An Ode to Marwi
The story goes that the evil King Umer, lusting after the beautiful shepherd girl Marvi, kidnaps her and locks her up in his fortress. Despite his best efforts to win her over, Marvi refuses to marry him. Her heart cannot stay confined in his luxurious fortress, and instead longs to roam free in the grasslands that are her home.
This film started with an attempt to capture Marvi's beloved homeland, the grasslands of Sindh and Kutch. But along the way the film-maker encountered the Marvis of today. The women who stay forever in the shadows, unseen and unheard, their existence only felt through their cooking, their handicraft and the children they raise. They are the Marvis confined by their modern day guardians, namely culture and tradition.
This film is an ode to every Marvi whose heart cannot stay confined and longs to be free.
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Priyanshi ShuklaDirector
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:14 minutes 1 second
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Completion Date:December 18, 2022
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:Hindi, Other
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes - Auroville Film Institute
Priyanshi is passionate about cinema, stories and traveling. Her first film ‘Ode to Marvi’, made as a part of the workshop conducted by Auroville Film Institute in Kutch, has been a culmination of all of her passions.
She graduated in architecture in 2013 and after being in the field for close to eight years, in 2020 she decided to leave it to pursue her dream of becoming a film-maker.
To her, film is a medium to fully express herself and have a conversation with audiences. She aims to transport the viewer away from their present and into the world of her experience or creation. She wants to spread the joy of cinema that she experienced and which helped shape her adolescence to everybody who may need it.