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Director’s Note: When I first began putting this film on paper, I was pretty clear I didn’t want to make a conventional tourism commercial. I wanted to make a film. When I travelled through MP during prep, what struck me wasn’t grandeur, but the stillness. There’s a quiet confidence in the state. It doesn’t demand attention. It holds space. So, the direction was built around restraint. With Anoushka, I was conscious not to “use” her as a celebrity face. I wanted her to exist naturally in the frame, observing, absorbing, responding. Some of my favorite moments in the film are when nothing much happens. A glance. A pause. A breath before a note. Since she is not an actor, I was very clear, she will not be performing. She will not be restricted to Roll, Camera and Action. That’s what you see in the film. She does not “perform” the state. She absorbs it. Her silences were as powerful as her music. The film doesn’t rush. It doesn’t oversell. We let moments breathe.
