“We belong to nature. We are not separate from it”, shares Dia Mirza at a special screening of Panha
“We belong to nature. We are not separate from it”, shares Dia Mirza at a special screening of Panha
Dia Mirza-backed short film Panha has been garnering widespread acclaim on the festival circuit, winning Best Indian Short Film at the All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF), Best Film at the 9th World Indian Film Festival (Hyderabad), Best Film at the Dhruma Film Festival, and receiving an Honourable Jury Mention at the 13th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival.
Told through the eyes of 7-year-old Vithu, Panha unfolds in a quaint Maharashtrian village where his family faces losing their ancestral mango farm to an infrastructure project. While Baba hopes to begin a new life in the city, Kaka refuses to let go of the land that has shaped generations of t...