Language: Hindi
Program: Film India Worldwide
Director: Christopher Smith
Writer: Christopher Smith
Co-script: Smith, Randy Russel
Length: 2007,colour, 104 mins
Awards And Participation: Special Jury Prize
Synopsis: The film follows a village boy Venkatesh (Venkatesh Chavan) who arrives in Panjim and finds a job as a hotel housekeeper. His close friend is Jahangir (Jahangir Badshah). The two make extra money selling plastic bags to pedestrians. One day Venkatesh climbs up a mango tree and from its branch sees the swimming pool of a large, seemingly deserted house. Fascinated by the shimmering pool, he makes it a habit to gaze on it almost every day. The more savvy Jehangir tells him, "The closest you're going to get to that pool is cleaning it." Venkatesh gets to meet the owner, a well-to-do man from Mumbai (Nana Patekar) and his edgy, taciturn daughter Ayesha (Ayesha Mohan). He starts working in the house when he finds time. Both father and daughter take to him in their different ways. Watching their encounters provides an insight into how they differ socially and culturally and yet manage to mingle. They learn home truths about each other, and in the end, each affects the other’s polarized world in some way.
