Brief: Make a short animated film on the theme of Synchronicity

Concept

Desi grandparents are people from a generation almost militant about their sense of duty to the house and self sacrifice. While it was their house, it seldom seemed like their own rules. They carried the baggage of culture and community and social role. This propriety, the hamster wheel of work is something the latchkey, breezy and liberal millennial child cannot understand. Add to this a layer of gendered expectations of being ladylike and you have a source of constant conflict and amusement – You might think an old-timer and a youth cohabiting may just bring it down. But the grandmother (Ammama) and granddaughter (Kunju) duo, like others, find their own harmony deploying bombs of petty revenge and pranks.

We don’t have as long with our grandparents as we do with our parents. Like they’re always watching for signs of us growing up (How can it already be time for Kunju’s first sari!), we look for signs of them ageing (Is Ammama forgetting more often?). 

Time eventually is both Kunju and Ammama’s ultimate common enemy.

The characters of Kunju and Ammama were based on the people in my own life. 

My world came from my experiences growing up in Bhandup in the early 2000s

Rough Animation