FEATURE FILM · COMEDY

Bedside Manner

Learning to connect is the hardest part.

Facing a six-week deadline to improve his clinical communication, Dr. Ravi Kapoor turns to acting coach Mara—and discovers that learning to connect means changing more than his bedside manner.

The Story

Ravi has built a life around achievement, expertise, and the comforts success can buy. Working with Mara challenges his habit of performing confidence instead of letting people see him. Acting exercises and stand-up comedy push him into unfamiliar territory, where authority cannot guarantee a laugh or earn a real connection. His journey asks what remains when the impressive house, the cars, and the admiration of others stop being enough.

Tone & Themes

An emotionally grounded comedy about vulnerability, reinvention, and the human connections that make a life worth living.