SYNOPSIS
After a desperate laborer from the lower caste steals water from the local Brahmin temple, he is banished from his water-impoverished village, forcing him to take destiny into his own hands.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Blue Gold is a story about a man who faces social discrimination due to his caste and economic status. This story is important as caste system is still very prevalent in India and people face many challenges due to the same. I wrote about freshwater being a form of wealth in this story as it is available in limited quantities in the world and we fail to acknowledge the same. This story has a personal connection to me as I remember when my uncle was a social worker, people from the villages used to visit him and express their need for more wells and hand pipes to be installed. These people not being able to have proper access to water got ingrained in my mind. As a kid, it made me wonder how there is a large sect of people for who even something as essential as water is still a luxury. Through a fictional setting in a village where ground water is yet to be discovered, Blue gold explores these social themes on a wider scale and shows how people who are financially unstable and from a lower caste get affected by these issues. It follows the story of Jeevesh and his family and how they are outcasted by the villagers due to their caste and economical status. It also explores how wealth can change a person’s perceived caste status in society and how wealth is fundamentally the factor for the age-old caste hierarchy.