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The Well | Bhaavi


Balaji Maheshwar | India | 2025 | 63 mins. | Tamil, Kannada | World Premiere | Filmmaker attending

Sat, Nov 1 | 10:45 AM | PICTURETIME 2 (FOOTBALL GROUND)

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At the confluence of the Eastern and Western Ghats lies Solaganai, a tribal village where the Solagars struggle for drinking water despite living in the birthplace of streams. Each summer, they walk miles across valleys for a single pot of water. When a 300-year-old well, long buried under debris, is restored, the filmmaker begins documenting the effort. What unfolds is more than the revival of a water source. The Well is an observational portrait of resilience, indigenous knowledge and the fragile balance between humanity and ecology.

Balaji Maheshwar

Balaji Maheshwar

Balaji Maheshwar is a filmmaker and visual artist from Chennai. He believes that his works are autobiographical in nature and that through his relationship with the outside world, he is able to observe and understand the inner being. Balaji’s feature-length documentary, Dear Cinema, was selected for DocEdge Kolkata and the Dhaka DocLab in 2023. He was selected as one of the participants from Asia for the Angkor Photo Workshop 2019, and was mentored by Antoine D’Agata and Sohrab Hura. He is the awardee of the Alkazi Photobook Grant 2025. Some of his works were exhibited in Chennai Photo Biennale 2016 and 2019.

He is the awardee of ALKAZI PHOTOBOOK GRANT 2025. Balaji’s feature-length documentary “Dear Cinema,” was selected for DOC EDGE Kolkata and DHAKA DOC LAB in 2023. He was selected as one of the participants from Asia for the Angkor Photo Workshop 2019 and was mentored by Antoine D’Agata and Sohrab Hura. Some of his works were exhibited in Chennai Photo Biennale 2016 and 2019.

 

Producer : Cuckoo Forest School and Birds on Trees
Writer : Balaji Maheshwar
Cinematographer :Balaji Maheshwar
Editor : Balaji Maheshwar and Arun Mozhi
Cast: Sivaraj, Manjari, Madhesh, Maari

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