Simple, inspiring and motivational

Rahul Bose ends his sabbatical from direction with this his second effort after a 16 year hiatus. This film is basically a true story about the Herculean achievement of a 13-year-old Adivasi tribal girl from Telangana who became the youngest in history to attain the summit at Mount Everest. As school going girls Poorna Malawath (Aditi Inamdar) and her cousin Priya (S Mariya) find themselves kept out of class because their fathers did not have the money to pay their fees. Their plan of running away to a residential welfare school also comes to naught. Priya is married off and Poorna is able to convince her father to send her to the residential school.

Once there, she finds that the paradise she was hoping for comes with many troubles.

Thankfully, before she can make a beeline for home, Dr R .S. Pravin Kumar IPS (Rahul Bose) walks in to reform the system there. In order to stay away from marriage Poorna enrolls in a state sponsored mountaineering course in which she excels eventually being selected amongst the only two to potentials to scale Mount Everest.

S Mariya is stunningly sublime as Priya the headstrong older cousin who is forced to accept her lot while doing everything to encourage her younger cousin to achieve the impossible.

Writers Prashant Pandey and Shreya Dev Verma manage to incorporate interesting titbits along the way. It’s a simplistic approach that is all the more powerful to behold because of it. Cinematographer Subransu, Editor Manan Mehta and Salim Sulaiman ensure an emblematic run of play. Johnsont307@gmail.com