Title of film : NOT TODAY

Director Name : ADITYA KRIPALANI

Cast & crew :

Producer : ADITYA KRIPALANI

Editor : RACHITA SINGH

Cast :

1. 1. Rucha Inamdaar
2. 2. Harsh Chhaya
3. 3. Vibhawari Deshpande

Synopsis : Aaliah Rupawala, is a 24 year old Bohri Muslim girl from a very traditional family. She secretly becomes a Suicide Prevention Counsellor and on her first day she encounters a 52 year old man about to jump from the terrace of a high-rise. As she begins to try to bring him down, she is forced to confront why she became a Suicide Prevention Counsellor in the first place, and also share a lot of herself to get him to share and open up. Going all in, to save him, she begins to deal with and release the loneliness and grief in herself to be able to do the same in the caller. And in doing so, ends up healing not just her own heart, but also the heart of the man who has called, a man who has himself been a Suicide Prevention Counsellor for 15 years.

Director Bio : Writer/ Director, Aditya Kripalani is a script writing graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India. He’s been credited as the Script Consultant on multiple award-winning films like ‘Tahaan’, and ‘Jogwa’. Since 2008 he’s written 3 bestselling novels, ‘Back Seat’, ‘Front Seat’ and ‘Tikli and Laxmi Bomb’. His third novel, became his first feature film, which he wrote, directed and produced. Along with being screened at a lot of film festivals, the film has won many awards like Best Film award at the 9th Berlin Independent Film Festival, 2018; Best Film - Gender Equality award at the 20th UK Asian Film Festival, 2018 and Best feature at the New Jersey Indian & International Film festival, 2018 etc . The film is currently streaming on Netflix In 2018, Aditya wrote his second film, ‘The Incessant Fear of Rape’, (Netflix0 which he also directed and produced. This film was also screened at various national and international Film festivals like Kala Ghoda Art festival in Mumbai and the 21st UK Asian Film Festival in London, UK. In 2019, Aditya’s third feature film, ‘Devi Aur Hero’ (The Goddess and the Hero) screened at the 25th Kolkata International Film festival, 2020 and won Best film award in the NETPAC Category. Aditya Kripalani has also been a writer and Creative Director in advertising in India, Singapore & Malaysia with wins at Cannes, the Korean Ad Stars and the Malaysian Kancil awards over the years

Filmography :

1. 1. Not Today (Feature) as Writer, Director, Producer ( 2020 )
2. 2. Devi Aur Hero (The Goddess and the Hero) (Feature) as Writer, Director, Producer and Action Director ( 2019 )
3. 3. Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal (Feature) as Writer, Director, Producer and Action Director ( 2018 )
4. 4. Tikli and Laxmi Bomb (Feature) as Writer, Director, Producer, Composer and Scuffles. ( 2017 )
5. 5. Jogwa (Feature) as Script Consultant ( 2009 )
6. 6. Tahaan (Feature) as Script Consultant ( 2008 )