Mukund Nayak

Ranchi, Aug. 2: It is a tale of young girls who get to see the dark side of the world at a tender age.

Renowned artiste Mukund Nayak opens up this world before the audience and delves in the shattered dreams of victims of child trafficking through his Nagpuri film Choti.

Set in Sahiya, a nondescript tribal village in the state, the film is being produced by Nayak’s tribal art and culture organisation, Akhara, in association with an US-based company Vox Populi.

Shot next to cascading waterfall surrounded by mountains and forests, Choti refers to the young girls whose families are lured into sending their daughters to faraway land on the pretext of lucrative jobs by middlemen. The film, which is in the final stage of production, is slated for a worldwide release in December. The budget is estimated to be around Rs 3.5 crore.

Mukund and his son Nandlal, who have been working for promotion of music and dance around the globe under the banner of Akhara since 1996, had came across this the- me looking at the alarming rate of child trafficking in the state.

Mukund said that apart from Nagpuri, the film would be dubbed in English, Japanese and French for a global reach. The music has been given by Nandlal. “The intense colour and vibrant music of rural life is in contrast with the stark lives of the villagers,” Mukund added.

He said he had featured in the film and was playing the role of the hero’s father. “We have roped in many artistes from Mumbai, Delhi and Jharkhand. We have used Hollywood technology in the film,” Mukund said.