ULTA (Madam)

Director: Paromita Dhar.
Screenwriter: Paromita Dhar.
Producers: Hyash Tanmoy, Niren Bhavnani, Yohann Cornu, Jitendra Adappa, Ameesha Joshi
Format: FULL HD, Dolby Digital
Status: In Development.
Running time: 89 min.
Genre: Fiction.
Country of Production: India.
Production + Distribution Company: Zero Degree Arts, Damned Films, Trikut Films,  DOSOMIK.

Ulta follows Bijli, a migrant domestic worker in Delhi, employed by Richa, an affluent woman with hidden tensions in her home. Between chores, beauty parlour visits, and late-night cigarettes with Raj, the security guard who loves her, Bijli quietly observes the hypocrisies of privilege. One day, she discovers a mysterious door near the garbage chute that leads to a reversed world — where she is the madam and her employers serve her. Seduced by power yet haunted by love, Bijli must choose between two realities: one of affection without control, and another of control without connection.

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Updates

The project has been officially selected for the Industry Conference at TIFF 2025 as part of the Women in Film India delegation : one of the six chosen projects. It has also been selected for the Industry Conference at Waves Film Bazaar at the International Film Festival of India, ranking among the eighteen projects selected by the jury.