''Holding Back'' is a Hindi short film, directed, written and co-produced by Wilson Louis. Starring

Seema Biswas Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film ''Bandit Queen'' (1994), for which she won the National Film ...

Anant Mahadevan Anant Mahadevan (born 28 August 1950), also credited as Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and film director of Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil films and television shows. Having been an integral part of the Indian t ...

, and Kunal Kumar - the film is a true story about a mother's deepest emotion to hold back her tears, to save her son from enduring any more pain.

Plot

Holding Back is based on a true incident involving a Mother, her Son and an important journey. In 1999, a Mother and her Son were travelling together to a wedding. Because of the situation surrounding their trip, the inevitable tragedy took place. The Mother, determined to spare her Son any further pain, was forced to rise up, to dig within herself for almost inhuman strength, in order to face the ensuing situation head on.

Cast

Kunal Kumar Kunal Kumar (born 6 December 1978) is an Indian Bollywood Actor Well known for his role of Balu in India's First Silent comedy '' Gutur Gu''. Television * School days (1999) * '' Ssshhhh...Koi Hai'' - Khel Khel Mein (2001) as Rahul (Episode 13 ...

Raj Arjun Raj Arjun is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He has also worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu cinema. He is the recipient of Zee Cine Awards for Best Actor In A Negative Role and Indian Television Academy Awards for Best ...

Aditya Lakhia Aditya Lakhia is an Indian character actor. He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer. He began his acting career in 1988 playing small roles and worked as an assistant director in '' Akele Hum Akele Tum''. The character of Kachra in the mo ...

* Jaywant Wadkar *

Pradeep Patwardhan Pradeep Shantaram Patwardhan (8 February 1958 – 9 August 2022) was an Indian actor and comedian who predominantly worked in the Marathi theatre. His role in Marathi play Moruchi Mavshi led him to stardom. His well-known movies include ''Ek F ...

Reception

Bobby Talk Cinema says "Directed by Wilson Louis, its indeed a worth praising effort inspired from an actual incident of 1999 and its really good to see the writer-director choosing this thoughtful, emotional subject moving much ahead than the usual ‘attention-seeking’ plots often seen in the world of short films. " Deepak Tripathi of Tiggdigg calls Holding Back masterpiece of Indian Short Films.

Awards

* Finalist,

Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

2017 – Top five short films. * Best Film, Award of Excellence and Best of Show, Best Shorts Competition, California. California shorts-2016

References

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