A young woman’s cry for help falls on deaf ears as a family holds her hostage. Keen on getting their only son married, who has ‘chosen' her as the one, the family is willing to go to any lengths to fulfill his wish and unite them forever. As the gagged and bound bride is dragged in for the ceremony, the events take an even more sinister and shocking turn, that end up changing the course of this unholy ritual.

Festivals, awards and nominations

Overlook Film Festival - SCARIEST SHORT Award by Jury
Fantasia - BEST ASIAN SHORT - Audience Award Bronze
Besides many other selections.

SLEEP + NIGHT OF THE BRIDE

05 Nov 21:15

La Peni

director
Virat Pal
cast
Gurleen Arora, Harrdeep, Deepali Jain, Kuldeep Singh, Ajay Sharma, Ahmed
country of origin
India
production year
2022
language
Hindi
runtime
7
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Virat Pal

Virat Pal is an award-winning Indian filmmaker based in LA whose work is steeped in the horror genre. His latest short film, NIGHT OF THE BRIDE, has recently started its festival run - an official selection at Fantasia 2023, where it won an Audience Award for Best Asian Short, it has had screenings at BIFFF, and Overlook Film Festival where it won the Jury award for Scariest Short Film. He's currently attached to direct a horror feature set in India.

Filmography

DOXPARA (Short) RECAPTURE (Feature) THE BELLS (Short) FACELIFT (Short) SOMNIA (Short) NIGHT OF THE BRIDE (Short)

Crew

ProductionNehal Pal - nehalguptapal@gmail.com / +91 9833034874
MusicDaniel Cossu
EditionVirat Pal

Contact

Sales agentNehal Pal - nehalguptapal@gmail.com / +91 9833034874
International sales agentNehal Pal - nehalguptapal@gmail.com / +91 9833034874