About this Event
The Umesh Chronicles
Director: Pooja Kaul
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aiza Khan, Kriti Pant, Vivek Gomber, Leela Samson, Babil Khan, Zayn Marie Khan, Babil Khan, Adil Husain
Language: English, Hindi, Kashmiri
Length: 2 hour 19 minutes
Year Of The Film: 2023
Synopsis:
TUC enters the inner world of Radha, 12 years old, surrounded by parents, grandparents and servants, and an emphasis on education which defines her everyday. Radha has only passing contact with Sundar, a servant boy in her house. Sundar runs away and when she meets him many years later, Radha considers that he might be more free than she is. In her thirties, in a more modern India, Radha sets out to find him.
The Umesh Chronicles is a map of the past and a sketch for the future.
Director: Pooja Kaul
Pooja Kaul is a writer and director whose work explores urban life. Her films Rasikan Re (O Lover of Life, 33 mins, Hindi and English) and Winter Trail ( 11 min) have been seen at festivals and art galleries worldwide. Her work examines contemporary Indian society in the light of its richly developed past, finding parallel textures and sensibilities, forging connections between past and the present.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Village East by Angelika, 181-189 2nd Avenue, New York, United States
USD 15.00
