Dil Dariya Khawab Samander (My Heart Is an Ocean)

23min  |  Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati  |  Docufiction

When the water recedes on the reclaimed shore of Mumbai, children come out to play on this temporary playground. One evening after the fish are caught, Chirag declares that he wants to take all the fish home to build the biggest aquarium ever. This leads to a fight among playmates. In the days that follow, the three friends compete to keep their fish alive in order to prove that they deserve the fish, too. But Chirag with his dream to make the biggest aquarium finds a way to make it anyway.
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Synopsis

When the water recedes on the reclaimed shore of Mumbai, children come out to play on this temporary playground. One evening after the fish are caught, Chirag declares that he wants to take all the fish home to build the biggest aquarium ever. This leads to a fight among playmates. In the days that follow, the three friends compete to keep their fish alive in order to prove that they deserve the fish, too. But Chirag with his dream to make the biggest aquarium finds a way to make it anyway.

Filmmaker Bio

Tanvi Jadwani

Tanvi Jadwani

Director

Through my work on the ground with diverse communities in India, I have banked stories that make sense of the unseen lives of women and children. My Heart is an Ocean is my first film.

Credits

director: Tanvi Jadwani

writer: Tanvi Jadwani

producer: Tanvi Jadwani, Faraz Khan

cast: Pranali Sandhesh Surwa, Chirag Sanjay Jodiya, Daksh Mahesh Solanki, Sangeeta Vijay Pawer

Dop: Srijan Chaurasia