The short narrative takes the viewer on the ghats of Varanasi, and offers a brief spiritual history of the place. There are bytes of several men whose lives center completely around the spiritual reality of the place. In the process the ideas of moksha, or freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth, are also invoked. It is believed that this freedom would be the fate of anyone who is in Varanasi when death comes calling. On the whole, the final result becomes an extolling of the heritage and religious journey of the city, presented to you in a direct manner.

Varanasi | Short Film Nominee

As the pandemic ensured we all got confined indoors, it instilled within us a longing for the outdoors we may have not experienced previously. The short narrative is an attempt to express the same yearning, as well as the feeling of comfort that the protagonist achieves in nature. Be it the lush green of forests, the prominence of hills in all their glory or the unrelenting ebb and flow of the waves, the visuals want to portray them all. Using a first person approach, these views are expressed, reminding the viewer of the solace that can be found in the limitlessness of nature.

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