PEARL OF THE DESERT

By Pushpendra SINGH

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Musical - Completed 2019

In the Indian desert, Moti sings out to be free from the shackles of old customs. After a musical journey of his own, he realizes where his music belongs.

Festivals
& Awards

CPH:DOX 2020
SOUND & VISION
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Doc Market
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Musical, Documentary
    • Countries
    • INDIA, KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • HINDI
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pushpendra SINGH
    • Producer(s)
    • Heejung OH (Seesaw Pictures)
    • Synopsis
    • Moti Kahn, a 12-year-old Indian boy, is talented in singing. He loves singing the Manganiyar songs, a big part of which has been the long-time tradition of artist-hereditary patron relationship. But Moti finds singing for their patrons humiliating as they are still treated lowly, and he aspires to earn respect from the world through music. He sets on a journey to the bigger world – will he be able to keep the spirit of Manganiyars?