A transistor radio, two teens, and a government crackdown — small love, massive consequences.
Set in 1975 - Rural India, Transistor is a love story of two teenagers and how proclamation of the National Emergency and a Transistor made all the difference to their relationship.
Direction
Singh packs a 25-year epic into 25 minutes.
Production
1975 period detail that feels lived-in, not costume-y.
Director
Prem Singh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1975-77 Emergency saw 100,000+ arrests and press censorship; transistor radios became underground news lifelines for rural Indians.
The film's runtime mirrors its themes — brevity as both constraint and poetry, like the Emergency itself.
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