Amrita

“Amrita” is a film on a community’s deep-rooted concern for protecting its natural resources. A playful, fictionalized account of a true story from Rajasthan’s Bishnoi community, the film tries to tap into our conscience for environmental protection not as a matter of lessons through speeches but through ordinary people living their everyday lives and making their environment a vital and yet a pleasurable, part of their everyday living.

It is likely that the event portrayed in the film had eventually, centuries later, resulted in the famous “Chipko” movement by Sunderlal Bahuguna. Certainly it had resulted in instituting the Amrita Devi Bishnoi Smriti Award.
“Amrita” serves as a stirring reminder of how we need to protect our environment for the generations ahead.