Hamid’s father, like many men in Kashmir, has suddenly gone missing, and the young boy finds his life turned upside down as he begins looking everywhere for his father. Some 8,000 people have vanished since the conflicts of 1989, so it is no wonder that Hamid’s mother has become numb to tragedy, indifferent to the world around her, and unhelpful in answering Hamid’s many questions. Finally, she tells Hamid that his father has gone to God. Lonely and missing his father terribly, he finds a glimmer of hope when he is told that 786 is God’s “number.” Using his father’s old cell phone, Hamid tries several combinations, hoping to ask God to send his father home. After a long succession of failures, one day a voice finally answers his call.

Director Aijaz Khan