little do the threesome realize that their lives will change after this experience, until the end of time. What’s Wow: Purely according to the crowd’s perspective, the short film has a frightening, chilling turn that removes the story from being unoriginal or unsurprising. The screenplay gets down on all that is off with the framework – including innate male-centric lethargy, nailing the fault to the female, et cetera. The exhibitions leave a knot in the throat of the crowds and make them think about how we, as a general public have violated ladies every step of the way in our lives.

Apart from the story, “I have started carrying pepper spray to protect myself. My parents have become more protective, they want to know where I’m going when I’ll be back and with whom I’m hanging out,” says Srishti, a 20-year-old Delhi student who feels unsafe when she steps out of her house. Her fears reflect the broader and growing societal concern about escalating violence against women and girls in India’s capital city, New Delhi. These have been heightened by the horrific gang rape of a 23-year-old Delhi student on 16 December, which resulted in her death. But even before the headlines about that incident caught national and global attention, a sense of insecurity has been mounting in Delhi. A just-released household survey conducted by UN Women and the International Center for Research on Women from October to November 2012 reveals that at that time, only 5 percent of women and girls ranked public spaces in Delhi as ‘safe’ from sexual violence. The data was collected as part of the baseline survey of the Safer Cities Free of Violence against Women and Girls Initiative by UN Women in partnership with the Government of Delhi and the NGO JAGORI. The program in New Delhi is one of the initial pilots in five cities: Cairo (Egypt), Kigali (Rwanda), New Delhi (India), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), and Quito (Ecuador).

It is part of the larger Global Safe Cities Initiative which aims to empower women and their communities in diverse settings. The household survey in India was conducted among a representative sample of 2001 women and girls and 1003 men and boys in the age group of 16-49 years of age in Delhi. The data was collected from all over New Delhi: Malviya Nagar, Badarpur, Molarband, Zakir Nagar, Hari Nagar, Shahpurjat, and Mayur Vihar Phase-I. Providing a stark picture of the daily realities faced by women and girls, 51 percent of men reported that they had perpetrated sexual harassment or violence against women and girls in public spaces in Delhi. In the study, 25 percent said they had done so in the last six months.

In cases of sexual violence, many men blamed women for their behavior. In the study, three out of four agreed with the statement ‘Women provoke men by the way they dress’ and two men out of five fully or partially agreed with that ‘Women moving around at night deserve to be sexually harassed. Nearly 73 percent of women said they do not feel safe in their surroundings as well, and reported feeling unsafe all the time. “Change of mind-sets is a long drawn process and requires great efforts, perseverance, and patience. Common perceptions relating to controlling the mobility of women may not have any positive effect. Involving young men in this program is essential to make it effective,” says Mr. Rajiv Kale, Director, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Delhi. The Government of Delhi is a key partner in the Safe Cities initiative in New Delhi along with UN Women and civil society partner, Jagori. Women’s safety audits are being conducted as part of the program by UN Women partner JAGORI in selected areas to review infrastructure and the elements of public spaces that lead to safety or vulnerability.

After she’s reading her poetry, her husband tells her to forget her dream. In the end, her husband asks her to forget what’s happened. She decides on herself to fight back by walking differently from him. Sometimes your closest person can’t help you. You have to fight on your own. these kinds of films deserve an oscar! this was amazing I am so touched. people seriously need to get the fear of social media, and media, and their respect, their image being ruined in the society out of their mind. any person, man, or woman MUST get their right to justice. this stupid concept of their family image being ruined in the society or their relatives need to go. It’s high time that people should realize how seriously these kinds of acts impact an individual’s life forever.

this is a fantastic film. the actress is super talented. I loved her expressions in the end. I could feel what must have been her condition at that time. this short film is worth watching! It is interesting how men forget that their wife is also a woman. He is concerned about his daughter but sick Naha. What did he think would happen to a sick and sleepy wife whose daughter is missing with her husband screaming on phone. What makes this story interesting and invokes reaction is it shows Rape victims can also be a mother. Mother’s acting, words are falling short for description. And poetry is spine-chilling. I became breathless when the lady disappeared from the pole. Later her husband denied complaining about the sake of society. The lady who played the mother role should deserve the national award for best actress.

This shook my soul and gave my brain goosebumps! Today, at this moment I realized, we need to protect our mothers too, the ones who constantly worry about our safety are also the ones who are equally vulnerable to such inhuman predators. “It’s better to die on your feet rather than living on your knees.” Police reporting is a must and she also had the VIN. The girls’ boyfriend must have told her not to message his mom, probably wanted her to stay longer for the party. If her phone battery was dead she could easily borrow a charger and message her parents that she would be a little late. Her husband was not supportive. He should have told his wife to take someone along with her. Nowadays this Short movie has an unbelievable ending. Just can’t imagine the story while watching. But, still, women are not safe anywhere including the home itself.

She stood for her irresponsible daughter even after that condition. . She was brave enough to remember the car’s no. But her husband was not as brave enough as his wife. These men r requested not to expect a safe world for their daughters as they can’t stand for one who’s suffering. Ashamed of people like him. The scariest part out of it which gave me goosebumps: when the car passed Nd she was not there it scared me Nd the part when I again had goosebumps was the part when her cloth (dupatta)was thrown out of the car. Appreciate these movie makers Nd the actors they deserve more likes and views. Nicely written spine-chilling plot with great execution.

The poem ‘Chupchaap’ haunts you in the climax. The scream the mother lets out when she comes to know her daughter has safely numbed my senses. The stoic way in which she drags her feet presumably to the police station at the end despite her husband’s opposition to the idea made me cry. The husband sitting in the road covering his wife’s shame by adjusting her clothes & assuring her of his love made me feel sorry for him too in that brief moment. Our children need to be sensitized that parents go through hell sometimes to ensure their well-being & that parents advice shouldn’t be taken for granted. The mother paid a heavy price due to her daughter’s carelessness. When the car chases the woman and takes a reverse, I thought she will be safe. But… End part was really painful.

Cast:

Geeta A. Sharma
B Shantanu
Jhanvi Bhaskar,
Murtaza Ayub
Shailandra K. Kshatriya
RakeshVerma,
Mukesh

Written & Directed by Bilal Hasan

Producers:

Vinay Mishra
Preety Ali,
Raghavan Bharadwaj
Pallavi Rohatgi

Cinematographer: Solanki Chakraborty

Editor: Shadab Shaikh

Sound Designer: Rameez K. Zubair

Singers:

Sakar Apte
Anudutt Shamain

Casting Director: Aasif Khan

Sound Recordist: Sanjay Kumar

Make up: Danish Masood

These are my ratings:

1. Direction – I want to give away 8/10

2. Script – I want to give away 8.5/10

3. Screenplay – I want to give away 8/10

4. Editing – I want to give away 7.5/10

5. Cinematography – I want to give away 7/10

6. Lighting – I want to give away 7/10

7. Music – I want to give away 8/10

8. Sound effects – I want to give away 8/10

9. Dubbing – I want to give away 7/10

10. Artists acting – I want to give away 9/10

11. Climax – I want to give away 9.5/10

12. Creativity and Innovation – I want to give away 9.5/10

From my side, I give Chupchaap Short Film an overall rating of 8.5 out of 10.

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