Kahan ka Raasta (2017)

Nestled in the Himalayan range of Uttarakhand in India, Kalap may soon have a motorable road. Till then, the village continues to be 10 kilometres uphill on foot from the nearest road.

The film delves into the lives of the people of Kalap, who have been negotiating their path to sustainable living for generations. With increasingly easy access to the world beyond, will there be a gradual shift in social and cultural values across generations?

Kahan Ka Raasta is an immersive journey, in time and space, into the everyday reality of Kalap. It transpires at the pace of village life to unveil its many facets.

Published in the Journal of Anthropological Films, Vol.4 No.1, Nordic Anthropological Film Association, Norway 2020

Official Selection at the 15th Ethnographic Films Review Eyes and Lenses, Warsaw, Poland, 2020

Official Selection at Cultureels Ethnographic Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland 2019

Official Selection at Freiburg Film Forum, Germany 2019

Official Selection at The Irregulars Art Fair, New Delhi, India 2019

Official Selection at Ethnografilm, Paris, France 2019

Official Selection at the Days of Ethnographic Film, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2019

Official Selection and Best Student Film Award at Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, USA 2018

Official Selection at the Kratovo Ethnological Film Festival, North Macedonia 2018

Official Selection at the International Festival of Ethnological Film, Belgrade, Serbia, 2018

Official Selection at the Marburg International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany 2018

Official Selection at Days of Ethnographic Cinema, Moscow, Russia, 2018

Official Selection at the Displacements Virtual Film Festival, USA 2018

Official Selection & ICIMOD Best Mountain Film Award at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal 2017

Official Selection at Cut.in Student’s Film Festival, Mumbai, India 2017

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India 2019

Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany 2019

IUAES, Inter-Congress World Solidarities, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland 2019

University of Münster, Germany 2019

Kalap Village, India 2019

Kunzum Café, Delhi, India 2018

Visual Anthropology Centre, Belgrade, Serbia, 2018

Carpe Diem, Goa, India 2018

Red Bricks, Mumbai, India 2018

Shoonya – Centre for Art and Somatic Practices, Bengaluru, India 2018

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, India, 2018

Studio Safdar, Delhi, India, 2018

Conflictorium, Ahmedabad, India, 2018

National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India, 2018

Waari Café, Pune, India 2018

Pagdandi Café, Pune, India 2018