
Ajja Ajji – Pickle | ಅಜ್ಜ ಅಜ್ಜಿ – ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ
Bhaashya / 3rd AniMela Festival / India / Kannada + English subtitles / 03 minute 41 seconds / 2025
This is a short Masters graduation animation film about Ajja and Ajji, an older couple who team up to make mango pickle. Along with rhythmic fun pickle making, their mundane conversations and fun banter bring out a unique layer of emotional intimacy of rural India.
Director’s Bio

I am Bhaashya, an illustrator and animator. My narratives explore the significance of daily conversations and the seemingly mundane. I enjoy writing stories and poems and designing characters. I come from a rural area of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. My narrative’s rural backdrop reflects the surroundings in which I grew up.
“I draw the people I know, the places I see, Nothing out of the ordinary. From the drawings, questions emerge. About the people and places, I thought I knew, Through making, I learn about life,
seek different perspectives and embrace my own.”


