No Space To Pray(2025)
Hindi40 mins
Set in Gurugram, the film follows a community’s struggle for prayer spaces amid urban growth and resistance. As public spaces shrink, tensions rise between communities claiming them. Through intimate portraits, the documentary explores identity, faith, and belonging in an India increasingly marked by division and polarisation.
Director:Raunaq Singh Chopra
Mood:
emotionaldisturbingthought-provoking
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 30 October 2025
- Director
- Raunaq Singh Chopra
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 40m
Storyline
A community in Gurugram fights to find places to pray as the city grows and public spaces disappear. This causes rising tensions between different groups. The documentary shows personal stories about faith and belonging in a divided India.
“A city grows, but where can faith find its place?”
Film Details
40Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date30 October 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Mild
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Mild
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionaldisturbingthought-provoking
Themes
identityjusticefamilysurvival
Toneserious
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitycomplex
Audiencearthouse
Best Withalone
Violence1
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability4
Cast & Crew
#1
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Raunaq Singh ChopraDirector
→Trivia
- The film's title was inspired by a real-life protest sign seen by the director during a visit to a Gurugram neighborhood.
- It was shot entirely on location in Gurugram over 18 months, capturing seasonal changes in the urban landscape.
- Director Raunaq Singh Chopra used small, discreet cameras to film in sensitive locations without disrupting events.
- The documentary includes never-before-seen archival footage of Gurugram's rapid development from the 1990s.
- A key interview subject is a retired urban planner who helped design the city but now critiques its lack of communal spaces.
- The film's score incorporates ambient sounds recorded at dawn and dusk from various disputed prayer sites in the city.
- It premiered at a non-competitive section of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam before its India release.