Graves also hoped to find an actor to play Anuja from this community of children, and he found 9-year-old Sajda Pathan. “It is quite remarkable because Sajda Pathan—our lead actress—in many ...

The film, helmed by philosopher-turned-filmmaker Graves, best known for Cycle Vérité (2021), centers on two sisters in India, played by Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag, as they navigate an ...

Priyanka Chopra is also associated with this film. She is an executive producer. Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag feature in the short film and it is now available on Netflix.

Graves’ “Anuja,” named for its 9-year-old protagonist (first-time performer Sajda Pathan), illegally employed in a shady Indian garment factory. The plot is slender and shameless ...

Oscars 2025: India-set film ‘Anuja’ loses out to ‘I’m Not a Robot’ for Best Live Action Short Film Anuja, starring Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag, follows a gifted nine-year-old Anuja ...

What makes Anuja even more powerful is the lead actress, Sajda Pathan, who has lived her character’s reality. Once a struggling child on the streets, Sajda was rescued by the Salaam Baalak Trust ...

Producer Guneet Monga posted pictures of what she wore to the Oscars on her Instagram, writing a long note about Anuja failing the final hurdle. Hours after the short film Anuja lost out on the ...

Anuja features Ananya Shanbhag, Sajda Pathan and Nagesh Bhonsle in the cast. It is written directed and edited by American filmmaker Adam J. Graves. Set in Delhi, the 22-minute short follows a ...

Graves’ “Anuja,” named for its 9-year-old protagonist (first-time performer Sajda Pathan), illegally employed in a shady Indian garment factory. The plot is slender and shameless, as the streetwise ...