Film By: Adwaita Patil & Yash Darekar
Mentored By: Rajula Shah
City: Kolhapur
Mahadwar journeys through the fading rhythms of Mahadwar Road — a historic street in Kolhapur that once pulsed with trade, devotion, and daily life. As large-scale redevelopment plans surround the Mahalaxmi Temple, the film reflects on what is lost when progress erases memory. Through nostalgic visuals, intimate sounds, and a deeply personal voiceover, the director revisits the street of her childhood to understand its transformation. Between the noise of politics and the quiet resilience of people, Mahadwar stands, asking: are development and expansion truly the same? What happens to the life of a street when its physical body disappears, but its pulse still lingers in memory?