Duet director Sheetal Menon on why the film took three years to release

Updated On: 26 July, 2026 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

After a three-year wait, Sheetal Menon’s short film Duet, starring Sidhant Gupta, will premiere on Spotify on July 30, becoming the first short film to debut on the platform. The director says the delay stemmed from the lack of distribution avenues for short films

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Sidhant Gupta in ‘Duet’

After almost three years, filmmaker Sheetal Menon is finally seeing her short film, Duet, reach audiences, and in a first-of-its-kind way. Starring Sidhant Gupta, the drama premières on Spotify on July 30, becoming the first short film to debut on the audio-streaming platform. Feeling overwhelmed, Menon, who directed and co-wrote the film, tells mid-day, “[It happened] in the best possible way.”

Sheetal Menon