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AINA | A REALM OF REVELATIONS

Just another ordinary girl; reflecting the multiple emotional personalities she holds in her conscience. Stuck in a maze of her self reflections, can she figure out who she really is? 


In Indian scriptures, a human is essentially divided into 9 significant Rasas, or emotions. This concept is evidently used in performing arts to tell stories through facial expressions in drama, dance and theatre. In order to sustain the cultural element, we picked this Indian craft to shape our story – wherein each of her emotions turn into a magnificent personality and she gets lost in her conscience before finding herself. 


The mirror is a metaphor as during the pandemic, we all had the luxury of time to take a moment and look in the mirror and think, ‘Who are we for real?


‘Aina’ is a story of finding one’s own self through those multiple self-reflections of different self personalities.

Written, Directed & Produced by: Aashka Shah and Rachana Shete 

Muse: Rakhee Sharma

DOP: Arushi Chugh

Camera Assistants: Charlotte Vernet and Ashfaq Azeem

Gaffer: Michal Kedracki 

Spark: Emmanuel Neagu

Photography: Ajay Kumar Elango

Styling: Komal Gadhvi 

Garments: Kikiriki London and Millia London

Lyrics & Vocals: Anukriti

Sound Design: Teddy Riley

VFX: Seshadri

Hair and Make Up: Hanna Louisa 

Production Designer: Sol Clappier, Amanda Wagner

Editor: Rachana Shete

Colorist: Filipo Pantaleoni

Assisted by: Devash Shah

 

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