Laila Aur Satt Geet (2020)
Filmmaker Pushpendra Singh made his debut in 2014 with
Lajwanti, adapted from a story by renowned Rajasthani writer Vijaydan Detha. Singh actually had his eye on another story by Detha, but its rights had already been sold.
Kenchuli is about a married woman from the Gujjar community whose beauty attracts other men in her village and sets off storms within their hearts and hers. The Rajasthani-language version of the feminist tale, titled
Kaanchli, came out earlier this year.
Although Singh moved on to other projects – the feature
Ashwatthama and the documentary
Pearl of the Desert – he has finally returned to the story that he had hoped would be his first feature.