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My Best Friend’s Shoes

Short Film Competition |
 
India
 |
 Gujarati |
 19 min

About the film

Two boys from different backgrounds bond over soccer. One is a better soccer player, the other is richer… their friendship will soon be tested because of a new pair of shoes. The film makes a strong case for the urgent need to embrace social inclusion and integration, so that prejudice and discrimination resulting from class division may finally be eradicated.

Director

Ajitpal Singh

Ajitpal Singh was a 8 years old boy when his father ran a cinema hall. After studying chemistry, learning theatre and photography, he slowly came to filmmaking, making some experimental films before writing a fiction film script that was selected or Sundance Screenwriter’s India Lab in 2012. Ajitpal Singh has worked as Associate Director For Gurgaon (2016), dialogue writer for Once Again (2017). He has also worked as researcher for 16 German Documentary films in India. Currently he is writing two International co-production feature scripts and working on his first feature as a writer-director.

Producer

Mauli Singh

Production Company

Drishyam Films

Screenplay

Ajitpal Singh, Yogi Singha

Cinematography

Tojo Xavier

Editing

Shan Mohammad

Sound

BOB Susmit Bob Nath

Cast

Shivam Math, Yash Patel, Swati Das

Contacts

Producer

Mauli Singh

Production Company

Drishyam Films

Screenplay

Ajitpal Singh, Yogi Singha

Cinematography

Tojo Xavier

Editing

Shan Mohammad

Sound

BOB Susmit Bob Nath

Cast

Shivam Math, Yash Patel, Swati Das

Contacts

More About Film

Two boys from different backgrounds bond over soccer, until a new pair of shoes strains their friendship. It’s a simple story of complex characters, which will spark a discussion about merit vs money, poor vs privileged, class, and caste divides and the role of friendship.

Producer

Mauli Singh

Production Company

Drishyam Films

Screenplay

Ajitpal Singh, Yogi Singha

Cinematography

Tojo Xavier

Editing

Shan Mohammad

Sound

BOB Susmit Bob Nath

Cast

Shivam Math, Yash Patel, Swati Das

More About Film

Two boys from different backgrounds bond over soccer, until a new pair of shoes strains their friendship. It’s a simple story of complex characters, which will spark a discussion about merit vs money, poor vs privileged, class, and caste divides and the role of friendship.