Terribly Tiny Talkies: Mom Knows Best

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Scripts that explored the concept in unconventional ways made the final cut. One of these was Cuddly, based on a conversation between a marketing professional, who is making a presentation for a high-tech baby cot, and her mother, played by Neena Kulkarni. Another film, Srinivas Sunderrajan’s Mamta Tonic, traces the life of a middle-aged saleswoman, who travels door to door selling a tonic that claims to keep the body free of ailments. L, by Amit Masurkar of Sulemani Keeda fame, chronicles a mother’s dream of riding a scooter. In Cheers, starring Ali Fazal and Anju Mahendru, a son returns to meet the alcoholic mother he had left 10 years ago.

Arre Baba is in Marathi with English subtitles. “Girish Kulkarni, who plays the father, is a well-known actor in the Marathi film industry. So, the dialogues lend a different flavour,” says Surya Balakrishnan of Arre Baba. The films, spanning four to six minutes, were released on YouTube on Sunday.