Saving Mom and Dad
Kartik Singh
France 2007
English
14 Minutes

Saving Mom and Dad
Director:

Kartik Singh

Seven year old Ravi Malhotra is determined to get his parents into Heaven. The problem is, according to his teacher, Sikhs need to accept Jesus in order to be saved. How far will Ravi go to save mom and dad?

Director’s Bio

Kartik Singh has been living in Paris for the past eleven years.  It was there that he received an MFA from the Sorbonne for his first film, Les Enfants du Père Lachaise. His next film, Bonne Nouvelle, Mauvaise Nouvelle was made from archive footage, and took First Prize in ARTE’s Rush Competition. L’épave (The Wreck) won the Grand Prize at the Paris Festival Courts Métrages et Grands Talents.

His most recent accomplishment, Saving Mom and Dad, is based on his childhood growing up in Middle America with Sikh parents; the feature-length version of which is slated for 2008.