Set in the fast-paced environs of the bustling Mumbai local trains, Sisak details a wordless romance that develops slowly and intoxicatingly, nestled in the silences and quiet comforts of the end-of-day train journeys between two men.
Sisak (2017)
Sisak is a dedication to all the silent, unsaid love stories.
After 71 years of independence, the supreme court of India decriminalized homosexuality on 6th september 2018.
Sisak (2017) is a silent gay short film, directed by Faraz Arif Ansari, starring Jitin Gulati and Dhruv Singhal. It was written and directed by Faraz Arif Ansari and is billed as India’s first silent queer love story. This great film has won 59 international awards at various film festivals.
Set in Mumbai, the plot follows two young men (Jitin Gulati, Dhruv Singhal) who regularly take the same local train home. Both are quiet and shy, but dare to come close enough to say something to each other, but just can’t bring themselves to open their mouths.
The poetry
Kirpianuscus13 February 2018 – imdb
Each love story is defined by a form of poetry. more bitter in the case of a LGBD short film. each silent movie giving suggestions, is precious for the art of director to propose a special gift to the viewer. but, in the case of “Sisak” the things are little different. for many reasons. the music, the details – from looks to the touches, book, train chairs, book, to the feeling to be viewer of a grow up of a plant. this transforms it in an experience. for the expectation, off course. for intense emotion. for a form of confession about a meeting escaping from any describe. two men. a train. the days. and one the most forms tender/touching forms of poetry.
