Unpaused (2020)

An anthology that brings together 5 unique creators of Hindi cinema featuring stories of love, new beginnings, second chances, and a glimmer of hope. Set and filmed in the times of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Directors:

Nikkhil Advani, Avinash Arun

Writers:

Devika Bhagat (Story & Screenplay), Tarun Dudeja (Script, Screenplay & dialogue)

Stars:

Gulshan Devaiah, Saiyami Kher, Richa Chadha

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gulshan Devaiah	...	Ahan Awasti (Segment "Glitch")
Saiyami Kher	...	Ayesha Hussain (Segment "Glitch")
Richa Chadha	...	Devika Khanna (Segment "The Apartment")
Ishwak Singh	...	Chirag (Segment "The Apartment")
Sumeet Vyas	...	Sahil Khanna (Segment "The Apartment")
Lillete Dubey	...	Archana (Segment "Rat-a-tat)
Rinku Rajguru	...	Priyanka (Segment "Rat-a-tat)
Abhishek Banerjee	...	Manish (Segment "Vishanu")
Geetika Vidya Ohlyan	...	Seema (Segment "Vishanu")
Ratna Pathak Shah	...	Uma (Segment "Chand Mubarak")
Shardul Bharadwaj	...	Rafique (Segment "Chand Mubarak")
Komal Chhabria	...	Mala (Segment "Glitch")
Mahathi Ramesh	...	Shraddha (Segment "The Apartment")
Sachin Kathuria	...	Watchman (Segment "The Apartment")
Dilnaz Irani	...	Pragya Tiwari (Segment "The Apartment")

Storyline

The plot focuses on the fall and ultimate rise of Chadha's character as she comes to terms with her husband's indiscretions with the help of a friendly neighbour. Tannishtha's movie Rat-A-Tat focuses on the unlikely bond two women form during the lockdown. Abhishek Banerjee and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan star in Avinash Arun's Vishaanu which is about a young migrant family's life during the nationwide lockdown.

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Plot Keywords:

second chance | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Rastey
Performed by Gaurav Kadu
Lyrics by Gaurav Kadu
Music by Gaurav Kadu

User Reviews

Beautiful stories, Good Performances !!

Unpaused is a wonderful collection of five beautifully crafted short movies that underlines the struggles, confusion, fear, helplessness, anger, loneliness, distress, vulnerability and cowardice that struck our lives once the COVID-19 induced lockdown was announced. the anthology, knitted by a slew of terrific performances, is a pertinent commentary on a pandemic and its depredations.

Cinematography is excellent in all segments, with near perfect production production colouring that is among the best in 2020 Indian cinema. Editing is crisp and neat, making sure none of the five segments drag unnecessarily even one bit. Production design, costumes and makeup were very decent in all segments. Directors Nikkhil Advani, Avinash Arun, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Krishna D.K, Nitya Mehra, Raj Nidimoru have really put in a great effort to ensure good quality returns in their respective segments. Music was subtle and calm throughout the segments depicting the tone of events unfolding within. Acting is generally very good overall, armed with some very good performances by a host of well seasoned actors. With Geetika Vidya Ohlyan performance in Vishaanu segment being the best of the lot.

Overall, Unpaused is important because it serves to chronicle this slice of history, that we all took part into. It helps that it is also an enjoyable, insightful affair where we get a peek into the lives of others, during the pandemic, both rich and poor and see how they conquered their vulnerability. At a run time of 114 for five segments, Unpaused is a breeze that will remind us of our own fear & helplessness during March & April 2020. 7.7 stars out of 10 for the beautiful presentation of heart touching stories.

Details

Official Sites:

lyricstohindi

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

18 December 2020 (India)

Also Known As:

Unpaused

Company Credits

Production Co:

D2R Films, Emmay Entertainment, Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color