On Sunday, the Climate Action Centre (CAC) and the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) presented CAC Imagining Life on the opening night of Indus Echoes, the first feature film in Sindhi language produced in Pakistan in more than twenty-five years. In the press release, it is written that the film will have a nationwide cinema release on September 12.
Indus Echoes is written and directed by Rahul Aijaz and is a rich mosaic of stories of farmers, poets, fishermen, lovers and the river itself that bring forth the intricate and a sometimes contentious relationship that man has with the Indus. The premiere presentation was attended by a full house which made a huge reception and gave the film an rousing applause.
At the post-screening panel, Rahul Aijaz explained his creative process and how poetry has assisted him in explaining complicated thoughts since the days when he was a child. He said the film was also basically conceptualized in English, which is as much his mother-tongue as Sindhi. The film however was entirely written and acted in Sindhi, where the English subtitle was added to bring it to wider users.
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Afaq Bhatti journalist and activist discussed the grave environmental issues around the Indus River and encouraged awareness and conservation. Indus Echoes is an impressive memento to the majesty of the Indus river and lives it supports as its release draws countrywide.
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