Makara

Prantik Basu paints a sensorial portrait of a village located in East India and its traditional rites.

During an overnight bus journey, two passengers confide in each other and share their memory of a woman who affected their lives in different ways.

Near Mogulmari in the south of West-Bengal in India lies a mountain known locally as Sakhisona. The stories about it are still sung by local musicians. A dig nearby recently uncovered the remains of a monastery as well as 6th-century objects. The film shows the objects unearthed and re-enacts the stories and folklore.

Until recent years, the Santhali tribe of India did not have its own written language. Their stories and myths were preserved and passed on verbally through the generations. Each narration has a different form, much like the rocks of a nearby hill that come in various hues. While a woman from the community narrates a tale about the origin of creation and how their first house was built, the village prepares for an annual ritual.

AK Shrivastav, a quirky patient suffering from retrograde amnesia, uncovers the reason behind his condition while trying to recollect his life accurately

Every morning, several women from the villages of Purulia walk up the Ayodhya Hill to collect leaves from the Sal tree. At night, they weave plates out of them that are sold in local markets at a nominal price. The film follows one such group of women through their daily chores.