Sister Mine
When Amarjeet’s fellow villagers find out that his sister, Manni, has married a scheduled caste man, he and his parents face being ostracised. For Amarjeet’s father, the solution is absolute: his daughter must die, and Amarjeet must be the one to carry out the murder.
Under immense pressure, a reluctant Amarjeet is sent to Melbourne, where he is welcomed with open arms by an oblivious Manni and her husband, Sunny. In the days that follow, he pleads with his sister to consider leaving her husband, and then with his father to relent; but when these appeals fail, he is seemingly left with no way out.
Unclassified 18+
Warning: Contains mature themes
Course: MFA FTV Narrative
Director Biography
Akshay was born in the North-west Indian state of Haryana, where his family migrated years before his birth from Punjab, Pakistan, at the time of the partition of India. Akshay is a gender non-conforming independent filmmaker, primarily a screenwriter and director. He has been making short films since 2015.
His work has been fiction and non-fiction, about political or socio-economic realities and their consequences on people dealing with issues around caste, gender, jingoistic nationalism, sexual violence and patriarchy.
Akshay has worked at Credence Media Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as a Screenwriter and Director and later as an Editorial Creative Consultant and Director at Vigyan Prasar for India Science’OTT Channel. He is currently pursuing a Master of Film and Television at the VCA School of Film and Television where he is expected to graduate in late 2024.