Filmmaker Bharatbala captures silence of India under lockdown with 'Uthenge Hum'

Mumbai (Maharashtra), June 6 -- : Filmmaker Bharatbala, who created magic with the song video of AR Rahman's 'Vande Mataram,' has now captured the beauty of India's most silent phase in his new film 'Uthenge Hum.'

The filmmaker's latest project focuses on the unseen visuals of the nationwide lockdown in the country.

While 1.3 billion people where under lockdown, the filmmaker and a devoted team of 117, comprising about 15 film crews, set out to shoot the film.

The crews filmed the lockdown across 14 states, covering thousands of kilometres, to document this watershed moment of global history.

The result is Uthenge Hum (We Will Rise), a 4-minute-long film that captures the emptiness during the lockdown.

It begins with Prime Minister ...