Plus Minus

***Plus Minus*** is a 2018 short film written and directed by Jyoti Kapur Das, and produced by Sikhya Entertainment Production and Good Karma Calling Productions. It narrates the story of a married woman on her encounter with a soldier named Harbhajan Singh, who successfully changes her perspective on life.

It won the Short Film Award at the 64th Filmfare Awards in 2019 as the Best Short Film (People's Choice). It was also nominated for the Asian Window at Kalinga Global Film Festival in 2020.

## Summary

Two strangers.

Two perspectives.

A cup of tea.

An overnight train journey that will change the way we look at life forever.

After all, every minus is half of a plus. Isn't it?

## Plot

Dimpy is a woman from Delhi, married to a Punjabi man who hails from the Kapurthala village in Punjab. On the train to Jalandhar on 14 September 2006, she meets a soldier named Harbhajan Singh. Dimpy keeps bothering her with rants about her life, and Harbhajan says that he is engaged on being asked if he is married. Dimpy tries to discourage him from marrying.

Harbhajan says that he can turn every negative quality Dimpy lists about her mother-in-law, into a positive one, which he does. He suggests Dimpy write all the "pluses" and "minuses" of her husband on a notebook, and she would most definitely struggle to find any "minus." Harbhajan occupies the side-upper berth, and lets Dimpy stay on the side-lower. Later that night, she tries out Harbhajan's idea on a notebook, and is surprised to find herself struggling to find any "minus" about her husband.

She calls her husband Jeet, and tells him to pick her up at Kapurthala station at 4:40 AM. The next morning, he is met by Harbhajan again, and they have a chat about where they are going, when Harbhajan reveals that he is going to Kapurthala as well. He does not know his berth because is ticket is with other army officers. After changing her train to the Bhatinda Express at Jalandhar station, she thinks about Harbhajan's advice and smiles to herself. At the Kapurthala station, Jeet comes to pick her up.

She tells him that she has someone to have him meet with, and asks two soldiers at a tea stall about Harbhajan. The soldiers reveal that he passed away at the age of 22-23 on border patrol, and ask them to watch a documentary about him. It is revealed to them that Harbhajan was killed on a patrol in 1968, and was first declared a Deserter. However, he had appeared in the dreams of one of the soldiers and given him the directions to find his corpse, which is exactly where they found it. The video further explains the legend associated with Baba Harbhajan Singh, and how his belongings are sent to his hometown of Kuka in Kapurthala every year on a sanctioned leave.

Later, Dimpy is seen jotting down on her "plus-minus" notebook, when Jeet calls her to play cards with the rest of the family. Initially objection, Dimpy joins in, and the credits roll.

## Characters

* Bhuvan Bam as Harbhajan Singh
* Divya Dutta as Dimpy
* Raj Singh Chaudhary as Jeet

## Gallery

Dimpy and Harbhajan Singh on the train.Dimpy and her "plus-minus" notebook.Jeet picks up Dimpy at the Kapurthala railway station.Dimpy asks the soldiers about Harbhajan Singh.Jeet plays cards with his family as Dimpy gazes them.
## External links

* YouTube
* IMDb

## References

1. ↑ Bhuvan Bam, Divya Dutta on their short film Plus Minus winning big at Filmfare Awards 2019. *Firstpost* (31 March 2019).
2. ↑ Plus Minus (2018) - Awards. *IMDb*.