{"id":3922,"date":"2025-03-13T02:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3922"},"modified":"2025-03-16T07:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T02:09:13","slug":"bayberries-ripen-in-the-monsoon","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/film\/bayberries-ripen-in-the-monsoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayberries Ripen In The Monsoon (Kafal Pako Ashadha)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-z123j-21a5d4a711f350f9491b508699069855\">\n.flex_column.av-z123j-21a5d4a711f350f9491b508699069855{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-z123j-21a5d4a711f350f9491b508699069855 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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.hr.hr-invisible.av-m7yp5xml-8953bc4f7333a381b18938698377432f{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-m7yp5xml-8953bc4f7333a381b18938698377432f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_horizontal_gallery  el_before_av_table  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-data-table-wrap av-24hgy2u-c62ab5a073d7d48d1c1743f26e7d5e48 avia_responsive_table avia-table-1'><table  class='avia-table avia-data-table avia_pricing_minimal  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  films-details-tab'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Table\" ><tbody><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>TITLE OF THE FILM<\/td><td class=''>Bayberries Ripen In The Monsoon (Kafal Pako Ashadha)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>DIRECTED BY<\/td><td class=''>Pulkit Tomar<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>LANGUAGE<\/td><td class=''>Garhwali (English subtitles)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>YEAR<\/td><td class=''>2024<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>COUNTRY<\/td><td class=''>India<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>DURATION<\/td><td class=''>20 minutes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-19jykie-15d95f523105dbdd018ba3f8c7009c56\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-19jykie-15d95f523105dbdd018ba3f8c7009c56 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-19jykie-15d95f523105dbdd018ba3f8c7009c56 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>PRINCIPAL CREW &#038; CAST<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div class='avia-data-table-wrap av-18mlfrq-68bc3e0a57fe8aa4b6b0a7b1624c2926 avia_responsive_table avia-table-2'><table  class='avia-table avia-data-table avia_pricing_minimal  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_video  films-details-tab'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Table\" ><tbody><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>WRITING &#038; EDITING<\/td><td class=''>Pulkit Tomar<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>CINEMATOGRAPHY<\/td><td class=''>Prateek Pamecha<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>LOCATION SOUND, SOUND DESIGN &#038; MIXING<\/td><td class=''>Ankit Thapa<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>MUSIC<\/td><td class=''>Martand Badoni<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>PRINCIPAL CAST<\/td><td class=''>Anshul Kandari, Kishana Devi, Kusum Kandari, Prashant Kandari<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><br \/>\n<div  id=\"film-trailer\"  class='avia-video av-31pu2e-f45e674bc94be8f3a4367f8c68bc3ab8 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate 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His short film &#8216;Bastaa&#8217; has garnered international acclaim, winning the Special COVID Prize at the International Rare Disease Film Festival in Berlin in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3zzbxi-4ab47b98696e20fb4d8a46362f95a059\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3zzbxi-4ab47b98696e20fb4d8a46362f95a059{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3zzbxi-4ab47b98696e20fb4d8a46362f95a059 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7z02998-7623e560d4e2bee5f69674f4e8bfab7e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m7z02998-7623e560d4e2bee5f69674f4e8bfab7e .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7z02998-7623e560d4e2bee5f69674f4e8bfab7e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>DIRECTOR&#8217;S STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-27msva-0f020d9b12bdead97c54dcc5c8fc9bab\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-27msva-0f020d9b12bdead97c54dcc5c8fc9bab .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-27msva-0f020d9b12bdead97c54dcc5c8fc9bab '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p align=\"justify\"><em>\u201c&#8217;Kafal Pako&#8217;\u2014a popular folklore in Uttarakhand and Nepal\u2014conveys a deep cultural connection to nature, particularly the kafal fruit (bayberry). 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