Staying Alive

The story is about two men who suffer a heart attack and share a hospital room. Aditya (Ananth Mahadevan) is a newspaper editor who has already survived two strokes in the past and has somewhat adapted to the crisis. Shaukat Ali (Saurabh Shukla), an underworld kingpin who has often witnessed death closely, gets paranoid when he gets his first heart attack. The story is about their interactions and exchange of ideas in the ICU room that change Ali’s perspective towards life. The film received mixed reviews from critics. from gave the film 2/5 and said “On the whole, Staying Alive is more of an experiment that holds appeal for a tiny segment of cineastes – those with an appetite for meaningful, festival films”. Avijit Ghosh from gave it 3/5 stating that “Staying Alive is a subtle yet engrossing human drama”.