Gajendra Kumar Padhi’s silent short film titled “Warrior's War Within” based on Covid-19 theme, has won three international film festival awards, Dreamachine Film festival, Los Angeles, World Film Carnival, Singapore and Druk International Festival, Bhutan.
Besides, the film has been qualified as finalist in the New York Movie Awards, Port Blair International Film Festival and three other official selections in Anatolia International Film Festival, Turkey, Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival, Turkey and ACCSFF, India. It is also expected that the film would win more international film festival awards and laurels as the results are yet to come.
The 12-minute and 22 second-duration film is written, produced and directed by Padhi. Picturised against the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic, the story revolves around a nurse's call of conscience and duty. On one side of this Covid Warrior is her home; on the other side is her hospital; and as an antithesis, there is a war within to make peace, between mother's responsibility and moral accountability with regards to her duty.
The title and catch line of the film has been contributed by Anil Bhatt and the film edited and music scored by Ambikesh Kunnal Hotta and Cinematography and light by Gagan Kumar Rout. Gayatri Rath is the lead actor of the film.