Over the years, the question of female desire has quietly found its way to a strong, young voices in cinematic conversations. After Payal Kapadia We all imagine as light And a frying fry Girls will be girlsThis festival season, Nidhari Saxena The secret of a mountain snake The craving for association at new heights between normal women takes forward.
Set in the hills of Uttarakhand during the Kargil War, the film Almora follows the life of a part of isolated women whose husbands torture them because they go to serve the nation on borders. Barkha (Trimla Officer) is a school teacher whose husband is a soldier. In his absence, she is attracted to a writer named Mihir Guho (Adil Hussain). Using myth and magic realism, Nisi turned the story of this one-ride into a lyrical discovery of female desire. “When it comes to the series of sacrifices in the society, the woman’s wish is at the top,” Nidhi said during the phone conversation. “And Victorian morality affects the middle class the most,” she says.
Bachelor of Fine Arts from a government college in Jaipur, grew up in education and made a documentary for Doordarshan and took him to the hills of Uttarakhand for reputed NGOs. “I came to know that a lot of youth go to the region to join the army, who leave behind alone wives and widows.
One is still from the secret of ‘a mountain snake’. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The national asked to find out how the story of an army person is important for the nation, it can be a piece of imagination, and his wife’s will be a reality. “I found that when he returns for a year after a year and becomes the center of the universe, the woman is not very comfortable because she is not used for her touch. It took me years to understand the dynamics of relationships.”
Nipi uses shoes as a metaphor for moral monitoring that society puts on its women. “I wanted to show that when they go out for work, the society keeps a moral monitoring on something that equipped him to cross the boundary of the house. Physically, Barkha has come out, but still there is something that is pulling behind him, as if he has done something wrong.”
Outside, the indigo creates a folklore, where Barkha finds itself in a kind of garden of the eden that is filled with prohibited apples, messenger birds and a shape-shift snake. The fruit is traditionally a powerful symbol of desire. Neil tells us that when she gave the film to Alberto Barbara, the artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, she took an apple in her hand and went with the rhythm of ‘Go Home’, the word Barkh’s footwear mutters when she walks on the wild side with Manik, which takes the soul of a snake.
Magic Realism is an integral part of Nidi’s story. After reading Fiodor Dostoevsky, Gabriel Garcia Merkes, and Vinod Kumar Shukla, he refers to Remedios while climbing in heaven during washing clothes, takes white sheets with her to wash clothes, with her, with her, in, in, in, with her. 100 years solitude As a source of inspiration. “The kind of closed society we grow up, magical realism gives us relief.”
Regarding the mafled male voice in the film, Nidhi claims that for centuries, a group of men had been determining social morality and tradition. “It’s time to find out things for themselves. I have been asked why Sudhir does not fight with Barkh when he finds out his crimes. Whether he was violent, it is easy for the audience to choose Manik for Barkh. Here, Sudhir cries when he cannot satisfy Barkkh,” she explains.
Manik fills emotional zero in Barkha’s life, but delicate conversation can be a front, a skin that it will shed. “If you decide something for yourself, you can make a mistake. Snakes are smooth and shiny, but they are also dangerous. I believe that women should have the desire for freedom (to express) and the desire of freedom. Finally, they do not go into a snake, they go to the river!”
Connected by Adil’s layered performance, Nisi stated that an experienced actor came ready to play a snake without any prophet. “There was a 14-minute sequence, where he forgot the difference between ruby ​​and mythological figure. We could maintain only 5-6 minutes, but it was an experience. He read everything about the snake, including its memory.”
Still from the film. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Talking about Chitraya Cinematography, she says that her DOP, Vikas Urs, had just been completed Sabar Bonda (This year’s Sundans winner) when he joined him. “His style was observation. He likes to watch things from far away. It probably works in boys film. I told him The main heart is urged (I want to get into my heart),“Chakalli Nei and to tell how he used fire to create a magical light effect in a film made on a tight budget, which came through the prestigious Bienle College grant.
Health Shushish is the second Indian filmmaker after Bhutiani, who secured it Mukti Bhawan About a decade ago. His first film, Unhappy letter of a fictional woman, Won Asian Cinema Fund. Rahati complains that big Bollywood producers are now looking for these funds, which are essentially for independent filmmakers. “I think the top festivals also want the presence of popular names.”
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In Jaipur, growing in a middle-class house, with parents, who created a love for literature and encouraged him to pursue his passion, Nisi saw his cousin struggling at the wedding. She wonders how society normalizes a girl from one house to another. “When I was less than the money, I asked my working mother to give me the amount she had saved for my marriage. He understood me.”
Jaipur girl says that she learned her count from “Ek Do Teen” (Acid) And Bollywood is open to directing the film. “I did not grow up to see Satyajit Ray, but I think Shoojit Sirkar and Pradeep Sarkar’s choice has been able to break a generation of filmmakers and speak within the mainstream mile. I have scripts ready!”
Published – 02 September, 2025 05:46 pm IST
