Short film 'The Guest', winner at The Mumbai Film Festival

Watch the original short film ‘The Guest’ by Ayappa K.M. It is about a young man who unknowingly ends up in a strange place.
It impressed the jury and became the winning film under the Large Short Films category at the Mumbai Film Festival.

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[ayazeder]

The end has the capability to leave a person with goosebumps and at the same time multiple questions and solutions for the man behind the locked steel door. Amazingly brutal.

[rahulyalshetty]

Well, I wonder how does the old lady remember that the door does not lock from the inside.

[Love-rnhr]

Only for Avinash Tiwary 🤤❤️.. This actor has surpassed many of the top actors in terms of acting... Audience need to recognise new talent as only audience makes or breaks actors. He deserves more lead roles for big movies. Before he hits 40 inshAllah.

[rajadawn]

Dont know why it impressed the jury so much but i was impressed because the end shook me to the core. As the family in the car sped away revealing the old lady's memory problem the import of the scene, which initially I mistook as a dream sequence or a flashback, slowly dawned on me . Then as the credits started rolling with the vanishing car in the backdrop all hopes for the trapped guy vanishes too. We remember that his wife expecting next week and that his car is standing unguarded on the road. In few minutes the man had won the audience's sympathy by potraying the life of a ordinary but loving husband. Without any sound or visual clue on the fate of the poor man trapped in that window less room with iron doors you just start feeling the claustrophobia. In fact the story just started growing on you. That is impressive. Bravo!

[somya]

Initially I thought Dadi is a psychopath killer....she would kill the guest and she collects bodyparts in her just like in Hollywood thriller movies...😂
But Indian dadis are so innocent 🤣

[TechEyeAndroid]

No less than a horror movie...yet so calm and innocent!

[Barnadhya]

Moral of the story: Old people may be dangerous.

[abhishek]

Cinematography at its best. Every frame is like a painting. Good job.

[goyalatul]

I was expected something weired gonna happen...but what happen was more scary!!

[somya]

Dadi-Darwaze ki kundi andar se lagti nahi.bahar se lagani
Guest- koi baat foolish..😐)
Dadi ko panch minute pehle ki baat yaad nahi rehti.kal ki kya
I was like....😱😱😱😱😱
God damn!!😂
Visiting a stranger's house at an abandoned place....with a low battery phone....and giving consent to lock the door from
What an intelligent guy....business k liye aaya tha.. Kya khak business karega...🤣🤣

[sohanughosh]

it has been 3 hours that I have been in this channel watching one short film after the other. not even kashyap, pandey or anyone else could satisfy me. but then I watched this film. and today I will stop searching for a better film. good work in all departments.

[DillipKumar-nhze]

So calm and peaceful.... yet so brutal

[shwetajagwani]

I have seen this video before but after watching his movie Laila Majnu I came here again to appreciate him👌👌👍👍

[farzanafs]

what an unexpected ending!! Great job guys. Love the location as well.

[jayanthi]

Why walk miles when he could have asked his wife to call the mechanic. Thereafter just enjoy the beautiful nature surrounding him. And sleep in his car.

[premgupta]

probably one of a best short film i ever watched
with this time duration

[namy]

Short term memory loss - superdadi remembered that there is a family sleeping, a gowdown n that too with no latch from inside...wow what a award winning film this is..I want to know who were the judges in MAMI

[drprabha]

I think i had watched this short film last year. But it always stayed in my memory n i watched it again. That's the impact a movie shud hv. Weather it makes sense or not, logical or not. Doesn't really matter.

[Caocao]

"My phone is about to die, " because I always drive through lonely stretches of mountains with a low battery.

[manaschakraborty]

O boy. I understood the ending only after going through the comments