Director
Our world, the only known place where life exists, is a tiny speck in this vast universe. When we realize that, this is the only family we have, all the differences like boundaries, religions, colours and languages that divide us, vanish and we attain Saakshatkaaram, the realisation. Saakshatkaaram is about the inner journey of a pious Hindu man, mourning his wife’s death and his search for finding redemption. He decides to meet a Muslim family from a foreign country; only because his wife’s hands now belong to one of them and are alive!
Director of Photography
Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine called a Kaavad. The film is a collaborative work between traditional Kaavad storytellers and Kaavad artists from Rajasthan, together with the filmmaker. Combining lush animation with live-action, the film is an interpretation of two stories which are forever fused in the act of telling and retelling.
