Dharohar

Dharohar documents a community of artist/artisans based in a small village in Chhattisgarh. Despite having been awarded prestigious national and international honours, the community has lagged behind in its means. Members of the community of generational artists who practised the craft have been forced to give it up and find employment in the nearby brick-making factories. The film points to the imbalanced power nexus in the capitalist market which divides the artist from the artisan, exploits both, profits off their labour and keeps them impoverished.

Looking at the conditions and confessions of the craftsmen, one could never have known of their invaluable skill; and that is a deplorable plague of the system.