Mumbai, Nov 28 (PTI) Filmmaker Suruchi Sharma says through her short film "Gagan Gaman", she wanted to present an insider look at the pink city of Jaipur, which is beautiful, romantic and inspiring, yet "extremely restrictive and patriarchal". The film, which has been screened at various film festivals, including in Mumbai and Dharamshala, offers a look at a woman’s journey through a world infused with mythology and mystery. Along the way, she encounters enigmatic individuals, lovers, puzzles, and even a goddess, all of which lead her to a new perspective on life.
Suruchi, who hails from Jaipur, said she wanted to make a film about the city with all its beauty and complexity for a long time. "I love this city and I see it in its wholeness, which is very beautiful from the outside yet it is very dark and complicated from the inside. That's how I feel it is.
I'm trying to kind of put that out for the world," the director told PTI in an interview. Not just Jaipur, Sharma said she has extensively travelled in Rajasthan and found its culture to be restrictive for women. "There has been a lot of music, culture, rituals, and traditions around me.
There is this contradictory world and it took me some time to kind of uncover this. It is very romantic and inspiring but at the same time it's extremely restrictive and patriarchal. So, I've found my way to exist in this environment over time.
" As a woman, she said her teenage years were particularly difficult and she struggled to "be a .
