Ashes(2011)

Two brothers. One way of life.

Ashes follows a young Indian man navigating the harsh realities of New York's inner city while caring for his mentally ill brother. As financial pressures mount and their situation deteriorates, he becomes entangled with dangerous associates who pull him deeper into a criminal underworld. The film explores themes of family obligation, survival, and the moral compromises made when desperation takes hold. Caught between his responsibility to his brother and the seductive pull of quick money, the protagonist faces an impossible choice that threatens to destroy everything he's built. A gritty character study of poverty and its corrosive effects on relationships and identity.