
Envy
Original Title
Daah- Director: Ronit Singha
- Writer: Atharva Deshpande
- Producer: Nikki Chhawal
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It's a story of a tier-2 city college going boy, Sumit Pandey who is famous in his college, he has reputation of rough and tough bad boy, he has a girlfriend, there relationship is like cat and mouse, he has some close three friends, they consider him their leader,because he has an ambition to fight student election and win it. His friends back him blindly but they have a habit of bullying other students. But behind this image lies a truth he refuses to face: he is struggling with his sexuality. His carefully constructed life begins to crack when Shrey, an openly queer student, enters the college. Unlike Pandey, Shrey lives freely and without apology, earning respect and forming genuine bonds. Pandey becomes consumed with envy, torn between resentment and admiration.
As his relationships begin to fracture under the weight of his hidden self, Pandey's conflict intensifies. He then orders his friends to hurt Shrey and destroy whatever he is trying to build in the campus.After doing that Pandey still doesn't find himself in peace and he realizes that his greatest enemy is not Shrey but his own fear of acceptance. The story closes with Pandey making a small but meaningful step towards embracing his truth, leaving the audience with both empathy for his pain and hope for his growth. LOGLINE - A college student struggling to accept his sexuality because of the pretentious life he is living, the reputation and relationships he has in his college. This is his journey of being envious towards a fellow queer batch mate and continuously fighting with his inner self.
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Cast & Characters
Rajdeep Bhattacharjee
Atharva Deshpande ... Secondary
Atharva Deshpande
Uma Kumari