''Positive'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

directed by Farhan Akhtar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under their Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. banner. The film starred

Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi cinema, Hindi film industry has spanned Shabana Azmi filmography, over 160 films, mostly within independent and neorealist paral ...

and Boman Irani and Arjun Mathur. ''Positive'' was a part of ''AIDS JaaGo'' (''AIDS Awake''), a series of four short films, directed by Mira Nair (''Migration''),

Santosh Sivan Santosh Sivan ISC (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has, to ...

('' Prarambha''), Vishal Bhardwaj ('' Blood Brothers'') and Farhan Akhtar, in a joint initiative of Nair's Mirabai Films, voluntary organisations Avahan and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Boman Irani plays an

AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...

patient,

as his wife and Arjun Mathur as their son. The film premiered at the

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in 2007.

Plot

Years ago, when Abhijit was a boy, he learned his father was involved in extramarital relationships. He kept it secret for several years, until tension rose too high and he left for

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. Time passes and Abhijit is called by his mother. His father had contracted the

virus. It is up to Abhijit to be the bigger person to comfort his father, even after all he had done, in the last moments of his life.

Cast

- Mrs. Soni * Boman Irani - Mr. Soni * Arjun Mathur - Abhijit Soni * Krish Chawla - Young Abhijit Soni

References

External links

Watch "Positive"
on YouTube *

{{Farhan Akhtar 2000s Hindi-language films 2007 films Indian short films HIV/AIDS in Indian films Films directed by Farhan Akhtar