The music video, Panixiya, opens with a young woman, dressed in the traditional Assamese attire of sador-mekhela, peacefully gazing at a fish in a big bowl of water. She moves inside her mud house and transfers the fish to a smaller bucket. The bucket and its companion travel to calm waters, through the green lands and village roads as a woeful voice sings in the background. The sad, rhythmic melody talks of a pained life, one constituted by umpteen mistakes, distant relationships and unfulfilled emotions. <br><br>

Through the notable vocals, tied effortlessly with the visuals unfolding before you, the narrative endeavors a story about existence and its relationship with the human soul, the many struggles that confine and threaten to consume it and its relentless efforts to push through, even when all seems lost and overwhelmed by despair. With no direct translation in the English language, the title of the film thus becomes an evocation of a philosophy which views the fish as our mortal coil swimming in the endless, unpredictable, unknown waters of existence.


Panixiya | Short Film of the Day

The music video is defined by its smooth vocals. There is further the attempt to rope in a specifically stylistic visual approach to enhance the singing. A man moves stealthily in the darkness of the night, seeking out victims and inflicting violence upon them. As the plot progresses, ideas of revenge also make their presence felt.<br><br>

The vocals continue to sing about existential questions and perhaps even the futility of existence itself. The end result of the video has a rawness to it which doesn't entirely work in its favor. Having said that, 'Waves of Jowai' remains a sincere endeavor marked by its dedication to storytelling.


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