A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining.
Direction
Ghose frames power dynamics through silence and landscape.
Acting
Konkona Sen Sharma delivers controlled fire as the journalist.
Cinematography
Tribal terrain shot with documentary intimacy.
Director
Goutam Ghose
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ghose based Agni's arc on real 2000s mining disputes in Odisha and Jharkhand, where corporate 'CSR' meetings often preceded forced evictions.
The title refers to ground zero of activism — the moment before protest becomes inevitable. Ghose shot in actual tribal villages with non-professional actors as extras.
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