chalo una

In August 2016, one of the largest dalit anti-caste protest-rally in recent history of India was organised. The 10-day rally marched from Ahmedabad to Una in solidarity with four people who had been flogged in Una in an act of caste-related violence. Chalo Una is an intimate look at the remains of this rally. Shot three years to the date of the original rally, the film retraces its path, going to various sites of village meetings, protests, and so on. The film is an invitation to the audience to revisit and to be with the rally. The high-speed shots of these sites of protest are not only acts of memory but also are a trigger for another temporality, one that is disconnected from when it was shot. Retellings and memories of various people involved with the rally are layered with the images to further evoke the ghosts of this protest.



screened at
Signs Film Festival, Kochi, 2022.
Rutgers University (Anti caste reading group)
Les Rencontres Internationales, Paris 2022.
Chalo Una exhibition, Vienna. 2022
Madurai Intl Film Festival 2022.