Raja Ram Mukherji’s latest short film inspires women to rediscover their true selves

After winning hearts with his last short film ‘

Beti

’ Raja Ram Mukherjee’s latest offering is again an ode to women empowerment. Titled as ‘

Main Kaun Hoon

’ (Who Am I), this short film revolves around a woman in search of her identity. Starring

Manisha Marzara

, Rana Jung Bahadur and Hemanth Rathi in pivotal roles, it has already won a Golden Galaxy Award at the

Virgin Spring Cinefest

along with grabbing the official selection at 10 other international film festivals.

‘Main Kaun Hoon’ symbolizes a woman as Ma

Durga

- the Goddess of love, patience, sacrifice, endurance and also Ma Kali - Goddess of power, revenge, strength. A woman is a Multitasker - A wife, a mother, a cook and also a working woman. She devotes her entire life to her husband and her in laws but there is no one who could understand what she desires, what she dreams. A woman against a man’s world – that’s what the story focuses on and how she eventually takes the step forward to prove it keeping her family respect and values intact forms the crux of the short film.

While speaking about his latest short, Raja Ram said: “Main Kaun Hoon is all about a married young woman who is in search of her own identity and how she eventually breaks free keeping her values and responsibilities intact, and finds her own identity. See, I normally make woman-centric short films because I feel around the world woman oriented subjects are accepted really well. The injustice against women everywhere is a harsh reality and stories need to be told to make people aware.”