creditswriterdirector karan gourcastrasika dugal alekh sangal sudhir pednekar adityavardhan gupta nitika anand asit redij ashwin baluja siddharth bhatiaproducers karan gour shaan vyasexecutive producers adityavikram gupta devesh gour quasar hamirani siddharth bhatia vinay mohindarshot by abhinay khoparzicut by karan gourmusic karan gour siddharth bhatiavisual effects abhinay khoparziart ashwin baluja shaxeb shaikhruntime 92 minscolor black and whiterelease date june 15 2012synopsiskshay eng title corrode is the latest example of an exciting new wave of independent indian cinema where a filmmaker pursues his passion independently without any industry backing and with extremely low resources the film is a psychological study of human obsession documented through the pov of a middleclass indian housewife its very independently produced over a period of 4 years with a crew consisting of 2 people at most times the director karan gour and dop abhinay khoparzi kshay revolves around the personification of an obsession fueled by nothing more than intangible desires chhaya rasika dugal is a simple housewife who has an artistic bent of mind and a seemingly happy life with her husband arvind alekh sangal money trickles in every month and life goes on for an unassuming chhaya until her eyes catch hold of an unfinished sculpture of the hindu goddess lakshmi her values and relationships as she knows them begin to decay day by day surrendering to the clutches of an ugly obsession that feeds on her weaknesses and past disappointments she must have the lakshmi as if to make up for all that she has yearned for in her life kshay takes an unforgiving look at obsession how it eats at the frailty of our minds corroding reasoning reality and emotional fulfillment