Student Academy Winning short film BITTU is India’s Oscar contender.
Writer/Director Karishma Dev Dube’s that centers on a close friendship between two girls on a seemingly normal day at a school in rural India. An accidental poisoning at school eclipses a close friendship between two girls. Set in a forgotten Himalayan community, this film follows the journey of an eight year-old BITTU her best friend and young protégé, Chand. The incident was a moment of mundane carelessness that resulted in horrific consequences. On this day, events escalate quickly between the two friends, bringing them to an end they never imagined.
Guneet Monga, BAFTA nominee and the Executive Producer of the Oscar-winning documentary short film PERIOD END OF SENTENCE has come on board to lend her support to this important film. BITTU is Executive Produced by "Indian Women Rising," a female cinema collective founded by Guneet Monga, Ekta Kapoor (Alt Balaji), Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, and Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh (Balaji Motion Pictures).
