MILESTONE

Meel Patthar

Details

Director: Ivan Ayr
Cast: Suvinder Vicky, Lakshvir Saran
Running Time: 98 mins
Language: Hindi, Punjabi, Kashmiri
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG

Synopsis

[Part of 31st Singapore International Film Festival 2020]

Ghalib, a Punjabi trucker in New Delhi, has hit a milestone. While his truck has covered 500,000 kilometres, our aging protagonist finds his life stalled by a workers’ strike, the loss of his wife, and an inexplicable pain in his back. When a young and eager Pash is assigned as his understudy, Ghalib realises what he must do to keep his life’s work from falling apart. The harsh North Indian winter looms above all this, its grip constricting every worker’s life. Ivan Ayr’s film is a sobering portrait of a man who—even as he confronts his own disposability—insists on preserving his dignity.

A stunning follow-up to Soni (2018), Milestone establishes Ayr as the humanist filmmaker of our generation.

MILESTONE will be screening at Filmgarde Cineplexes Bugis+ on 29 November and 2 December 2020.

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