Tungrus

12min  |  Hindi  |  Comedy, Drama

In a cramped suburban apartment in Mumbai, an eccentric patriarch and his skeptical family desperately want to return to a normal life as they consider killing and eating their rogue ‘pet’ rooster who has turned into a constant menace and threatens to upend their mundane middle-class existence.
  • Details
  • Reviews
  • Bonus Contents

Synopsis

Tungrus is a short documentary that observes a week in the peculiar lives of a middle-class household in Mumbai, which turns topsy-turvy when the eccentric patriarch brings home a baby chick for his cats to play with.

What follows is an alternatingly absurd, nerve-jangling and heart-warming set of accounts about the latest addition, from each member of the family. The once adorable chick has survived his early days and grown into a tyrant, wilful bird - forever taking up too much of their space and generally making life in the apartment unliveable.

The film follows the thoughts of each person to their inevitable conclusion – the rooster’s got to go. And as his fate hangs in the balance, the family debates the question that lingers in the air: should he be given the gift of life, or served for dinner?

Credits

director: rishi chandna

producer: rishi chandna

cast: The Bharde Family

Cinematographer: Deepak Nambiar

Editor: Neha Mehra

Sound Designer: Vinit D’Souza

Co-producer: Ritika Ranjan