Home(2022)

Storyline

A tea plantation worker is about to retire. She faces a terrible choice: she can either keep her family home or try to free her daughter from the plantation's harsh and unfair work.

“A home or a daughter's future?”

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Cast & Crew

Trivia

• The film was shot on location in a real tea garden in Assam, using actual plantation workers as background actors.
• Director Aditi Sharma spent months living with tea garden communities to research their daily lives and struggles.
• The lead actress, Tillotama Shome, learned to pluck tea leaves for her role by training with veteran female workers.
• The movie's soundtrack features traditional folk instruments from the Assam region, like the pepa and the toka.
• It was independently produced with a small budget and premiered at the International Film Festival of India.
• The story is inspired by real reports of exploitative labor practices in some of India's tea estates.
• Many of the dialogues in the film are in a local dialect, with subtitles provided for wider audiences.