Name of the film TORTOISE UNDER THE EARTH (DHARTI LATAR RE HORO)
Directed by Shishir Jha
Duration 96 minutes
Year 2022
CountryIndia
Language Santhali (English subtitles)
PRINCIPAL CREW
Writing Shishir Jha
Editing Shishir Jha
Cinematography Shishir Jha
Cast Jagarnath Baskey, Mugli Baskey
Music Durga Prasad Murmu
Sound Designing Dhiman Karmakar
About the film
In a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, India, a tribal couple copes with the loss of their daughter. For them, the land and forest are witnesses to their daughter’s memory. With great sensitivity and beauty, the film explores the deeply intertwined connections between tribal communities and the forest that is their traditional home. Deftly interweaving the vivid colours of their festivals, their folk songs, and the sense of community that binds them together, 'Tortoise Under The Earth' is a poetic elegy to a rapidly disappearing world, subsumed by unchecked development and displacement.
About the director
Shishir Jha is a Mumbai-based filmmaker. He received a Diploma in Filmmaking at the workshop of the late Abbas Kiarostami at EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV) Cuba in 2016. He is one of the Directors of 'Shuruaat Ka Interval'– an anthology of eight short films with a common theme, released as a feature film by PVR Directors Rare.
