
At the confluence of the Eastern and Western Ghats lies Solaganai, a tribal village where the Solagars struggle for drinking water despite living in the birthplace of streams. Each summer, they walk miles across valleys for a single pot. When a 300-year-old well, long buried under debris, is restored, the filmmaker begins documenting the effort. What unfolds is more than the revival of a water source — Bhaavi is an observational portrait of resilience, indigenous knowledge, and the fragile balance between humanity and ecology.
- Year2025
- Runtime63 minutes
- LanguageTamil, Kannada
- CountryIndia
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorBalaji Maheshwar
- ScreenwriterBalaji Maheshwar
- ProducerCuckoo Forest School and Birds on Trees
- CastAyushi Anil, Anjana Shekar, Sivaraj, Manjari, Madhesh, Maari
- CinematographerBalaji Maheshwar
- EditorBalaji Maheshwar and Arun Mozhi
At the confluence of the Eastern and Western Ghats lies Solaganai, a tribal village where the Solagars struggle for drinking water despite living in the birthplace of streams. Each summer, they walk miles across valleys for a single pot. When a 300-year-old well, long buried under debris, is restored, the filmmaker begins documenting the effort. What unfolds is more than the revival of a water source — Bhaavi is an observational portrait of resilience, indigenous knowledge, and the fragile balance between humanity and ecology.
- Year2025
- Runtime63 minutes
- LanguageTamil, Kannada
- CountryIndia
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorBalaji Maheshwar
- ScreenwriterBalaji Maheshwar
- ProducerCuckoo Forest School and Birds on Trees
- CastAyushi Anil, Anjana Shekar, Sivaraj, Manjari, Madhesh, Maari
- CinematographerBalaji Maheshwar
- EditorBalaji Maheshwar and Arun Mozhi