Always a good idea not to learn too much about a short film before seeing it and while this holds true sometimes even this might prejudice an opinion before seeing it . Let me explain . I saw the synopsis to PARANOIA " Man sits on a train in India and suspects the man in front of him might be a terrorist " . So far so good but then when I watched it I was struck by an important little fact - it's an animated short . ! Nothing wrong with that in itself but I did spend much of the four minute running time wondering how the on screen story might have been realised if it was live action . As it stands the animation is pretty good and the storyline holds the attention
The story itself might be somewhat universal but this is an Indian film . So what ? you might ask but in the last few years you might be shocked to learn that after Iraq India holds the unwanted honour of being the most prolific target of terrorism . Some of the terrorists are Kashmiri nationalists , some of them are Pakistani based Jihadists and some of them are homegrown Indian terrorists backed by Pakistan . This constant targeting of India by terrorists is reflected in the fact that it's far harder to enter India than say Israel
The story itself might be somewhat universal but this is an Indian film . So what ? you might ask but in the last few years you might be shocked to learn that after Iraq India holds the unwanted honour of being the most prolific target of terrorism . Some of the terrorists are Kashmiri nationalists , some of them are Pakistani based Jihadists and some of them are homegrown Indian terrorists backed by Pakistan . This constant targeting of India by terrorists is reflected in the fact that it's far harder to enter India than say Israel