No surprises that Anurag Kashyap, who directed one of the shorts in the film, is now mentoring as well as co-producing five short films along with Viacom18.u00a0 <img alt="Anurag Kashyap" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/Anurag-Kashyap.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 423px;" /> A source says, &ldquo;The Hindi film industry appears keen on experimenting with newer formats with a global outreach. The presence and engagement from the major studios is also a contributing factor. A foray into production and presentation of short format movies is nothing but encouraging.&rdquo; <img alt="A still from 'Chai'" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/Chai.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 305px;" /> A still from &#39;Chai&#39; The five short films hinge on India as a core theme and the five filmmakers who are part of the project are Neeraj Ghaywan, Vasan Bala, Anubhuti Kashyap (who is Anurag&rsquo;s sister), Shlok Sharma and Gitanjali Rao. <img alt="'Epiphany'" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/Epiphany.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 295px;" /> A still from Epiphany Anurag explains, &ldquo;I gathered these filmmakers and said we would like to make films on various aspects of India -- not typically a film that is touristy in nature, which tells you how beautiful India is but things that are quintessentially Indian.&rdquo; <img alt="'Moi Marjaani'" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/Moi-Marjaani.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 379px;" /> A still from &#39;Moi Marjaani&#39; Ghaywan&rsquo;s The Epiphany follows the story of a divorced couple on a road trip. Bala&rsquo;s Geek Out deals with the subject of dual lives we lead. Anubhuti&rsquo;s Moi Marjaani is a story of a single mother in small town India who finds love on the Internet. <img alt="'Hidden Cricket'" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/Hidden-Cricket.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 313px;" /> A still from &#39;Hidden Cricket&#39; Sharma&rsquo;s Hidden Cricket connects the shades of a nation that simply loves cricket. And Rao&rsquo;s Chai showcases the view of rapid change that India is going through with the ubiquitous sip of tea. <img alt="'Geek Out'" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/Geek-Out.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 323px;" /> &#39;Geek Out&#39; On this particular genre, Bala has some thoughts to share, &ldquo;Shorts defies the time lines set to tell stories that we&rsquo;ve been conditioned with.&rdquo; u00a0

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