The School Bag

The School Bag is a 2017 short film directed by Dheeraj Jindal & Anshul Agrawal, written by Anshul Agrawal, starring Rasika Duggal and Sartaj RK. The film has been screened at more than 100 film festival across 24 countries and won 44 awards in different categories. The film was applauded by critics as well public after its online release on Large Short Films.

The short film is based on a real life 2014 Peshawar school massacre in Pakistan when 132 innocent kids were killed in Army Public School, Peshawar by terrorists. Rasika Duggal who plays the mother who would do anything to bring a smile on her child's face it tells a story about the relationship between a mother and her seven-year-old son who wants a new school bag on his birthday, but fate has something else in store for him.

Cast

 * Rasika Duggal
 * Sartaj RK

Reception
The film has been selected and won many international awards


 * Vancouver Film Festival
 * Fastnet Film Festival Winner
 * Reel to real International film festival
 * Best Short Film at Sandpoint Film Festival in USA
 * Smita Patil International Film Festival
 * GIIFFA
 * Haryana International Short Film Festival
 * Bengal International Short Film Festival
 * Lahore International Children's Film Festival
 * Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati
 * Free Spirit Film Festival