Jayant Pawar

Athang is the tale of a discerning young man named Rau also known as Raavan living under the shadow of a soul trapped in its own curse. While Rau is battling his demons and trying to survive the inevitable pain, a curious young woman named Sushila arrives at the Sardekhmukh's residence, where women are forbidden. Rukmini, who is Rau's widowed maternal aunt advises Sushila that she stays hidden from Rau and away from the lake.

Today, there is hardly anyone who hasn't visited the swanky shopping malls, nightclubs, lounge bars, clubs and other such lifestyle destinations that sprung up across the centre of Mumbai. However, very few know that buried deep below these glittering edifices to consumerism lies the dark, dirty and painful reality of many thousands of mill workers who once worked the cotton mills in this very same area. Rising and toiling to the wail of the mill sirens each and every day, seven days a week, these workers embodied the true unbridled zeal and unflagging spirit of the city and played a pivotal role in the evolution of Mumbai as the modern day business capital of India. And then it suddenly was as if they never existed. Following the mill workers strike in the mid-80s, these mills began closing down rapidly and the mill-workers mysteriously disappeared...

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