Engrossed Within Oneself) is a 2015 Indian Odia-language film directed by Manas Sahoo, produced by Alina Samal, and written by Sarojini Pattayat.
In the process, Pihu tries to use her academic and research knowledge in sociology to teach Chinu to behave like an average person and socialise with others.
Manas Sahoo, Auro Varat Patnaik, and Soumya Das visited a school for autistic children to gain an understanding of their behaviour, lifestyle and body language.
[4] Director Manas Sahoo was contemplating a film on the subject of intellectual disability when he and Alina Samal met the autistic daughter of an acquaintance.
While researching the complexities and realities of autism by consulting and with people in the medical field, they met Gautam Panda, an autistic savant child, who became the final inspiration for their story concept.