20TH Birthday Full Short Film 2026 | Krishna Penumarthi | Malayaja | Nikki Chary | MN CREATIONS

Описание: 20TH Birthday Full Short Film 2026 | Krishna Penumarthi | Malayaja | Nikki Chary | MN CREATIONS

PRODUCED BY : MNR CREATIONS
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY : VISHAL NALIGANTI
CO PRODUGERS : KRISHNA, PONNALA NARESH REDDY
DOP : NAVEEN PEDDAPATI
EDITOR : ROCKY NAGA SAI, RAJAN CHINNA
DI : DINESH
MUSIC : SUNNY MELCHIZEDEK
PUBLICITY DESIGNER : ABHI SAVAN
PRODUCTION MANAGER : BAGATH

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A Father–Daughter Drama That Punches the Heart & Heals It
On the night of her 20th birthday, Ashvitha and her father
Vijay drive out for a quiet chai break — a small tradition
they’ve kept alive since she was little. What begins as a
lighthearted birthday outing slowly unfolds into a deeply
intimate conversation, where a daughter finally asks the
questions she never dared to ask… and a father finally speaks
the truths he has carried for years.
As they talk under the night sky, the film slips between past
and present. We witness eight-year-old Ashu’s innocence, her
trauma, and the horrifying moment she was harassed by a
trusted family friend. And we see how her father — torn
between rage and responsibility — chose to protect her with
his own hands, instead of trusting a slow, unreliable system.
The film then becomes a powerful portrait of fatherhood,
feminine strength, trauma, justice, and healing. Through the
car ride, Ashu confronts her past not with fear, but with
curiosity — wanting to understand how her father remained
“calm” when the world inside him was burning. Vijay reveals
the emotional war he fought: the guilt, the helplessness, the
uncontrollable rage, and the fierce need to keep her
breathing, not broken.
Their conversations evolve into larger questions about the
world today —
What is feminism?
What is honour?
What is love?
What does it mean to raise a daughter in a society that fears
her freedom?
With humor, warmth, and raw truth, Vijay guides Ashu through
the philosophy of survival, respect, love, and identity — not
as a hero, but as a man who learned to be a father through
fire.
By sunrise, Ashu realizes she did not just survive her past…
she became stronger because her father taught her how not to
fear the world. And Vijay realizes that his little girl is no
longer little — she’s a woman with clarity, courage, and her
own voice.