Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai
★ 10 · 2024 · 55m · Documentary
A meandering brook of moments from two afternoons spent with Vinod Kumar Shukla, his wife and son at their home in Raipur, saunters between the mingling geographies of past, present and future, drifting in and out of pauses – to ponder, to reflect, to reminisce, and to share.
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