India, Nov. 5 -- What is Aakhri Ride? Is it a horror film about a man's tryst with a witch, or a satire on the difficulties gig workers face in Mumbai? Or is it simply a short that shows us a mirror, depicting what society has become and what it still is. It is all of the above and none of it. In 24 minutes, Aakhri Ride takes us on a wild ride with our protagonist, showing the good, bad, and ugly of our world without ever sermonising or preaching, and always entertaining.

Aakhri Ride is the story of Aman, a cab driver in Mumbai. We meet him on a particularly dire day. He needs Rs.150,000 for his sister's dowry. But there is no way he can get a loan. So he reconnects with a scammer friend who suggests he sell the cab he drives and run awa...