First Ride (Short Film)

English: First Ride

Kannada: ಫಸ್ಟ್ ರೈಡ್

Director: PD Sathish Chandra

Writer: PD Sathish Chandra

Year: 2026

Genre: Film

Synopsis: An exhausted cab driver cycles through multiple deadly scenarios of how to react, ultimately realizing that the only way to survive is to ignore greed and ego to save a hidden soul.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/WRpfyTKm8jI

First Ride

ರಕ್ತಸಿಕ್ತ ಶೂಟೌಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕಂತೆ ಕಂತೆ ಹಣದ ನಡುವೆ ಸಿಲುಕುವ ಕ್ಯಾಬ್ ಡ್ರೈವರ್ ಮಾಡುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ನಿರ್ಧಾರಗಳೂ ಸಾವಿನಲ್ಲೇ ಅಂತ್ಯ. ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗದ ಈ ಸಾವಿನ ಸುಳಿಯಿಂದ ಪಾರಾಗಲು, ಆತ ಕಣ್ಣೆದುರಿರುವ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನೇ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷಿಸಿ, ಕತ್ತಲಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಗಿರುವ ಆ ಒಂದು 'ರಹಸ್ಯ'ವನ್ನು ಪತ್ತೆಹಚ್ಚಲೇಬೇಕು..

After witnessing a violent early-morning shootout over a bag of cartel cash, an exhausted cab driver cycles through multiple deadly scenarios of how to react, ultimately realizing that the only way to survive is to ignore greed and ego to save a hidden soul.

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Crew

Written & Directed by PD Sathish Chandra
DOPs: Vijaykumar Pandavapura, Guru & Amogh
Editor:

Cast

Cab driver: Karki
Helmeted Man: Partha
Young Boy: Chetan
Don: Rohith
Don's Assistant: Guru
Inspector: Aditya
Constable: Amogh
Milkman: Vishwamurthy
Onlooker1: PD Sathish Chandra
Onlooker2: Sanskar R G

Onlooker3: Keerthi Prakash Chandra

Onlooker4: Prasannarao Kulkarni
Child: Surendra
News reader 1: Latha
News reader 2: Hari
News reader 3: Shambhavi
Nurse: Pooja
ED Officer 1: Ashwin
ED Officer 2: Nikhil Parthasarathy

Film Summary:

At 6:09 AM on a rain-slicked Bengaluru road, veteran cab driver awakens to a violent shootout. Before him lie wounded men, discarded weapons, and a coveted bag of cash. Forced into a split-second dilemma, his mind races through what to do next. He imagines stealing the money, relying on cops, rescuing the wounded, seeking viral fame, playing detective, and other scenarios. Driven by greed, fear, or ego, and not by conscience his decisions starts deceiving him. The deceptions hides a obsessive message directing him to do what none of us would have intended. Would this decision stop the deception? Will he live to tell the tale? Will he be the hero or the villain of the story? First Ride is here to answer all these questions.

Poster for AD Auditions: We did hire three interns who worked with us in the movie, Sanskar R G, Keerthi Prakash Chandra & Prasannarao Kulkarni

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