
Intheverynearfuture,teleportationiscommonplaceandisusedforintercitytravel,havingcompletelysupplantedcommercialaviation.KaranVarma,anITemployee,isreturningtoPunefromabusinesstripinDelhi.HegetsintothedepartureboothinDelhibutneverreachesPune.Hispregnantwife,Riya,mustnowfightthesystemtogethimback.Fromdealingwithlawyerstoreceivingthreatsandbeingpubliclyshamedbythemedia,shegoesthroughanexcruciatingstrugglebuttonoavail.Intheend,sheispresentedwithanoffer:shecaneitherreceiveanimperfect,83%accuratecloneofherhusbandoralargesumofmoneythatwillensureasafefutureforherchild. “TheideaofthisfilmcameaboutwhenIwaswatchingavideoaboutteleportationonYoutube.Itwasn’ttoobigaleaptoimagineafuturewheresuchatechnologybecomescommonplaceandthensomethinggoeswrongwithit.Butthemotivationtoplaceitwithinthestructureofasatirestemmedfromthewayourinteractionswithtechnologyhavecreatedanewkindofbureaucratichellforusinthepresent.Wehavegivenupallofourdatatotechgiantsandtheyknowmoreaboutusthanweevenknowaboutourselves.Itisonlyamatteroftimebeforeourbodiesbecomenothingmorethandataaswell.Weliveinacompletelyunbalancedsystemwheretheconsumerisatthemercyofthecorporationandhaslostallofhisagency.Thisfilmisacommentonourcurrentrelationwithtechnologyviewedthroughthelensofasci-fipremise.”