The film features Sajda Pathan in the lead role, with Ananya Shanbhag portraying her sister. The movie is set against the ...

Graves also hoped to find an actor to play Anuja from this community of children, and he found 9-year-old Sajda Pathan. “It is quite remarkable because Sajda Pathan—our lead actress—in many ...

“I’m a huge fan of intelligent protagonists.” The film features Sajda Pathan, discovered through Mira Nair’s Salaam Baalak Trust, which rehabilitates street children through drama.

The short film, doubling as both a heartwarming tribute to sisterhood and as a social awareness campaign about the effects of unchecked child labor, focuses on Anuja (Sajda Pathan), a young girl ...

The film, helmed by philosopher-turned-filmmaker Graves, best known for Cycle Vérité (2021), centers on two sisters in India, played by Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag, as they navigate an ...

Oscars 2025: India-set film ‘Anuja’ loses out to ‘I’m Not a Robot’ for Best Live Action Short Film Anuja, starring Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag, follows a gifted nine-year-old Anuja ...

Priyanka Chopra is also associated with this film. She is an executive producer. Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag feature in the short film and it is now available on Netflix.

Producer Guneet Monga posted pictures of what she wore to the Oscars on her Instagram, writing a long note about Anuja failing the final hurdle. Hours after the short film Anuja lost out on the ...

Anuja features Ananya Shanbhag, Sajda Pathan and Nagesh Bhonsle in the cast. It is written directed and edited by American filmmaker Adam J. Graves. Set in Delhi, the 22-minute short follows a ...