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Saving Chintu

Country: India, Language: Hindi | English, 25 mins

  • Director: Tushar Tyagi
  • Writer: Tushar Tyagi; Sanyam Kumar; Corey Wright
  • Producer: Adil Hussain; Ritika Jayaswal; Tushar Tyagi

CGiii Comment

It does come over as an advertisement for adoption...with all the inherent difficulties and some!

It's beautifully filmed...but, it's the twist that really makes this shine.

A very sweet film indeed.


Trailer...

Saving Chintu - Official Trailer from Tushar Tyagi on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

An American-Indian gay couple travels to India to adopt a child living with HIV in an orphanage. Will the couple be able to cope up with the cultural challenges?

Cast & Characters

Srestha Banerjee as Ruby
Sidharth Bhardwaj as Mukesh
Sachin Bhatt as Sam
Angad Dev Dogra as Chotu
Adil Hussain as Dr. Sanjay
Arihant Angad Nayak as Chintu
Priyanka Setia as Asha
Dipannita Sharma as Mira
Shreshtha as Ruby
Edward Sonnenblick as Oliver