In the late 1980s in the Himalayas, a man's life is turned upside down by a series of mysterious fires destroying his fruit orchards. As he struggles to stop the outbreaks, the escalating mystery forces him to confront not only the truth behind the blazes but also the long-hidden secrets of his family and his own past.
Cinematography
Mountain fog that feels like it's hiding something ancestral.
Acting
Manoj Bajpayee's trembling restraint will wreck you.
Director
Raam Reddy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reddy filmed in actual Himalayan villages where orchard fires remain unexplained phenomena, blending regional folklore with psychological realism.
The 1988 setting isn't arbitrary—it's when India liberalized economically, making the orchard's destruction a metaphor for traditional agrarian life consumed by modernity.
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