India, July 20 -- It was less than a decade ago that short films in India had few platforms to release on, aside from YouTube. The advent of streaming in the country proliferated India's nascent short filmmaking industry. And now, with Sheetal Menon's sophomore directorial Duet, a new avenue opens. The film is set to premiere on July 30 on Spotify, marking a milestone as the platform's first-ever short film release.

Backed by Bejoy Nambiar and produced under the Getaway Pictures banner, with a screenplay co-written by Arpita Chatterjee and Sheetal Menon (who also conceptualised the story), Duet stars Sidhant Gupta as a pianist grappling with the sudden loss of his estranged brother amid the isolating backdrop of a global pandemic. Duet w...