Barsaati
(short film)
Our share of the sky!
Space changes our relationship with the universe and how we understand and place ourselves in it. In cities, where this relationship is strained the most, one cannot help but wonder if modernity has taken over everything that we have ever considered essential for our very being. If it has, then is there a way to reconcile with the present and still find beauty in the darkest of times?
The film raises such questions as on a cold winter night, two men sit on a park bench. Their existence lies in the silences between the said and the unsaid, like the existence of the Barsaati lies between the protection of a home and the mysterious vastness of the sky which does not provide any hiding places.
Set in Delhi, Barsaati deals with the loneliness and depressions of metropolitan cities. I joined the production as an assistant cinematographer. My work also included managing camera rentals, as well as operating the boom mic.
Awarded:
International Young Film Makers Award at Up and Coming Film Festival, Germany, 2017
Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival, Pune, 2017
Tiss Cut.in Student Festival, Mumbai, 2017
14th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival, Travelling Package, 2018
17th Festival International Du Film Et D'Education, Morocco, 2018
17th Imagine India International Film Festival, Spain, 2018
New Voices in Cinema: Short Film Festival by Toto Funds the Arts, Bangalore, 2018
5th Urban Lens Film Festival, Bangalore and Delhi, 2018
Signs Film Festival, Kerala, 2018
10th Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar, 2019
Directed by:
Priya Naresh
Asst Director:
Akshay Burman
Cinematographer:
Aravind Ramachandran
Asst Cinematographer/ Production:
Taha Abdul Majeed
Editor:
Sephin Alexander
Production Controller:
Mridupankhi Rajkumari