Sunday, August 9, 2009

Ashes

The story of siblings discovering the death of their mother. They are both in their 40's. Brother and sister. The mother's only two wishes are - one, that they scatter her ashes in the Ganges, Varanasi, and, two, take the long journey from Trivandrum all the way up to UP by bus/train. She leaves behind a diary and a map of the places they need to visit on their journey. With each visit, they discover something new about their mother. A road movie where a brother discovers his sister's soul and vice versa and also in the process realise their inner worlds and the interiors of India, the villages, the people, their simple lives - a contrast to their corporate mundane city lives.