Ashish Avikunthak "Vakratunda Swaha" is without question one of the best short films i've seen. If you're not a fan or audience of Avikunthak's work then I'd probably recommend that you start with this short. The story is set In 1997, Ashish Avikunthak filmed a sequence - a friend immersing an idol of Ganesha at Chowpati beach, Bombay on the last day of the Ganapati festival. A year later, his friend committed suicide. The artist completed the film 12 years later by using his footage and creating this requiem to a dead friend. The film also features Radhika Apte who is a regular in his filmography. One of the key motifs is the tonsure, a Hindu funerary ritual, a rite of passage and a symbolic representation of a new life after death. A must watch for the fans of Arthouse or Experimental films.
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