THURSDAY SPECIAL | Award Winning Short film | Shoojit Sircar & Vikramaditya Motwane | Varun Tandon

An intimate tale of Ram and Shakuntala, an aged couple bound by years of marriage, a shared love for food, and a cherished Thursday ritual. A tender exploration of love, companionship, and change, Thursday Special is a Hindi short film by National award winner Varun Tandon.

The film has won 25+ awards at film festivals worldwide, including Most Poetic Film at the Küstendorf Film Festival, an honour personally chosen by renowned filmmaker Emir Kusturica.

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Credits:
Written and Directed by Varun Tandon
Presented by Shoojit Sircar and Vikramaditya Motwane
Produced by Karan Luthra
Co-produced by Aam Aur Aangan Films
Starring: Anubha Fatehpuria Ramakanth Dayama
Co-Writer & Executive Producer: Krati Tandon
Cinematography: Yashveer Singh
Editing: Amitesh Mukherjee
Production Design: Ranjana Verma, Anubhav Syal
Sound Design: Ateesh Chattopadhyay
Production Sound Mixer: Sethu Venugopal
Costume Design: Rachna Tandon, Malvika Dusad
Music: Anurag Naidu
Colorist: Mahak Gupta
Casting: Aamna Mishra
1st Assistant Director and Post Production Supervisor: Sreyansh Jain
Script Supervisor and 2nd Assistant Director: Shivika Jain
Picture Finishing: Bridge PostWorks
Conform Artist: Vedhas Kudtarkar
Line Producer: Pravin Tandon
Production Manager: Rajas Joshi
Artist Management: Nansel Stobdan
VFX Studio: Invimold Pictures
VFX Producer: Pratik Umale
Subtitles: sabtext.film
Trailer: Arnav Malhotra
Media Consultant: Mulberry Media, Priyanka Chandra

Co-Producers: Michael Warmington, Varun Goel, Bhargav Chavali, Rishabh Rajeev Agrawal, Rimi Chaterjee, U.M. Shanta Jain, Umika Shriram, Rudra Shriram, Sahil Batta, Frank Soria, Sumesh Govind
Associate Producers: Kratu Narain Beri, Lakshmi Narayane, Fareen Azeez, Aashna Desai, Harshit Bansal
Co-Associate Producers: Samay Joshi, Nivritti Samtaney, Manasi Agarwal, Arjun Tandon, Anne James, Kritika Rathi, Shalini Nautiyal, Pradyut Voleti, Ayushi Bhardwaj
Contributors: Aavriti R Jain, Varun Jalan, Gursimran Singh Bhathal, Siddharth Daspan, Julie Kondo, Prithveesh Bhatia

Select list of awards:
* Most Poetic Film - chosen by Emir Kusturica, Küstendorf Film Festival
* Best Narrative Short - 25th New York Indian Film Festival
* Best International Short Film - Adelaide Independent Film Festival
* Best Narrative Short Film - Tryon International Film Festival, USA
* Special Jury Award - 17th John Abraham National Awards - 25th SiGNSi Festival, Kerala
* Best Performances for the Cast (Anubha Fathepuria & Ramakant Daayama) - Smita Patil International Film Festival
* Best Lead (Male) - Ramakant Daayama, Best Lead (Female) - Anubha Fatehpuria - Waves International Short Film Festival Goa