| Director: | Anuparna Roy |
|---|---|
| Production: | River Tale Films (Bibhanshu Rai), Romil Casting (Romil Modi), Flip Films (Ranjan Singh), Nube studio - Nube cirrus (Navin Shetty), Khan & Kumar Media (Sharib Khan, Vikas Kumar) |
| Running Time: | 77’ |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Country: | India |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Main Cast: | Naaz Shaikh, Sumi Baghel, Bhushan Shimpi, Ravi Maan, Pritam Pilania, Lovely Singh |
| Screenplay: | Anuparna Roy |
| Cinematographer: | Debjit Samanta |
| Editor: | Ashish Patel |
| Music: | Nishant Ramteke |
| Sound: | Arka Dey |
Cinema
Songs of Forgotten Trees
Orizzonti
Synopsis
Thooya, a migrant and aspiring actress, secretly works as a part time sex worker in Mumbai. When she sublets her sugar daddy’s flat to Swetha, a call-centre employee and a migrant, an unexpected connection begins to form. Their lives, seemingly worlds apart, slowly entangle. Amid the city’s chaos, they share silences, stories, and small acts of care. But as buried desires and past wounds emerge, the fragile bond is tested. What unfolds is not drama, but a quiet blooming of selfhood, survival, and strange and platonic kinship between women navigating a world that rarely sees them.
Director’s Statement
I come from a village where girls are married off early, given rations instead of books in government institutes. My friend Jhuma was one married at 13 under a state scheme, then she vanished. Her silence stayed with me. Songs of Forgotten Trees is shaped by such memories about women surviving systems designed to erase them. It follows two migrants whose lives quietly intersect in a city that never pauses. I wanted to portray women without judgement or metaphor. My film is an attempt to reclaim narrative space for the unseen, the complex, and the quietly resilient.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1:
River Tale Films - Bibhanshu Rai
402, Kush Sapphire, Amboli, Andheri West
4500058 Mumbai, India
Tel: +91 8950409845
E-mail: bibhanshurai@gmail.com
PRODUCTION 2:
Romil Casting - Romil Modi
PRODUCTION 3:
Flip Films - Ranjan Singh
Flip Films 1017, Floor-1,19b, Geetanjali Chs, Jaishankar Yagnik Road, Sardar Ngr 1, Sion East
400022 Mumbai, India
Tel: +91 8950409845
E-mail: ranjan@flipfilms.in
Web: www.flipfilms.in
Social Media: @ohflipfilms - Instagram
OTHER PRODUCTIONS:
Nube Studio - Nube Cirrus - Navin Shetty
Blue Wave Building, Off New Link Rd, Veera Desai Industrial Estate, Andheri West
400047 Mumbai, India
Tel: +91 93200 09380
E-mail: nubecirrus.studio@gmail.com
Khan & Kumar Media - Sharib Khan, Vikas Kumar
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