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'Pashi' wins Best Short Film Award at SFAAF

'Pashi' director Siddharth Chauhan and main lead Chetan Kanwar also received honourable mentions at the gala.

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Dharamshala: Himachali short film, 'Pashi', has won the award for Best Short Film at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival.

The festival was held from December 17-18 at Chile in South America.

'Pashi' director Siddharth Chauhan and main lead Chetan Kanwar also received honourable mentions at the gala.

Chauhan said, "We are thrilled. This is the first time any film from Himachal has received such an overwhelming response at an international film festival."

"I am extremely happy for Chetan Kanwar who has won an honourable mention for the Best Actor in a Short Film," he added.

Set in a traditional village of Himachal Pradesh, 'Pashi' (Pahari word for trap) is an unusual love story, which unfolds when a visitor arrives and meets his neighbour after years.

A young boy simultaneously learns about the technique of trapping birds from his wicked grandmother and begins practising it.

The short film has also been nominated in five categories at the upcoming World Music & Independent Film Festival.

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