

A father is on the run with his little baby girl to escape the ghosts of his past and the forces that want him dead.
Acting
Bajpayee's eyes carry three generations of exhaustion.
Direction
Makhija weaponizes silence until it screams.
Sound
The forest breathes, and it's hungry.

Director
Devashish Makhija
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Makhija spent years researching Adivasi displacement; every bureaucratic cruelty shown is documented reality, not fiction.
The final long take of Dasru's face—Bajpayee improvised his exhaustion after 14 consecutive takes. What you see is genuine collapse.