“I started making Kush exactly a year ago,” recalls 22-year-old Shubhashish Bhutiani, over the phone line, en route to Mumbai, where his short -- finds itself in august company, being shortlisted for the Live Action Short Film category at the Oscars, 2014 -- and will have its first private screening at The Little Door, this Sunday.

Shayaan Sameer (in pic) plays the lead role in the film