About this Video
16 year old violin protege Buddy heals himself and the people around him through his music, against all odds.
Creator
Mrugesh Thakor
Creator
Mrugesh Thakor is a Brooklyn-based writer, director, and editor born in India. His films have screened at CineYouth by Academy Award-qualifying Chicago International Film Festival, Canadian Screen Award-qualifying New York Shorts International Film Festival, the International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto, and others. He holds a BFA in Film from Pratt Institute.
Growing up between two cultures, he developed a sensitivity to the quiet forces that shape identity. Influenced by filmmakers such as Yasujirō Ozu and Edward Yang, his work combines poetic, observational realism with stillness, intimacy, and emotional restraint, capturing the human condition through layered portraits of people and places.
A current First Run Fellow and former Gotham Film & Media Career Development Program fellow, he has worked across production, distribution, and post-production through roles at First Run Features, Vinyl Foote Productions and others.