We've commented a few times in recent days about what appears to be a growing wave of independent cinema in India. Filmmakers operating outside the established industry have been popping up with increasing regularity in all of the country's major language groups and another strong example of this movement comes with Karan Gour's Mumbai based indie drama Kshay.
The trailer for this one is a strong, compelling bit of work. Check it below.Kshay revolves around the personification of an obsession, fueled by nothing more than intangible desires. Chhaya is a simple housewife who has an artistic bent of mind and a seemingly happy life with her husband Arvind. Money trickles in every month and life goes on for an unassuming Chhaya, until her eyes catch hold of an unfinished sculpture of the Hindu Goddess, Lakshmi.
Her values and relationships as she knows them begin to decay day by day, surrendering to the clutches of an ugly obsession that feeds on her weaknesses and past disappointments. She must have the "Lakshmi", as if to make up for all that she has yearned for in her life.