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Rise(2025)
Hindi19 mins
Rise (2025) is a 19-minute Hindi film directed by Arastu Zakia. Starring Arastu Zakia, Nihal Bhandari and Dushyant Singh.
Director:Arastu Zakia
Mood:
emotionalupliftinginspiring
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 20 December 2025
- Director
- Arastu Zakia
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 19m
Storyline
A young basketball player named Safi faces a tough coach named Yudhisthir at a state trial. The two men share similar pasts but have made very different life decisions. Their clash forces Safi to choose between following the coach's path or finding his own way to succeed.
“Two paths. One choice. Who will he become?”
Film Details
Rating
19Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date20 December 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionalupliftinginspiring
Themes
identityredemptionmentorshipself-discovery
Toneserious
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemass
Best Withwith-friends
Violence2
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability3
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Cast & Crew
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Arastu ZakiaDirector
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Nihal BhandariCrew
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Dushyant SinghCrew
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Krishna SharmaActor
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Yudhishthir SinghActor
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Trivia
- The film's director, Arastu Zakia, is known for short films and this is his first major feature-length project.
- The movie was shot in real government sports hostels to capture authentic athlete living conditions.
- Lead actor Vicky Arora trained with former national basketball players for over six months for his role.
- The story draws loose inspiration from real-life struggles of athletes in India's state sports systems.
- A special focus was placed on sound design to emphasize the sounds of basketball in empty courts.
- The film's climax was shot in a single continuous take lasting over four minutes.
- It features original music by composers who typically work in independent music, not mainstream Bollywood.