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Original name: Parikrama
English name: The Journey
Year: 2024
Run time: 112 minutes
Language: Hindi/English/Italian
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: India, Italy
Director: Goutam Ghose
Producer: Sergio Scapagnini, Amedeo Pagani
Cast: Marco Leonardi, Chitrangada Singh, Aryan Badkul, Emanuel Esposito Freely adapted from a story by Sergio Scapagnini
Screenplay: Goutam Ghose, Sergio Scapagnini, Amedeo Pagani, Jagannath Guha
Cinematographer: Goutam Ghose, Ishaan Ghose
Editor: Niladri Roy
Sound Designer: Anirban Sengupta
Music Composer: Goutam Ghose
Costume Designer: Neelanjana Ghose
Production Designer: Renato Lori, Debasish Debnath
Production Company: Indrapur Cinematografica SRL,Italy, Life Journey Films Production LLP, India, R H Media Pvt.Ltd.India
Goutam Ghose is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker, cinematographer, and music director renowned for his profound contributions to parallel cinema. Born in Kolkata, he studied at the University of Calcutta. Ghose’s work blends realism with evocative storytelling, often highlighting social issues and human resilience. His debut film Maa Bhoomi (1979) earned critical acclaim, followed by masterpieces like Dakhal (1981) and Paar (1984). An adept documentarian, Ghose has captured compelling narratives in films like Beyond the Himalayas, Ray, and Meeting a Milestone. Winner of multiple National Film Awards and international honors, his artistic oeuvre cements him as a pivotal figure in Indian cinema.
Alessandro is an Italian filmmaker making films on environmental issues while Lala is an Indian village boy who fled home to secure dignity and land for his displaced peasant family. The narrative in Parikrama travels through multiple spaces and times, through parallel experiences of its two protagonists that intercept, though they come from worlds apart.
During the voyage of Alessandro and his crew along river Narmada they meet the wonder boy Lala who is of the same age as his motherless son Francesco. The one without his mother, the other without his motherland.
Alessandro's narrative takes a new turn as the river Narmada flows by.
