Shticky Fingers

Directed by Aisha Jain

The status quo in the lives of best friends Manjari and Kripa is shaken when a film crew arrives in their quiet village and Kripa becomes obsessed with them. As she begins to spend all her time on set, neglecting Manjari, the latter is overcome by anger and jealousy that she cannot understand. The situation escalates when Kripa tells Manjari the details of her unexpected first kiss with a much older man from the crew, prompting a possessive Manjari to react with petty cruelty to punish her. In this coming-of-age drama, two previously inseparable teenagers struggle to weather the first storms of friendship.