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Hayati
Existence, yearning for the nectar of essence.
The idea
Hayati means existence. The film began with Albert Camus's essay The Myth of Sisyphus: a man sentenced to push a boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down, who finds meaning by accepting the task and doing it anyway.
The people
Rakesh, the photographer in the film, is inspired by Dayalji Vaghela, known to everyone as Pappubhai, who has photographed and printed passport photos and events for as long as I can remember. Asked about his work, he says: “This is it. People know me as a photographer and I have never thought of trying something else.”
Geeta is inspired by a woman of the same name, the eldest of her siblings, who used to accompany her mother to work and now brings her own daughter along, hoping the next generation leads a better life.
How it looks
The visual reference was Johannes Vermeer, for the way a ray of light sits inside an ordinary room. Majid Majidi's The Song of Sparrows was a reference for weaving a philosophical idea into a story.
The spreads below are an excerpt from the pitch deck. The complete deck is available on request.
Excerpts