Pawan Kamble

With the expansion of mining activities in Jharkhand, indigenous populations are at massive risk in terms of displacement and loss of livelihood. Especially, tribal women have been on the receiving end of economic and political marginalisation and invisible patriarchy. Through this film, we witness that tribal women’s bodies are testimony to their respective labour. These bodies narrate history, anecdotes, and advice for the future. Their identities hold powerful stories, absent in the mainstream.

Meenakshi, a middle-aged working woman, on this day comes home early from work and finds her husband cheating on her with their maid. But there is something more terrifying yet to be revealed.

When an aging, reclusive Daskathia performer breaks decades of silence to honour a dying patron's wish, he confronts the question that has haunted his entire life— if the last audience walks away, is it still a performance?