Achalchitra

Glimpses of everyday life in Ladakh on a long summer evening. Through vignettes of daily life, landscapes, and wildlife, set entirely during the liminal blue hour, Ri paints a portrait of Ladakh as seen through the eyes of a traveller.

Pankaj is a small-town theatre actor with dreams of making it big in Mumbai. But faced with obligations to his family, which is under a deep financial strain post the lockdown, he is forced to weigh his dreams and make a choice.

In a north Indian village, a family reunites at their ancestral home to celebrate a new birth in the family. It’s a joyous, carefree occasion. Over the next two decades, through festivals and feasts, births and deaths, the film observes one house as it ages and falls to neglect.