Shankar is a wounded, reluctant and reclusive aghora on a quest to find the cure for his very rare human condition – the one that will be cured, only when he can confront and conquers the haunting ironical questions of his life.
Cinematography
Snow-laden Himalayas that feel genuinely hostile.
Direction
Vidyadhar Kagita's debut swings for the fences.
Practical Effects
Old-school prosthetics for the aghora aesthetic.
Director
Vidyadhar Kagita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vishwak Sen spent months training with actual aghora sadhus in Varanasi, reportedly sleeping in cremation grounds for authenticity.
The film draws heavily from the Dashanami Sampradaya and the concept of 'sparsha'—sacred touch as both pollution and transcendence in Shaivism.
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