Blue Gold

Logline: After a desperate laborer from the lower caste steals water from the local brahmin temple, he is banished from his water-impoverished village, forcing him to take destiny into his own hands.

Synopsis: In a water scarce, fictional village of Uttar Pradesh, India, where ground water is undiscovered, Jeevesh, an untouchable outcast struggle to provide water for his family. But, Jeevesh’s life gets derailed after he steals water from the local temple, causing him and his family to be banned from entry to the village. Strangely affected by one of the lessons that his kids read at school, Jeevesh goes into a maddening self-reflective phase and eventually does the impossible: Find water! His success is short-lived as he becomes one of the exploiting upper-class, the people that he once despised. He now has to make a choice to either return to his roots, his family or continue living his newfound life of comfort. maddening self-reflective phase and eventually does the impossible: Find water! His success is shortlived as he becomes one of the exploiting upper-class, the people that he once despised. He now has to make a choice to either return to his roots, his family or continue living his newfound life.

Runtime: 23 Minutes

Starring: Omkardas Manikpuri; Annapurna Soni; Ashok Kumar Beniwal

Director/Writer: Akash Shukla