Dehradun, Calling themselves story-tellers, two young men, Nitesh Yadav and Mukesh Khugsal from Uttarakhand have taken the onus of bringing to the limelight, the real-life story of a 42-year-old white guy who goes on to become a Sikh, in Canada entitled ‘Awake.’
Being made for a telecom company Telus, which gives a handsome grant of 50,000 Canadian Dollar to aspiring filmmakers whose pitch video is short-listed by online voting for grants from individuals, organisations in Canada itself, is a much-sorted grant.
The one-minute pitch video of the documentary, shot under the banner of Storyhive has been shot around Canadian landscapes and opens with the lead character talking about his life.
Telling us more, Director Mukesh Khugsal adds, “Almost 400 filmmakers from two Canadian Province of Alberta and British Columbia are participating in this competition. The grant will be provided to 30 projects. The fact that the story has a Uttarakhand connect due to Yoga, the storyline is close to my heart.”
Once the pitch-video is voted online and receives the grant, the 20-25 minute documentary has to be ready by March 2020, for which Mukesh and his team plan to come to Uttarakhand as well.
Sharing the storyline, Mukesh Khugsal tells us how the documentary revolves around a white man born and brought up in Calgary who works as an EMT before realizing his childhood dream of becoming a firefighter.
“It is his journey of internal and external turmoil as he is assaulted for no fault of his. During his search for inner peace, the protagonist is drawn to ways of the ancient and practices Kundalini Yoga. This life-changing incident sees him convert to Sikhism, spreading happiness and healing tortured souls along the way,” he adds.
With one vote per-day, for the next two days before the final voting ends, Mukesh and his team is looking for support from their friends and family back home.
Every vote counts, make sure you cast your vote twice over at the below-given link:
