In the quiet simplicity of their lives, seven-months pregnant Maloti Rani and sanitary shop salesman Polash Das find solace and love, despite their ongoing hardship. Maloti's world shatters when a mall blast claims her husband Polash in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Unsure of her unborn child's future, she battles her in-laws and society, fighting to prove Polash's accidental death.

In the midst of a dry and harsh landscape in Bangladesh, hope sprouts where you least expect it. ‘A Flower in the Desert’ tells the touching story of a child who, despite poverty and hardship, fights for beauty, dreams and vitality in a world marked by silence and survival.

A theatre artist’s spiritual journey to embody “Kute Kahar,” a low-caste palanquin-bearer. As Pankaj Chowdhury immerses himself in Kahar’s life - through physical labor, voice, and nature - the line between role and reality fades.

A theatre artist’s spiritual journey to embody “Kute Kahar,” a low-caste palanquin-bearer. As Pankaj Chowdhury immerses himself in Kahar’s life - through physical labor, voice, and nature - the line between role and reality fades.

A theatre artist’s spiritual journey to embody “Kute Kahar,” a low-caste palanquin-bearer. As Pankaj Chowdhury immerses himself in Kahar’s life - through physical labor, voice, and nature - the line between role and reality fades.

A theatre artist’s spiritual journey to embody “Kute Kahar,” a low-caste palanquin-bearer. As Pankaj Chowdhury immerses himself in Kahar’s life - through physical labor, voice, and nature - the line between role and reality fades.

He builds with light. He shapes with earth. A life carved in concrete, silence, and conviction.