Ballad Of The Mountain

1. What was one of the most challenging moments you faced while making Ballad of the Mountain? Did this ‘setback’ change the direction of the final story?

Shooting in the mountains was both a gift and a trial. The light would shift suddenly, storms rolled in without warning, and the terrain often tested our endurance. What felt like obstacles at first became part of the film’s soul. The mountain dictated its own rhythm, and by surrendering to it, we discovered a raw truth in the story—the girl’s struggle against her environment mirrored our own.

2. What was the biggest inspiration behind Ballad of the Mountain?

The inspiration came from children I met in the hill towns of Uttarakhand—children who gaze at the stars with questions far larger than their circumstances. The outcast girl in the film was born from their courage to dream, and from my own memories of yearning for something bigger than the world around me.

3. What message do you want the audience to take away from Ballad of the Mountain?

That every child, no matter how hidden or unheard, carries a universe of dreams inside them. To believe in those voices is to believe in hope itself.