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A FILM BY THE OPEN IRIS

INDEPENDENT CINEMA survives — because PEOPLE BELIEVE.

The Writer-Director of A Billion Colour Story, Thinkistan and Max, Min & Meowzaki, has a new story. A tender tale of two lower-middle-class siblings caring for their stepbrother after his near fatal road accident caused by a pothole on a highway, it threads its way along India’s cratered roads as a metaphor for the tattered fabric of its collective soul.

Charmingly, humorously, stirringly, it journeys through the tangled, tender bonds of family, and the everyday valiance of ordinary people. Intimate in its telling, yet expansive in its soul, the film is a stirring ode to connection and the enduring power of community in a world quietly coming apart.

HELP FUND

this film

We’re raising funds to bring this story to life — an uplifting film about resilience and the roads that connect us all; an exploration of care, loss, and the flawed, fumbling ways love endures in a cruel era.

The film is being part-funded by the director himself, with the rest raised through this crowdfunding effort. Every contribution goes directly into making the film — paying better wages, renting equipment, and finessing to the highest standard possible.

The film is being part-funded by the director himself, with the rest raised through this crowdfunding effort. Every contribution goes directly into making the film — paying better wages, renting equipment, and finessing to the highest standard possible.

You can be part of this journey. No studios, no gatekeepers — just people who believe in meaningful cinema.

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The film is being part-funded by the director himself, with the rest raised through this crowdfunding effort. Every contribution goes directly into making the film — paying better wages, renting equipment, and finessing to the highest standard possible.

You can be part of this journey.

No studios, no gatekeepers — just people who believe in meaningful cinema.

FUNDING tier list

TIER 1
₹1,000–₹5,000
  • Name included in the film’s end credits
  • Access to exclusive production updates and behind-the-scenes content
TIER 2
₹5,000–₹10,000
  • All Tier 1 rewards
  • A personal note from the director
  • Private access to select previous work
TIER 3
₹10,000–₹25,000
  • All Tier 1 & 2 rewards
  • A signed poster by the main cast and crew
  • Invitation to a private screening of the film
TIER 4
₹25,000–₹50,000
  • All rewards from Tier 1 to 3
  • Coffee date with the cast and crew
TIER 5
₹50,000–₹2,00,000
  • All rewards from Tier 1 to 4
  • Invitation to a shoot day or music session
  • Signed copy of the final script and a personal thank-you letter from the director
TIER 6
₹2,00,000 and above
  • All rewards from Tier 1 to 5
  • Invitation to the film’s premiere or festival screening
  • Executive Producer credit on the film

OF, FOR AND BY
each other

The D’Souza siblings — Sharon, Neil, and Siddharth — find their fragile world shaken after an accident leaves one of them fighting for their life.

As they navigate hospitals, outrage, guilt, and unspoken love, they're forced to confront what binds them — and what time has worn thin.

A story about care and survival, about what breaks us — and what still blooms.

Portrait

Let’s celebrate the generosity and the dignity of the everyman. Let’s tell a tale about the ordinary, with extraordinary care. Let’s narrate it with the love we lavish upon an infant.

And let those who watch this feel that love.

— N. Padmakumar

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