The Blind Camel (Heda Hoda)
US PREMIERE
India/2003/83 min/35mm

Director: Vinod Ganatra
Producer: Children's Film Society, India
Screenwriters: Ajit Duara, Vinod Ganatra
Cinematographer: Chandan Goswami
Editor: Vinod Ganatra
Sound: Manju Kamlesh
Music: Vanraj Bhatia
Featuring: Shivaji Satam, Suhasini Mulay, Swati Dave, Chawdaand, Gauri Vaidya

Young Sonu volunteers to lead the camels out to graze when his father becomes ill. While taking a lunch break, the camels wander off across the arid terrain. As Sonu pursues them, he unwittingly crosses over the border into Pakistan. A Pakistani herdsman graciously leads him back to the other side and promises to deliver the camels to a border checkpoint the following day. Neither of them could anticipate the bureaucratic obstacles that lay ahead.

In his debut feature film, director Vinod Ganatra celebrates the triumph of the innocence of youth over the rigid parameters of law that often undermine common sense.

Hindi (English subtitles)

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