As first films go, Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar (2022) is unusual. Rather than creating a nostalgia piece about a couple returning to their roots, director Parth Saurabh has crafted a downbeat tale about the ...

The emergence of the heart of Mithilanchal as a cinematic setting has been talismanic for parallel filmmaking in India. Achal Mishra’s devastating Dhuin (2022) was the first definitive example of it.

New Delhi: With Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar, a film set in his hometown Darbhanga, filmmaker Parth Saurabh believes he has managed to tell an 'authentic and lived in' story about Bihar, whose representation ...