Film By: Swanand Kottewar, Rahul Jambhulkar, Aniket Kolarkar & Sanket Ray
Mentored By: Sanjiv Shah
City: Nagpur
Cycle, which is often dismissed as a relic of the past; has been an important means of mobility and livelihood for over a century. Cycle of Life is an intimate exploration of change witnessed through the life of Umesh Sarate, an age-old cycle customer of Shinde Cycle Store, in Nagpur. He travels to the city to buy wholesale goods from the local market, as he rents a cycle from the store. The film traverses through rural-urban-industrial landscape, as it traces Umesh’s journey from the city markets to the village, where he re-sells the goods. We see him sell the goods to the women customers, while engaging in mundane conversations. As he journey’s back; he talks about buying a motorcycle, to make his travel more convenient. City lights, traffic and multi layered infrastructure of the city. Yogesh Shinde closing the cycle store at night, reflects on how the once flourishing business is now seeing a decline with time.