| TITLE OF THE FILM | Roses Are … |
| DIRECTED BY | Digvijay Andhorikar |
| LANGUAGE | Marathi (English subtitles) |
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COUNTRY | India |
| DURATION | 39 minutes |
PRINCIPAL CREW & CAST
| WRITING | Digvijay Andhorikar |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Pooja Kadam |
| EDITING | Shahrukh Shama Rasul |
| SOUND DESIGN | Abhishek Patil |
| MUSIC | Parag Ashtikar |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | Pankaj Katware |
| LYRICS | Nihar Shantanu Bhave |
| COLORING | Mahak Gupta |
| PRINCIPAL CAST | Snehalata Siddharth, Mithali Hiremath, Deva Gadekar |
ABOUT THE FILM
Gita, a trans-sex worker, has spent years navigating the shadows of the brothel, fuelled only by the secret promise of escape with her lover, Ravi. To her, Ravi is the only ticket to a life of dignity beyond the red lights. However, this fragile hope is shattered when her teenage neighbour, Deepali – a girl Gita has nurtured like her own sister, reveals her own blossoming love for Ravi. As jealousy and loyalty collide, Gita must decide if her path to freedom is worth sacrificing the heart and innocence of the one person she truly cares for.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Digvijay Andhorikar is a filmmaker and theatre actor from Osmanabad, Maharashtra. An engineering graduate, he specialized in Direction and Screenplay Writing at the prestigious SRFTI, Kolkata. His acclaimed short film Gulmohar screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals like Tasveer and BISFF.
Andhorikar recently won the Best Indian Short Film award at the Jagran Film Festival. With a strong foundation in theatre and a passion for storytelling, he now aspires to direct an independent Marathi feature film, bringing culturally rooted narratives from his home to a global audience.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“Roses Are…” is a film, whose seed, comes from my deep desire to explore the fragile intersections of love, identity, and longing in the margins of society. Set in a red-light area in Mumbai, the story unfolds through Gita, a 27-year-old trans-woman sex worker, whose yearning for escape and dignity is as powerful as it is painful. The rose, a recurring motif, symbolizes hope, and the emotional weight we attach to small gestures.
This film isn’t about villains and victims, it’s about people navigating love where it’s rarely offered without consequence. At its core, this is a story of sisterhood, forgiveness and a woman’s emotional strengths.
