Overview

• The indie drama opens in Mumbai on Sept. 5 before expanding to Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru from Sept. 12.
• Producers are using an alternative distribution model supported by the Museum of Imagined Futures’ Impact Distribution fund.
• A “cinema of the people” initiative will let audiences request screenings in their own cities.
• The film, set in Jharkhand, follows Nehma, an Oraon Adivasi woman whose AI data-labelling work reveals the hidden labor behind “smart” technologies.
• The feature recently shared the FIPRESCI India Grand Prix, as Rao called the film urgent and Toppo praised its authentic Adivasi perspective.