Sonam Nair’s short, Khujli, extends this charming little syndrome by focusing solely on these peripheral faces. We get a glimpse of what might happen behind closed doors when mom and pop are figuring out stuff on their own, instead of merely serving as a quirky device to further the younger protagonists’ stories. Jackie Shroff (his second short this year, before Shunyata) and Neena Gupta (a long-time, underutilized favourite), as a boring middle-class couple, thrive on this opportunity to explore what looks like a 30-year-old itch, both literally and metaphorically.
