Screen Age - Late 20s
Language- Hindi, English
Background- Pan India
Shooting Location- West/North Mumbai
Production timeline - for two weeks between the 20th May to 15th of June, 26
Late 20s | Man
Disillusioned Dancer | Delivery Gig Worker
Saad drifts through Bombay on a borrowed bike and borrowed time. Once a promising dancer, he now survives on Rapido and Porter deliveries. His artistic ambitions slowly eroded by economic v/s artistic reality. Soft-spoken and introspective, he carries a simmering frustration at the city, at himself, at how slowly the life he imagined, slipped away.
He’s in an open relationship with Tria. They’ve known each other for some years but behave like it’s a lifetime. Saad sleeps in the living room of his own flat, renting out the bedroom to Tria to save money. There was a time when even his walk had rhythm to it. He was the guy who’d light up a dance floor without trying. Alongside gigs, he worked as a dance instructor, but the job became restrictive; a 9-to-5 disguised as art. Slowly, routine squeezed the joy out of it. By the time he realised what was happening, it was too late. He quit. Everything.
Saad isn’t originally from Mumbai, but he’s local in the way migrants become local. Absorbed into the grind. He came with plans, with hunger, with belief in his craft. Now he’s at that difficult stage of coming to terms with reality: not only is it nearly impossible to sustain yourself through art, but the effort to survive can kill the very love that brought you here. That’s a heavy thing to carry.
He’s as desperate to leave India as he is to find his way back to dance. And for him, those two desires are strangely connected. Berlin is not just escape from India but restoration: clean air, order, dignity, and maybe a second chance at being an artist without apology. Beneath his quiet exterior, though, there’s volatility. He makes plans. He takes risks when cornered. When pushed, he’s capable of impulsive moral compromises.
The arrival of his ex and their child forces him into a confrontation he has avoided for years - RESPONSIBILITY. Saad isn’t heartless, just unfinished. He swings between tenderness and withdrawal, fantasy and survival mode. His arc is a simple but painful question: can someone who wants to run away from everything learn how to stay?
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