Entry 18
Synopsis: You may wonder about these people who meticulously sweep drains in front of Goldsmith’s and shops that sell the precious metal/ ornaments. They are gold hunters, at their work day in and day out trying to distill gold from dirt in front of the shops. Looking at them, you will see that they have not hit it big, but it is a profession and not all are permitted to do it. This film tries to document these people at work.The hunt for gold has become an addiction to them. While filming, we felt as if we do not exist.
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Raja Dey said,
July 8, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I had tried for a long time to film them right from 2005, but could only do it in 2008.
I never knew about the Neharawalas, looking at them at a glance, I thought they are garbage picking people. Who would believe that you may find Gold on the roads or garbage!
I found out first when I got inquisitive about a group of these people I saw very seriously cleaning a part of a drain, near a footpath. I meet some kids and some old people who became ready to work with me, and we began to shoot.
But to my disappointment I could not from one of them, find out the filtering process of gold.
In the end I am satisfied with the FILM! I only hope my audience finds the GOLD from it….