Film & Stage
Although I write primarily for the page, many of my stories have also found expression through cinema and the performing arts. What follows is a selection of those works.
FEATURED WORK
The story follows Eresha, the revered head of a renowned classical arts academy, whose carefully ordered world begins to unravel when she finds herself drawn to a young exchange student.
A Song for Eresha (2026)
Language: English. RUNTIME: 2h5m
Featuring Savitha Sastry, Mayurakshi Sen.
Music Abhay Nayampally
Written & Directed by AK Srikanth
SHORT FILMS
Soul Cages (2024)
A cinematic reimagining of the 2012 dance-theatre production, featuring Savitha Sastry and an original score.
RUNTIME: 44m
Featuring Savitha Sastry, Rupesh Tillu
The Ghost of the Lighthouse (2023) An intimate seaside love story, praised for its visual beauty, emotional restraint, and outstanding performances.
RUNTIME: 36m
Featuring Savitha Sastry, Jamie Alter
Arangetram (2022)
A warm-hearted comedy inspired by the gentle humanism of Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chatterjee, celebrating the dreams of India's middle class.
RUNTIME: 28m
Featuring Savitha Sastry, Kausalya Natarajan, Zeba Ashrin
Slow Rivers (2023)
A richly layered meditation on creativity and obsession, featuring remarkable performances from Savitha Sastry and Ashish Vidyarthi.
RUNTIME: 41m
Featuring Ashish Vidyarthi, Savitha Sastry
The Colors Trilogy (2020 - 21)
A cinematic trilogy examining the ideals embodied by the Indian flag through three intimate portraits of women's lives.
RUNTIME:
Colors Green: 16m
Colors White: 15m
Colors Saffron: 15m
Beyond the Rains (2022)
A delicate love story that gently intertwines memory and the present in a lyrical meditation on love, longing and time.
RUNTIME: 24m
Featuring Savitha Sastry, Sneha Sridhar
Filter Coffee (2023)
A warm-hearted comedy celebrating India's remarkable diversity through the everyday joys, quirks and contradictions of family life.
RUNTIME: 32m
Featuring Savitha Sastry, Pawan Hora
Dvija (2022)
A contemplative work that weaves together philosophy, dance and music in an exploration of life and rebirth.
RUNTIME: 24m
Featuring Savitha Sastry
STAGE PRODUCTIONS
Created between 2012 and 2015, these productions were presented in more than 150 performances across fourteen countries, forming a sustained body of narrative dance theatre that sought new stories within the classical form.
Chains - Love Stories of Shadows (2015)
A powerful dance theatre production exploring the tension between personal freedom and the expectations imposed by family and society.
Yudh (2013)
A philosophical dance theatre production examining suffering, morality and the search for meaning through the perspectives of humanity, God and Satan.
The Prophet (2013)
A dance theatre production exploring faith, doubt and the burden of becoming a symbol of hope.
Soul Cages (2012)
A landmark dance theatre production exploring life, death and renewal through a poetic fusion of mythology, philosophy and Bharatanatyam.