Scorched

About the film

In a predominantly agrarian society, providers of food to millions struggle to eat. Their living conditions are pathetic, often forcing them to kill themselves. Through the story of Raj Singh, the marginal peasant, who gave his all to raise a crop, but eventually, didn’t harvest it because it was much better to abandon the crop than to spend more time and money on its harvest, storage and sale; and the farmer who consumed poison, but, eventually didn’t die – ‘Taapar’ (‘Scorched’) explores their aspirations amidst the ongoing crisis depicts the several problems that have engulfed farmers and their families for decades now, and raises the question of a solution.