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World Premiere, A Window on Asian Cinema, 2025

Don’t Tell Mother

쉿! 엄마한텐 비밀이야

Director Anoop LOKKUR

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Family/ChildComing of AgeWomen

Occasionally mischievous brothers, a mother who handles all the housework, a father who appears at crucial moments, and a grandmother who lives nearby and offers help—Aakash and Adi’s family seems perfectly ordinary. Yet Anoop Lokkur’s debut feature Don’t Tell Mother quietly questions whether what we consider ‘ordinary’ is natural or even the norm. Their mother Lakshmi wants to start a small business, but her plans for independence from her in-laws are repeatedly thwarted by her father-in-law’s stubbornness and her husband’s indecision. Aakash’s desire to learn karate is dismissed with familiar refrain: focus on studying instead. Recognizing the lack of value in trivial requests, no longer tolerating the violence long taken for granted, and expressing gratitude for familiar care—all of these are difficult to do. This is a heartwarming film that may come to mind unexpectedly, while chewing on cashew nuts.

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Screenings3

Fri, 09/19

20:3022:23

CGV Centum City 3

109Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Sat, 09/20

09:0010:53

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 4

208Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Tue, 09/23

17:0018:28

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 9

463KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: Anoop LOKKUR
Country/Region: India, Australia
Year: 2025
Length: 88min
Section: A Window on Asian Cinema
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Premiere: World Premiere
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb TMDB Douban

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Anoop LOKKUR

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Director: Anoop LOKKUR
Producer: Mikayla HENKE, Matthew JENKINS, Anoop LOKKUR
Cast: Siddarth SWAROOP, Aishwarya DINESH, Anirudh P KESERKER, Karthik NAGARAJAN
Cinematography: Matthew JENKINS
Editing: Pavan BHAT
Music: Krishna PUROHIT
Production company: Papunu Films

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