The Smogline

2025 Winner of The Salam Award for Speculative Fiction.
Available upon request.
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Short Story

Chaos ensues after the youngest family member announces he wants to get married. Little do the parents know, their older son harbors a complicated secret.

• Ciudad De Mexico International Film Festival
  

The Banyan Tree - Short Film

Producer, Sound Designer

A young man plunges into forbidden desires while his mother battles a mysterious illness.

Aqualung - Short Film

Worked with award winning cinematographer by Barton Cortright.

Producer

During the closing show of a historic Lahore Cinema, Gul Zaman, a projectionist, must fulfill requirements to seek refuge at Sanjhpur — a utopian space grounded in indigenous living.

Indus Valley Film Festival 2025 Selection

Awards:

• Best Film

• Best Screenplay

• Best Cinematography

• Best Production Design

Utopian Junction - Short Film

Producer, Composer

A lonely office worker catfishes a masculine co-worker in a desperate attempt at companionship.

• Tasveer Film Festival, the only Oscar-qualifying South Asian festival.

• Divvy London Film Festival

Catfish - Short Film

Producer, Sound Designer, Composer

Moona's Beauty Salon explores a mother-daughter relationship on the day of the daughter's wedding. The entire film is based in a beauty parlour where the two get ready for the big day - however, as the film progresses, the mother begins to feel a sense of comparison with her daughter because she too wants to feel desirable and youthful. This starts a silent rivalry between the two.

• NEW YORK INDIE SHORTS AWARDS

Moonas Beauty Salon - Short Film

Producer, Sound Designer