Songs of Forgotten Trees

Opposites repel and then attract in this delicately woven story of female connection, where two women struggle to survive within the relentless rhythms of life in Mumbai.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Anuparna Roy

  • With

    Naaz Shaikh, Bhushan Shimpi, Pritam Pilania

  • India 2025. 78min

  • Courtesy of

    Flip Films

  • Language

    Hindi

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Thooya, a migrant who yearns for her childhood and her village, is forced to sublet her Mumbai apartment. But letting someone into your space also means that you let them into your life. Roy intertwines the forced intimacy of strangers who become flatmates as they face the stark reality of surviving in Mumbai. It’s a tender and poetic ode to selfhood and unexpected friendship.

Kalpana Nair

How to book

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