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Mumbai, India
Joined March 2020
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"Just look your self in the mirror and you'll know how beautiful you are looking." 🌸
@rumrainroad's poetic ode to a grieving Santhali couple, their unwavering love and their grief, TORTOISE UNDER THE EARTH is now streaming.
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I first watched "The Tortoise Under the Earth" at an IHC screening a year ago, and it left a lasting impact. Watching it again last month, I found it resonated with me even more deeply than before. Here is what I wrote about the film:
northeastfilmjournal.com/tor…
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Director Shishir Jha's (@rumrainroad) poetic elegy to a world subsumed by unchecked development and displacement, told through the eyes of a grieving Santhali couple.
TORTOISE UNDER THE EARTH is #NowStreaming.
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This week’s Artist in Focus is Shishir Jha, a filmmaker from Mumbai, whose debut feature titled ‘Tortoise Under the Earth’ is currently streaming on MUBI India.
Read more: bit.ly/4fzxsrq
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Down To Earth [@down2earthindia] speaks to maker of ‘Tortoise under the Earth’ or ‘Dharti Latar Re Horo’, @rumrainroad
downtoearth.org.in/mining/ur…
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📽️Film of the week: Shishir Jha’s Santhali-language feature debut meshes fictional and documentary devices while following a nameless couple living in a village that has been earmarked for “development”.
Read more here: scroll.in/reel/1074966/
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@rumrainroad I am watching your movie sir and am wondering why such movies are not being made more and more.
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In @rumrainroad Shishir Jha’s meditative Dharti Latar Re Horo / Tortoise Under the Earth, Santhalis sing of co-existence & displacement, erasure of Adivasi way of life & the cost of development. A @mubiindia @mubi release. I review
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Our #ottpicks for this weekend
#Meiyazhagan - @NetflixIndia
#AindhamVedham - @ZEE5India
#tortoiseundertheearth - @mubiindia
#zwigato - @PrimeVideoIN
What are you all watching this weekend?
Shishir Jha retweeted
बहुत ही खूबसूरत काम, एक कविता धरती की, हम सबको सुननी चाहिए ❤️। Thank You @rumrainroad @mubiindia
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A stunning film. Quiet, powerful. Its visual poetry matched by a melancholic subtlety portrayed in the deeply moving performances of the lead actors.
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TORTOISE UNDER THE EARTH is #NowStreaming.
Set in a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, Shishir Jha’s (@rumrainroad) quietly lyrical film follows a Santhali couple grieving the loss of their daughter and their land with unwavering spirit, love and music.
Shishir Jha retweeted
Set in a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, Shishir Jha’s (@rumrainroad) quietly lyrical film follows a Santhali couple grieving the loss of their daughter and their land with unwavering spirit, love and music.
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‘Tortoise under the earth’
One of the most fantastic documentary!
Catch this award winning film! From tribal india.
Mind-blowing! 🫡
Great direction by @rumrainroad
#MustWatch
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Follows a tribal couple coping with the loss of their daughter in a Uranium Mining area of Jharkhand.
#DhartiLatarReHoro / #TortoiseUnderTheEarth (2022, Santali) by @rumrainroad, ft. #JagarnathBaskey & #MugliBaskey, now streaming on @mubiindia.
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Tortoise Under The Earth (2024) by Shishir Jha (@rumrainroad) is a film that you should have your curiosity.
youtube.com/watch?v=qhHpI1xz…
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Catch two beautiful films from India on Day 2 of #SAFFM on 25th May @cinemathequeqc Dharti Latar Re Horo by Shishir Jha @rumrainroad at 2 PM
Sthal (A Match) by Jayant Somalkar at 6 PM
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