| Jal: Water (2014) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 2014 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description A beautiful, barren land where the sea meets the desert and forms salt marshes. Here lives Bakka, a young wilful water diviner who knows how to find water in the desert with his mystic dowsing rods. But his latest predictions haven't turned out right, making the villagers doubt his talent. His strongest supporters are the brother-sister duo, KAJRI & RAKLA. While Kajri is in love with Bakka, Bakka is dreaming about a bewitching beauty from the enemy village, KESAR. KIM, a European bird watcher comes to Kutch and realizes that flamingo chicks are dying by the hundreds. The teams from the Ecological Society arrive and it is decided that they will create artificial ponds for the birds. The only hitch is that all their scientific methods fail to find water in the desert. Kim turns to Bakka for help. Bakka knows where to find water and their machinery can dig deep inside the earth which is not possible for human hands. Villagers are excited too as they hoping that after the birds it will be their turn to get water. Birds need water and so do human beings. Whose life is more important? Events unfold where we discover how greed, jealousy and above all the desperation to survive can bring out the darkest side of human character. The emotions in these hearts have dried up and their beliefs are shattered just like the cracked land beneath their feet. JAL is a high-octane action-drama with a shocking climax.
Cast: Purab Kohli, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Saidah Jules, Kirti Kulhari, Mukul Dev, Yashpal Sharma, Ravi Gossain, Rahul Singh, Gary Richardson |
