The film brings up quite a daring subject in Indian society feelings of love and lust between a prostitute and a young man. One day, the main hero Vidhyashankar, a poet and a sculptor, brings home a pretty girl. After indulging in a passionate affair, he never wants to see her again. But destiny decides otherwise and she comes back to him. They become very close to each other and he realises that his lust has made way for compassionate love.
Also in this combined programme
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The Unconscious
The female director moved among the ‘Khoti’ (men who feel like women) and owns up to her own mental and emotional loves and pains. -
Without an End
Adaptation of Melville’s classic story is set in 1970s India, when society was still stable and slow. -
Palace of the Winds
Epic film mixes various cinematographic approaches in reflections about that Holy Box: the radio.
Film details
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 14'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
