POKHAR KE DUNU PAAR
On Either Sides of the Pond
Synopsis
Sumit and Priyanka, an eloped couple, return to their hometown, due to the financial hardships caused by the lockdown. As Priyanka seeks to leave Sumit and return to her conservative father’s home, Sumit, oblivious, wastes his time away.
Synopsis
Sumit and Priyanka, an eloped couple, return to their hometown, due to the financial hardships caused by the lockdown. As Priyanka seeks to leave Sumit and return to her conservative father’s home, Sumit, oblivious, wastes his time away.
Our take
The dilapidated environs of Darbanga mirror the crumbling lives of young Indians faced with aimless uncertainty in this sensitive drama. With a naturalistic style, newcomer Parth Saurabh poetically deconstructs the much-romanticized idea of forbidden love in his compelling debut feature.