The Weight of Mangoes
Every summer, a widowed fruit seller in Ratnagiri counts what the trees give her — and what the town takes back.
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Language
- Marathi
- Format
- Digital · 2K · 1.33:1
Awards & mentions
- Best Short Film — Pune Short Film Festival, 2022
- Best Performance — New York Indian Film Festival, 2022
The Weight of Mangoes
Marathi · 19 min · 2021
A film by Rohan Kulkarni
Directed by Rohan Kulkarni · Produced by Micro Lens Films
Synopsis
For forty years, Sushma has sold Alphonso mangoes from the same corner of the Ratnagiri market. This year, a new highway has moved the traffic two kilometres east, the trees have fruited late, and her landlord has decided the stall is worth more empty.
Over the course of one week, Sushma and her grandson attempt to move forty crates of fruit, an old weighing scale, and a lifetime of regular customers. The film is a small, stubborn portrait of a woman who will not let a season go unsold.
Screening history
- Pune Short Film FestivalCompetition2022
- New York Indian Film FestivalOfficial Selection2022
- Dharamshala International Film FestivalOfficial Selection2022
- Bengaluru International Short Film FestivalCompetition2022
Director's note
Rohan Kulkarni
“My grandmother sold mangoes in a market like this. She could tell the weight of a crate by lifting one corner of it. I wanted to make a film where that knowledge is treated with the seriousness of a craft.”
A closer look
Stills · The Weight of Mangoes
Credits
- Director
- Rohan Kulkarni
- Writer
- Meera Iyer
- Producer
- Aisha Menon
- Cinematographer
- Nayantara Bose
- Editor
- Arjun Das
- Sound Designer
- Faisal Khan
- Production Designer
- Tara Pinto
- Music
- Anoushka Rao
- Sushma
- Sulabha Deshpande
- Nikhil
- Omkar Patil
Details
- Language
- Marathi
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Format
- Digital · 2K · 1.33:1
- Status
- Archived
- Country
- India