73 mins  |   Assamese, Nepali & Desi   |  Co-Director, Location Sound, Editor

“Morisika (Mirage): The Story of the Boatman" traces the personal histories of 8 lives that are intertwined with the Brahmaputra river in Assam during the 19th, 20th and 21st century set against the backdrop of politicised and natural events. The “boatman” is metaphor for connecting threads much as the boatmen themselves in Assam connect people and livelihoods. This film positions itself as an intersection between society-art-nature through the medium of creative non-fiction. Their resilience is in the ability to hope for the future in the face of challenges fuelled by climate change. Their struggle is to understand their own sense of identity and history in a landscape that is fast vanishing. This film is an attempt to leave behind a document for them, made by them.

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Best film in the International competition section at the Kerala Internationl Folklore Film Festival 2025.  Premiered at the AltEff Film Festival at Victoria Museum Kolkata.