Sudhir Mishra's directed Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (HKA) takes a hard look at changing relationships in the context of changing circumstances and explores the thin thread of romance, friendship vis a vis ideological and monetary considerations.
The film, which was screened at the International Film Festival of India yesterday, tackles a complicated web of human relationship, that are often threatened by ideological preferences, political considerations and monetary diktats.
The movie, set against the backdrop of the emergency, looks at a bunch of college students, some driven by the fire in their belly to go and bring revolution in the villages.
"The film is placed in the period around emergency because I wanted to tell the story of a period that passed by and one that had a lot of drama, political and social activism," Mishra told PTI.
"I do not subscribe to any particular political ideology. I subscribe to the ideology of dissent. Sometime democracy is all about dissent," Mishra, whose film has also been screened at the Berlin film festival, said.
"Though the film takes a look at the leftist movement and naxalite activity, sometimes, I find Stalinist view point very stifling. The left could be very bureaucratic and hierarchal in its structure and functioning," he said.
{{/usCountry}}"Though the film takes a look at the leftist movement and naxalite activity, sometimes, I find Stalinist view point very stifling. The left could be very bureaucratic and hierarchal in its structure and functioning," he said.
{{/usCountry}}Mishra said "I want the youth to see the film and realise that life is made of many things. You have to ask your own questions and find your own answers."