Synopsis: The sudden industrialization and large-scale mining activities in central-eastern India in the twenty-first century have significantly impacted the socioeconomic fabric of a society previously dependent on agriculture.

Against this backdrop, a young man and a young woman coincidentally cross paths, both searching for their respective identities. Their journey commences within a car on an ever-expanding road. The moving car becomes a temporary sanctuary, a home away from the real home that no longer exists. However, the road itself transforms into a path riddled with lies and betrayal. Both characters yearn for freedom

Remembering  Promod Pati                                          

Pramod Pati’s Explorer (1968), which was produced by the Films Division of India (FD). The subjects of the film seem like they are madly in search of something, and this is echoed in the camera’s relentless movement and refusal to stay at any one image. The film visualises the innermost recesses of the mind of the youth of the 1960s as they search for meaning. Yet its circular structure highlights how this is always out of reach. In its style and structure, the film invents a form that mirrors the frenzy of the youth, where the filmmaker refuses to capture a stable image, and instead, shaky, dizzying, hypnotic and trance-like sequences follow.