Synopsis for the Film

‘On the banks of the once great river Kali Bien, sat the wise sage, his feet folded and his mind’s eye meditating on the river water, remembering how it once thrived with a natural roar setting rhythm for life and livelihood along its banks. He thought of the tons of sewage and toxins that was thoughtlessly dumped into the purity of the river not just tainting its water but literally asphyxiating its natural course and flow. Recollecting himself after the long serene meditation, the sage declares that he himself and alone would resurrect the mother river to her past glory. All who seek to join are welcomed but not one hand is forced. What stirred in the heart of one man quickly spreads to the rest of community. A movement not just takes birth but evolves and becomes a collective force, a voice, a song. The river will be released and once again flow free but the surrounding industries ever-seeking to dwarf the people, to mute their song continue to move in with their cancerous wastes. Director Surendra Manan’s acclaimed and feted documentary not just narrates the beginning and the process of the dynamic movement but carries with itself the spirit of the movement which it seeks to keep alive against every odd.

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