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- The film is a narrative of three Sikh women living in Widows Colony wherein they lost their homes and men in the violent killings of 1984 when over 2733 Sikhs were killed in Delhi and over 9000 in India after the death of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.It is the biggest state sponsored massacre in India which has been systematically removed from the public memory calling it anti-Sikh riots. Every evening Sikh women from the "Widows Colony" share their lives. They are nestled away from the so-called developed Metropolis New Delhi to a rehabilitated colony as their men and family members who were daily wage earners were killed in the massacre of 1984. Three decades later, the filmmaker Teenaa Kaur who has witnessed the impact of violence in her home and had grown up listening to stories wants to know the truth about the incident and how it influences her identity. She connects with the women and children to know their journey and impact of violence after so many years. One evening, the women question what happened to the dead bodies of their men who were killed in the massacre? This brings a turn around in the lives of the women as they set on a journey to reconcile the truth. Harbans Kaur works each day but dreams about her husband whose dead body no one ever found. Kuldeep Kaur won the case of her husband's murder for battling for eleven long years but is still looking for the house that she lived 33 years ago.The young Mohan Singh, born in 1984, is into drugs and misses his son. And his mother Meera Kaur struggles to put him into the drug rehab. The women negotiate the tragedy in their lives each day but they work and move ahead with resilience and fortitude. The film follows an observational approach to the lives of the women and Mohan Singh who negotiate everyday to live bravely. The primary themes in the film are courage, resilience, justice and identity.
- An afraid Chinkara cried for help in the deep recesses of a cold winter night in the desert. Shaitan Singh Bishnoi could not contain himself and rushed out to his rescue. Shaitan opposed the hunters but they shot him dead.
- This is a documentary film based on the life and transformation journey of Metha who is a farmer in a remote village of Nagaland. People have been hunting for food for centuries here. But one day, Uncle Tsilie got inspired to save the forest and endangered bird called "Blyth's Tragopan" as mass destruction of animals was happening with the advent and rampant use of guns in hunting. This movement was started by village elder Tsilie Sakhrie and later followed by Metha and many like him. He along with other tribal hunters in the village of Nagaland give up hunting to save the forest. The community has banned hunting and has taken to farming for livelihood. Now Metha is a practicing farmer and making new house for Eco-tourism. The story is inspiring tale on how people live in tune with Nature. The film follows Metha who turns from the hunter to farmer and his challenges now. The film is largely observational but also has the interviews with village elders Uncle Tsilie.