In a city where couples could spend an entire day connected on their phones yet struggle to find ten uninterrupted minutes together, even a simple kiss could become an adventure.
Landmarc Entertainment, spearheaded by filmmaker-producer Vidhi Kasliwal, turned this very contemporary reality into a heartwarming romantic Hindi short film with Kiss Ka Kissa, starring real-life couple Priyanshu Painyuli and Vandana Joshi.
At its heart, Kiss Ka Kissa was about something deceptively simple: finding that one moment with the person you loved.
Swapnil, a man in his mid-thirties, took Garima for a late-night drive through Mumbai in his new car. When she discovered his old dream of taking his girlfriend for a spin, finding the perfect parking spot and kissing her, she playfully agreed to play the part for one evening.
But in Mumbai, even romance had to negotiate with space.
Every time Swapnil tried to create the perfect moment, something got in the way. A cramped parking spot, unexpected strangers, phone calls, passing neighbours and the chaos of the city repeatedly interrupted their almost-kiss. What began as a small romantic fantasy slowly became a warm, funny and revealing journey of two people who were still discovering each other.
For an urban couple, even a moment could be difficult to find. There was work waiting, a phone ringing, traffic outside, responsibilities at home and a day that seemed to move faster than the people living it. Somewhere between all of this were two people trying to reach each other.
And sometimes, that small moment of closeness could mean far more than the moment itself. It could become the pause in which a couple understood where they stood, what they still felt and perhaps even where they went next together.
That emotional space formed the world of Kiss Ka Kissa.
The short film brought together real-life couple Priyanshu Painyuli and Vandana Joshi as its central pair, finding its drama not in grand declarations but in the smaller, quieter realities of a relationship: anticipation, awkwardness, affection, vulnerability and everything that remained unsaid when life did not give people enough time to say it.
Watch the heartwarming story of love, laughter and the little moments that bring two people closer in Kiss Ka Kissa.
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For Landmarc, the film also felt consistent with a storytelling journey that had repeatedly looked towards people and their inner worlds. Over the past 15 years, the banner had built a filmography including Sanngto Aika, Vazandar, Ringan, Gachchi, Redu, Pipsi, Nashibvaan and Medium Spicy, alongside documentaries and other formats. Its creative philosophy centred on stories of hope, relationships, resilience and transformation.
Vidhi Kasliwal’s own journey as a filmmaker had begun before Landmarc. She had worked with Rajshri Productions, including alongside Sooraj R. Barjatya, before making her writing-directorial debut with Isi Life Mein in 2010. Over time, Landmarc became the space through which she built a distinct body of work as a producer and storyteller.
As Landmarc Films evolved into Landmarc Entertainment, with Landmarc Films, Landmarc Melodies and Landmarc Digital forming its first three verticals, the canvas grew wider, but its emotional centre remained recognisable. The company had described the expansion as an attempt to open its doors to different creators, voices and storytelling formats rather than simply produce more content.
Kiss Ka Kissa fit naturally into this new chapter.
A short film, by its very nature, did not have hours to make audiences invest in its characters. It had to find something instantly recognisable. And there was something deeply familiar about two people who cared for one another but were fighting everything around them simply to find the time and space to be together.
The film was written and directed by Ashish Sharma, marking his fiction debut as a writer-director after more than a decade of work across advertising films, music videos and branded storytelling. It was made under the Creative Direction of Producer Vidhi Kasliwal, with Aarti Bagdi as Creative Producer. Vikrant Thakur was the Director of Photography, Puloma Pal was the Editor, Music, Lyrics and Background Score were by Sarthak Karkare, Casting was by Prince Kumar of Casting Cubicle, while K. R. Mahadevan [Mohan] served as Executive Producer.
In many ways, the title said it all. There was a kiss at the centre of the story, but it was the kissa behind that kiss that mattered: everything two people had carried into that moment and everything that could change after it.
Because in modern relationships, perhaps love was not always about finding more hours in the day.
Sometimes, it was about finding one moment in the middle of the madness, and choosing each other when they finally did.
