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Jiya Jaye (2017)

Jiya Jaye poster
Directed by
Palash Sen
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
23 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young soldier returns home after years on the front lines and finds that his personal life has changed. The film shows how love can turn painful and leave a feeling of despair, set against the political situation in Kashmir.

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What happens

Jiya Jaye (transl. Love Lives) is an Indian Hindi-language drama short-film directed by singer-songwriter Palash Sen and produced by Royal Stag. Featuring actors Kinshuk Sen and Sahiba Bali in their first digital project, Jiya Jaye depicts conflicted love that brings pain and turmoil leaving you with a feeling of despair. It follows the story of a young soldier who returns home after a few years of being at the front lines, and discovers that things are not how he had left them. It is a take on the current political climate in Kashmir. Music is composed by Palash Sen, Euphoria and Zubeen Garg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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