The Leopard(2025)
Hindi20 mins
The Leopard (2025) is a 20-minute Hindi film directed by Mukti Krishan. Starring Sagar Deshmukh, Mukti Krishan and Vandita Jain.
Director:Mukti Krishan
Mood:
darkemotionalsuspenseful
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 11 March 2025
- Director
- Mukti Krishan
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 20m
Storyline
In Mumbai, a leopard is found dead at a new housing complex. An 8-year-old boy named Apu becomes increasingly paranoid, and the everyday tensions and fears around him start to feel overwhelming.
“A city's wild heart stops beating. A boy's world unravels.”
Film Details
Rating
20Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date11 March 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionalsuspenseful
Themes
survivalcorruptionfamilyidentity
Tonegritty
Pacingslow-burn
Complexityrequires-attention
Audiencearthouse
Best Withalone
Violence3
Emotion5
Humor1
Rewatchability3
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Cast & Crew
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Sagar DeshmukhActor
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Mukti KrishanDirector
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Vandita JainCrew
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Sharvari PatankarActor
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Trivia
- The film's title is a direct reference to the 1963 Italian classic 'The Leopard', but reimagined in an urban Indian context.
- Director Mukti Krishan spent months with wildlife researchers in Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park to understand leopard behavior.
- The child actor playing Apu was cast after a nationwide search for a non-professional with no prior screen experience.
- The film's sound design uses actual leopard growls recorded in Mumbai's forests, mixed with urban traffic noises.
- It was shot entirely on location in Mumbai, including rare permissions to film in restricted forest-edge neighborhoods.
- The screenplay was workshopped at the Sundance Institute's Screenwriters Lab before production began.
- The film's color palette was inspired by the specific shades of twilight seen in Mumbai's suburban skyline.