Johnny Sharma

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

A young man named Johnny is obsessed with becoming a great film director. This short film follows his delusional behavior and his disconnect from reality.

absurdsatiricaldarkly comicenergeticself-awareplayfulquirkyoffbeat

What happens

Johnny Sharma is a black comedy short film made by Foreshadow Pictures, a group of filmmakers in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. The film revolves around Johnny, an obsessive young guy who wants to be a great director. It is an excerpt from the biography of his character, who has lost touch with reality. According to directors Paritosh Bhole & Deep Panjwani the film describes the mentality of the common youth in modern India in a non-serious fashion. The scriptwriter Bhole said, "Johnny drinks, eats and thinks movies. Let us hope that he becomes a great director like Steven Spielberg, Scorsese or Kubrick!" Indian critic Rajiv Masand said, "Excellent film, very cleverly done. It bangs on the charm and novelty of the character who brought out it very well. Very cheeky & brave film. It’s always good to see a film that pokes fun at itself!" The movie was a winner in HOTSHORTS film festival in Vadodara. The movie continued to gain the attention of the press by winning the GET SHORTY competition held by Zee Studio. It became the official entry of Zee Studio into the Cannes Film Festival, but did not make it to the final twenty list. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Drugs I Need
• The Realest Real
• Doubletalk (1975)
• There's No Fish Food in Heaven (1998)
• The Milkman Cometh
• Dug DugDug Dug
• Is that, like, your real job?
• Hallroom Boys
• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.