The beautiful countryside of India are home to families who work hard and love each other, but they can also be home to ignorance, either intentionally or with seemingly good intentions. Intentions help and hurt Naran (Nikhil S Yadav), a twenty something man with development issues.
Jasrath (Raghvendra Bhadoriya) and Vidya (Meghna Agarwal) love Naran. But their community doesn’t. One of their friends suggests that a pilgrimage can heal Naran, and they reluctantly go. But intrusive thoughts come into Jasrath’s mind, because a holy city is also the best place to lose Naran.
After director and writer Jitank Singh Gurjar’s In Search of the Sky, he and the rest of the filmmakers held a Q & A and they loved their film. They put a lot of thought into the film’s look that shows the family’s enlightening journey. They claim to do the same for characterizing Naran but that may not come across on screen.
In Search of the Sky intends Naran to be a character with a good heart but that’s lacking. From the first shot of Naran it seems like the film is going to be stereotypical. A bad faith interpretation of this characterization is that it’s outdated by about twenty years.
In Search of the Sky is hard to defend because it posits Naran as a victim. Well, mostly, because he does something in the end that gives him what seems like agency. That ending will divide diaspora and Western viewers, and guess which side I’m on.
- Rated: Unrated
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: 9/6/2025
- Directed by: Jitank Singh Gurjar
- Starring: Meghna Agarwal, Nikhil Yadav, Raghvendra Bhadoriya
- Written by: Jitank Singh Gurjar
