Uttkarsh Parmar | India | 2026 | 57 mins. | Gujarati, Hindi | India Premiere | Filmmaker attending | Programme 12: Unpacking Family Trunks
Sat, Oct 31 | 3:20 PM | Picturetime 3 (Football Ground)
To most, they are Devendrakumar and Sadhnaben; their birth names, Saira and David, remain buried. Tracing his parents’ interfaith marriage shaped by caste, religion, and quiet negotiations of everyday life, the filmmaker investigates what endures their past love as his older brother prepares to marry.
Uttkarsh Parmar
Uttkarsh Parmar is an Ahmedabad-based director and editor focused on non-fiction stories. His theatre background stems from ATG with Rajoo Barot, alongside commercial Gujarati film work. His recent editing credit, Dr B. R. Ambedkar, Now and Then, screened at DIFF 2024 and streams on MUBI.
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra, Aparna Sanyal
Cinematographer: Uttkarsh Parmar
Editor: Uttkarsh Parmar
Sound: Dev Sarkar
Cast: Saira, David, Chinmay, Krutika
