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Original Name: At The Stairs
English Name: At The Stairs
Year: 2012
Run Time: 30 mins
Language: Hindi, Bhojpuri
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: India
Director: Rajesh S Jala
DOP: Rajesh S Jala, Raj Kishore, Giriraj Sharma
Editor: SheetalKoul, Vijay Sharma
Sound Designer: Sheetal Koul, Vijay Sharma
Rajesh S. Jalais a cinematographer-director who has been making documentaries for the last 12 years. His films include Floating Lamp of The Shadow Valley (2006), Footsteps of Nikitin(2006), Children of The Pyre (2008), Beyond Tradition (2009).
Many Hindu windows are traditionally encouraged or forced to live the rest of their lives in Banaras to seek moksha- liberation from the cycle of life and death. It is believed that dying in Banaras promises moksha. ‘At the Stairs’ captures the lonely moments and lifeless lives of three aged widows who have been waiting for decades to die in Banaras. Ironically, they live at a paradoxical venue, Manikarnika Ghat, the busiest cremation ground. This film glimpses through the silence of these lonely souls living amidst the deafening sound of death rituals.
