Kaustav Dreamworks

Maliput Melodies Odia Film: A Cinematic Journey

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It is often said that cinema tells stories. *Maliput Melodies* does something rarer. It makes you feel as if you have lived one. Shot over more than two years in the hills and hamlets around Jeypore, the Odia anthology does not treat rural Koraput as an exotic backdrop for commercial polish. It treats the region … Read more

Maliput Melodies Odia Cinema Breaks Boundaries

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A film rooted in southern Odisha’s villages is travelling across continents — and answering an old question about regional cinema with unusual confidence. The idea of taking Odia cinema beyond Odisha has often come with an uncomfortable question: how much of its identity would have to be left behind for the world to notice? Subtle … Read more