CAST & CREW

CAST | VIKRANT MASSEY, SHWETA TRIPATHI SHARMA

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY | ARATI KADAV

PRODUCED BY | NAVIN SHETTY SHLOK SHARMA, ARATI KADAV & ANURAG KASHYAP

PRODUCER | ZAIN MATCHESWALLA(ELECTRIC FILMS)
CO-PRODUCER | RAHUL PURI

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | VIKRAMADITYA MOTWANE

CINEMATOGRAPHER | KAUSHAL SHAH

VEX SUPERVISOR | ZENISH MEHTA

PRODUCTION DESIGNER | MAYUR SHARMA

SOUND DESIGNER | ANISH JOHN

ORIGINAL SCORE | SHEZAN SHAIKH

EDITOR | PARAMITA GHOSH

COSTUME | LOVEDEEP GULIYANI

MAKEUP DESIGNER | SHRIKANT DESAI

CGI HEAD (VENTANA) | PRASHANT SADAPHULE

HEAD OF POST PRODUCTION | AKASH BANERJI

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SHORT SYNOPSIS

Cargo is a high-tech fable, giving us a peep into a flourishing developing world of the ancient Indian demons who have now finally entered the Space Age. Prahastha, a lonely astronaut has been working in a spaceship for years. His spaceship comes close to Earth every morning and Cargos start arriving at the arrival station. These Cargos are people who have just died on Earth and we learn that Prahastha works for Post Death Transition Services - a large bureaucratic company that are pioneers in storing, transitioning and recycling of dead people for rebirth back on Earth. Today, after many years - a young popular astronaut Yuvishka, trained in cutting edge technology will be joining his spaceship as his assistant. The film explores their relationship and through them explores the ideas of life and death, of hope and longing.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

ARATI KADAV

Arati Kadav is an award-winning writer, director and producer working in Mumbai. Arati grew up in Nagpur and trained as a computer science engineer, working as a software developer in the US before deciding to switch professions and enrolling in a Film Direction course at Whistling Woods International in Mumbai.Since graduating, she’s worked in advertising and music promos and made six short films, one of which, the 40-minute featurette Time Machine (2017), is currently available on Mubi and Amazon. Her debut feature, Cargo (2019), is a science fiction drama exploring themes of life, death and reincarnation. It played at 27 film festivals around the world, including SXSW, the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival – where it won Best Sci-Fi Feature and the Audience Award – and the Shanghai Film Festival, where Arati was nominated for the Asian New Talent Award. In February 2022, Arati was nominated for a debut award from India’s Screenwriters Association for the film, which has since been acquired by Netflix and is currently available to view on the platform. In addition to her work behind the camera, Arati created the ShortFilmWindow website, a curated portal that spotlights short films from across the globe.