Vishnu has a bleak future before him, he must join his father in the family's oil business and try and boost the sales of the stinking oil in small town India. He sees his chance to escape by offering to transport a ramshackle truck, with a make-shift cinema, to a distant museum that lies across the expansive desert of Kutch. His companions: a chai-wallah chokra, a gypsy girl and a burlesque mechanic.
Cinematography
The Kutch desert becomes a character—vast, lonely, beautiful.
Direction
Dev Benegal's patient, observational style lets moments breathe.
Acting
Abhay Deol's quiet desperation before he was a star.
Director
Dev Benegal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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