HANG ON – A SECOND WIND

HANG ON – A SECOND WIND
on Sep 30, 2021

Over the past few years, the central part of India experience experiences severe drought and famine. It takes a huge toll on the farmers who belong to those regions. Many of them have gone bankrupt and have lost their farms and houses. As a result, they are committing suicide in huge numbers. The increasing incidences of their suicidal death have become a serious concern for society, the state, and the nation. Subodh Kadale, an ordinary farmer, who hails from the Beed district, also carries the pain of financial disaster for a long period. With no farming, Subodh has to struggle for his family’s livelihood. For the last two years, he has been doing a porter's job at the village market. The earnings are sufficient only for their day to day day-to-day survival. He is not able to accumulate any extra money, through which the debt burden can be reduced further. He has been pleading with the banker but has yielded unfavorable results. The present circumstance is such that the left out left-out asset he has, is going to be auctioned at any moment. With no one to support him, he starts getting reckless thoughts day by day. During one such suicide attempt, he happens to meet Vanhi, a schoolgirl near a railway track. Their initial conversation enlightens him and the grief disappears in no time, because of her innocence and simplicity. All those intentions of committing suicide to get metamorphosed by her audacity and the magical tiffin box that she carries. Subodh's incredible journey begins with the little one's brilliance and under the lights of Stephen Noronha.