Still Waters Go Deep(2022)

Storyline

A life story of a painter who is in dilemma of life and death reality.

“A painter's brush holds life and death.”

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Cast & Crew

Trivia

• The film's title is a translation of a Hindi proverb, 'Shanti ka pani gehri dhar', which reflects the painter's quiet but intense inner struggle.
• Director Harry Chauhan also composed the film's background score, blending classical Indian instruments with ambient sounds.
• Lead actor Vikram Singh spent two months learning basic painting techniques to make his artist role appear authentic on screen.
• The movie was primarily shot in real artist studios and rural locations around Udaipur, not on constructed sets.
• It had a very limited theatrical release, focusing instead on film festival circuits and a later streaming platform debut.
• A key mystery prop, an antique paintbrush, was sourced from a collector of traditional Indian art tools.
• The screenplay was inspired in part by the director's conversations with several struggling visual artists in small towns.