Name of the film P FOR PYAAZ, P FOR PAISA, P FOR PAANI
DirectionLaxminarayan Devda
Duration 56 minutes14 seconds
Year 2022
CountryIndia
Language Nimadi, Malwi, Hindi (English subtitles)
Special Note Kolkata Premiere
PRINCIPAL CREW
Cinematography Laxminarayan Devda
EditingMilind Chhabra, Jyoti Garhewal Lassar, and Shobhit Jain
ResearchLaxminarayan Devda, Pradeep Lekhwar
Sound DesignMilind Chhabra
Concept Idea & GuidancePinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain
About the film
In the fragile hydrogeological farmlands of Narmada valley, a sizable number of affluent farmers descends from the rich Malwa plateau to take land on lease from marginal farmers at an attractive price. They grow onion, a water-intensive crop for commercial purposes. While the cash income is the target for both the onion farmers as well as the landowners, what is the impact of the new practice on the depleting natural resource such as water? The filmmaker follows one season of farming and the market vulnerability of the perishable cash crop of onion against the fragile landscape.
About the director
Laxminarayan Devda, a farmer from the remote tribal village of Pandutalab in Bagli Tehsil, is a media practitioner engaging in participatory filmmaking. He has been working with SPS Community Media since 2006, learning and discovering the joy of photography and chronicling people’s voices through short video films that are shared across communities as experiential learning.
