The Itch(2025)
Hindi20 mins
The Itch (2025) is a 20-minute Hindi film directed by Vaidaangi Sharma. Starring Umar Sharif, Subhashree Sahoo and Vaidaangi Sharma.
Director:Vaidaangi Sharma
Mood:
emotionaldisturbing
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 30 October 2025
- Director
- Vaidaangi Sharma
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 20m
Storyline
A teenager accidentally discovers pleasure on her birthday morning. This opens up hidden desires in her conservative Indian home. It pushes both her and her mother onto surprising new paths.
“A secret desire changes a family forever.”
Film Details
Rating
20Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date30 October 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionaldisturbing
Themes
identityfamily
Toneserious
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitymoderate
Audiencearthouse
Best Withalone
Violence2
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability3
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Cast & Crew
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Umar SharifActor
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Subhashree SahooActor
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Vaidaangi SharmaDirector
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Siddhanth KhemkaCrew
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Neha VyasoActor
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Trivia
- The film's title 'The Itch' was inspired by a line in a 19th-century Indian poem about suppressed longing.
- Director Vaidaangi Sharma shot the movie chronologically to help the young lead actress grow with her character.
- The conservative household set was a real, rarely-rented heritage bungalow in Pune's old cantonment area.
- A noted classical singer provided the film's only background score using just her voice and a tanpura.
- The script was workshopped with a child psychologist to authentically depict the teenager's inner world.
- It premiered at a festival in Kerala before its theatrical release, winning the audience award there.
- The mother's saris in the film were all handwoven from a single village in West Bengal.