Juice

Juice is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language drama short film directed by first-time director Neeraj Ghaywan and produced by Lalit Prem Sharma. Exploring the theme of gender inequality, it stars Shefali Shah as Manju Singh, a woman who is hosting a get-together of families along with her husband Brijesh (Manish Chaudhari) during a particularly hot evening. The film released to critical acclaim for its subject, direction and particularly Shah's performance. It won two Filmfare Short Film Awards at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Short Film (Fiction) and Best Actress in a Short Film for Shah. Plot On a particularly hot evening, Brijesh and Manju Singh are hosting a get-together of families. While the men stay in the living room conversing about everyday issues, the women are in the kitchen, fixing a meal for their husbands. Cast The film's cast is as follows: Shefali Shah as Manju Singh Manish Chaudhari as Brijesh Singh Kiran Khoje as Parbhatiya (Maid) Raviza Chauhan as Rajni Shukla Shreedhar Dubey as Abhay Shukla Kanika Dang as Sarla Dubey Chitranjan Tripathi as Utpal Dubey Pubali Sanyal as Puja Sanyal Suman Mukhopadhyay as Shubodeep Sanyal Shahnawaz Pradhan as Faiz Khan Production Ghaywan conceived the idea for the script on his own memories of watching the dynamics between men and women in his own house as a child. He said,