UKAFF: Whispers of A Storm

‘Whispers of a Storm’ is a set in the cyclone-devastated coastal villages of Odisha, often known as the land of cyclones.

A photographer, in greed of success, captures the devastation of the coastal villages after cyclone ‘Fani’ (in 2019), which happens to be one of South Asia’s strongest cyclones ever. 

The photographer is indifferent to the suffering of people, and is focused only on the benefits he can extract out of the calamity.

A villager, who happens to return from the rescue camp after the cyclone, finds his home shattered.

He picks up his memories from the ruins and tries to carry them along, in a hope of reaching a safer land. 

Another young character Daya, a devotee of God, tries to explain to people that it's all God's will and they must not cry.

He encourages people to laugh and goes on to an extreme when an elderly man refuses to laugh. 

On the other hand, a lady who lost her son to the cyclone, leaves her village and finds solace in nature.

These characters, apparently independent of each other, find relevance and relation in a fragmented narrative of their losses.