The only thing available unconditionally in this world is mother's love. ‘Banwari Ki Amma ‘ ( Banwari’s Mother ) is a film set in central India in a town called Lucknow. The backdrop of the film is late 70s and the story revolves around a middle class aspirational family, whose bread earner is working as a typist in a government office. The central character of the film is an old maid servant, who does the job of grinding dal (pulses) in various houses in the locality and specialises in making kachoris (Indian snack made of fried dough with filings). The film was shot entirely in old Lucknow with actors , most of whom are local and a few others, who came from places like Mumbai ,Pune, Varanasi and Kanpur . The film has been shot by renowned cinematographer GS Bhaskar ,who came all the way from Bangalore to shoot this film in Lucknow. The post-production was done in Mumbai. The story , script and direction of the film is by O P Srivastava, who incidentally hails from the town Lucknow. The film uses Hindi, Indian English and Awadhi , which is the local dialect of Lucknow. It is a story of middle class aspirational India in the 1970's and the changing socio-economic ecosystem, which was getting impacted by the winds of 'modernisation' .