Lockdown Film Challenge May 9, 2021
By Amar Gore with 6.5
experimental · Short Films · hindi
In a world where the pandemic, news headlines around it, and a general sense of dread threatens to overwhelm you, Dhwani brings a calmness to your life, only if for a few minutes.
The short narrative is simply a tying together of different sounds, from mellow wind chimes to distant birds to a strong thunderstorm that threatens to spoil this calm, but eventually is overpowered by other sounds that follow. These sounds perhaps also become a metaphor for the different stages of life, experiences and memories of the woman on screen before you. However, irrespective of what they stand for, the corresponding visuals, along with the rest of the aesthetic, manage to convey to you a sense of peace, much needed in contemporary times.
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