Director Aditya Khude introduces Free as a Bird at MAMI.
Coming back to MAMI feels deeply special to us, it truly feels like coming home. Some stories stay with you, and this one continues to find new meaning every time we speak about it. Grateful to be here again, with the same film and the same love for cinema ♥️✨
Free As A Bird director, writer and producer Aditya Khude and producer Darshan Patil with Anu Rangachar mam at MAMI Independent Film Festival last evening ✨
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Free As A Bird 🕊️
Grateful to be screened at MAMI again this year. Didn’t think it would happen twice.
Thank you, @mumbaifilmfestival , for having us back.
25th March | 7 PM
PVR Lido, Juhu
Come join us for the screening, would truly mean a lot to share this one with you ♥️✨
Our 3rd film for Maharashtra Tourism, Gudhi Padwa Special 🚩
With this film, we tried to walk that fine line. To take the essence of devotion, rituals, and belief, and present it in a way that feels relevant, engaging, and cinematic today.
Client: Maharashtra Tourism
Production House: @papercloudfilms
Writer & Director : @_aditya_khude_
Producer: Aditya Khude & @darshanpatil2.0
Cast: @_siddhidalvi & @hridhayo
Executive Producer: @khushbushh
Director of Photography: @hridaysonawane_dop
Music Director & Composer: @shailesh_waghela
Lyrics: @thesujit_
Singer: Dhiraj Parkar
Voice Over Artist: Shaunak
Editor: @omkarsatam09
DI: @rohandhargalkar
Post Producer: Jaisingrajan Vanniar
Production Manager: @ajaygupta_production
Assistant Director: @omcarsamant
Stylist: @jigisha.dalal
Make Up: Khushboo Parihar
Drone Operator: Milind Adekar
Camera: Rajkumar (RN Cine Digital)
Legal: @surajrupavate
Set Attendant: Aman
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#MaharashtraTourism
#ReelsOfIndia
#ExploreMaharashtra
#CinematicReels
SGHK at @uncanifestival ✨
PS: There’s a spoiler alert in the video ⚠️
What a beautiful evening of stories, laughter, and honest conversations. Standing there, sharing something that once lived only on paper and feeling it resonate in a room full of strangers who didn’t feel like strangers anymore.
Thank you for every clap, every question, and every kind word. This is why we do what we do. 🤍✨
Here is our selection for the fifth short film in the MAMI Independent lineup: “Free As A Bird”
7pm, Wednesday 25th March '26 at PVR Lido Juhu
Short Film | 16 minutes | 2024 | India | Hindi with English Subtitles | Colour | DCP | Ratio
Directed by: Aditya Khude @_aditya_khude_
Cast: Ashish Vidyarthi, Parna Pethe, Siddharth Menon, Shrikant Yadav, Varsha Dandale
In the heart of Mumbai, a lower-middle-class family of five lives in a cramped one-room kitchen. Raj and Priya, dreaming of a better life, suffer a humiliating experience on their anniversary at the beach, caught up in a police raid. Returning home, Raj, unable to sleep that night, finds solace on the terrace with his father.
Producers: @_aditya_khude_ , @darshanpatil2.0 , Poonam Sivia, Jeet Sorap
Cinematographer: Leslie Dsouza
All the films will be introduced by the respective filmmakers and key collaborators.
#MAMI #MAMIMumbaiFilmFestival #MAMIIndependent
“Sawanta chya Ghar Hech Ka?”
Directed by Aditya Khude
Officially selected for screening at
Uncani Cine Art Festival – Film Archives (January Edition)
A tense psychological drama where an ordinary landline call unravels into manipulation, control, and inescapable consequence. Set within the confines of a troubled household, the film examines vulnerability and power with unsettling precision.
🗓 21 February 2026 | 5:30pm - 8:30pm
📍 Mumbai
Five films. One screen. Curated. Preserved.
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