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Watch: Sudhir Mishra's short film Life Support

As a part of the Big Shorts session, Sudhir Mishra's short film Life Support was screened at the India Today Conclave 2017. The film revolves around the power-struggle within a single room between the chief minister played superbly by Vipin Sharma, his heir played by Rahul Bhat and the latter's wife played by Rasika Dugal. Interestingly, the chief minister-character played by Vipin Sharma is a bed-ridden, elderly man, wearing sunglasses all the time, closely resembling DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) supremo Karunanidhi. However, Mishra denied any resemblance of the character to any one particular person.

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