With Listen Amaya, first-time director Avinash Kumar Singh tries to explore attributes like expectation, insecurity and acceptance in a mother-daughter relationship and how it adapts or rejects change in context of a visibly urban, evolved Indian family. Being the proverbial small film with a heart, Listen Amaya may not have the appearance of a generous budget (and often looks like a made-for-television project) elegant not opulent. Its real strength doesn’t come from production values but two of the most natural actors of Hindi cinema (Farookh Shaikh, Deepti Naval) and a remarkable young woman (Swara Bhaskar). Bhaskar conveys the hurt and resentment of an only child furious with the possibility of someone else replacing her deceased father’s memory and, more importantly, losing her mother to another man. It triggers some revolting behavior on her part, which is gracefully tolerated by both the elders. You can watch the movie only for its excellent star-cast!