Dakan(2025)
Hindi25 mins
A boy wanders through his village carrying a colourless television – its blank screen mirroring the muted world around him. His search is not only for colour but for something deeper, something lost. Echoes of ancestral spirits, whispers of a dakan, and fragments of ritual blur the boundary between the living and the dead, the seen and the unseen.
Director:Aryan Malviya
Mood:
darkemotionaldisturbing
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 30 October 2025
- Director
- Aryan Malviya
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 25m
Storyline
A boy carries a black-and-white TV through his village, which reflects his colorless world. He searches for more than just color, seeking something lost. Spirits and whispers of a witch blur the lines between the living and the dead.
“A boy's colorless world holds a haunting secret.”
Film Details
25Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date30 October 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Mild
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Mild
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionaldisturbing
Themes
identityfamilysurvival
Tonepoetic
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitycomplex
Audiencearthouse
Best Withalone
Violence2
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability4
Cast & Crew
#1
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Aryan MalviyaDirector
→Trivia
- The film's director Aryan Malviya is a first-time feature filmmaker who previously made award-winning short films.
- The colourless television prop was a real, non-functioning vintage set painted entirely in shades of grey.
- The movie was shot entirely on location in a remote village in Madhya Pradesh over 45 days.
- The word 'dakan' refers to a type of witch or malevolent spirit in certain North Indian folk traditions.
- The film's sound design uses field recordings of local rituals to create its eerie atmosphere.
- It had a very limited theatrical release, premiering mainly at international film festivals first.
- The young lead actor had never acted professionally before and was cast from the filming region.