Shinaakht
Shinaakht
Indian short film
Shinaakht (meaning Identification) is an Indian Hindi-language short film directed, written and produced by Pragyesh Singh under the banner of TNV Films. The film stars Raju Kher, Shishir Sharma, Shakti Singh, Navni Parihar, Arfi Lamba, Stefy Patel, Bikramjeet Kanwarpal and Krishna Bhatt. The film is based on Circumcision which challenges Male genital mutilation (MGM) and Female genital mutilation (FGM) as per Islamic Law.[1][2][3][4][5]
Shinaakht premiered in Gorakhpur,[6] Hisar,[7] Raipur,[8] Jamshedpur,[9] Allahabad,[10] as part of the Jagran Film Festival in August and September 2019.[10]
The film has been selected and screened in the several National and International film festivals including Crownwood International Film Festival, Delhi Film Festival, Apulia Web Fest, Italy[11] KinoDUEL International Film Festival, England, International Short Film Festival Pune[12] Films Infest (New York City),[13] L'Age d'Or International Art-house Film Festival[14] and Ploiesti International Film Festival, Romania.[citation needed]