The Umesh Chronicles

The Umesh Chronicles

Director: Pooja Kaul

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aiza Khan, Kriti Pant, Vivek Gomber, Leela Samson, Babil Khan, Zayn Marie Khan, Babil Khan, Adil Husain

Language: English, Hindi, Kashmiri

Length: 2 hour 19 minutes

Year Of The Film: 2023

Synopsis:

TUC enters the inner world of Radha, 12 years old, surrounded by parents, grandparents and servants, and an emphasis on education which defines her everyday. Radha has only passing contact with Sundar, a servant boy in her house. Sundar runs away and when she meets him many years later, Radha considers that he might be more free than she is. In her thirties, in a more modern India, Radha sets out to find him.

The Umesh Chronicles is a map of the past and a sketch for the future.

Director: Pooja Kaul

Pooja Kaul is a writer and director whose work explores urban life. Her films Rasikan Re (O Lover of Life, 33 mins, Hindi and English) and Winter Trail ( 11 min) have been seen at festivals and art galleries worldwide. Her work examines contemporary Indian society in the light of its richly developed past, finding parallel textures and sensibilities, forging connections between past and the present.

Host or Publisher Indo-American Arts Council