Chhaya Kadam could never take her mother on a flight but she took her memories with her to Cannes. She spoke to Brut about her film and the story behind her mother’s saree. Brut is the official media partner for Cannes Film Festival 2024. #Cannes2024
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00:00So that day I was wearing a sari and a necklace.
00:04I was taking my mother to Kans.
00:07Two days before I left, I saw the sari and said,
00:10Mom, I can't take you with me,
00:13but I will go to Kans at the time of your sari.
00:21Yes, I have a film called Sister Midnight,
00:25which was selected by the director Spotlight.
00:28And the second one is All We Imagine As Life,
00:30which is the main competition.
00:41I am playing a character named Parvati.
00:45This film is about the friendship of three women,
00:48the loneliness of three women,
00:51the happiness of three women,
00:54and the bond of three women.
00:57This film is about Mumbai.
01:00This film is about people who come from other cities
01:04and settle in Mumbai.
01:15My mother was very beautiful in a sari.
01:18A lot.
01:19Our society people used to tell me,
01:22when she got married,
01:24when she got married,
01:27we used to come to the gallery to see her.
01:30we used to come to the gallery to see her.
01:33And my mother was very beautiful.
01:36But due to some age and illness,
01:39I stopped wearing a sari.
01:42I stopped wearing a sari.
01:45I had forgotten my mother.
01:48I had become a small child.
01:51My friend gave this sari to my mother.
01:54My friend gave this sari to my mother.
01:57My mother was in the village at that time.
02:00I thought she was very beautiful.
02:03But I couldn't wear it in the village.
02:06But I couldn't wear it in the village.
02:09She had a problem with her hair.
02:12I didn't want to wear it in the village.
02:15I didn't want to wear it in the village.
02:18I thought I'd wear it in the village and go somewhere.
02:21I brought that sari from the village to Mumbai.
02:24I brought that sari from the village to Mumbai.
02:27Then my mother came to Mumbai for Diwali.
02:30I thought of wearing it then.
02:33But I didn't.
02:36Then my mother came to the village.
02:39When I went to the village,
02:42I took that sari and went back.
02:45I thought I'd wear that sari and take my own pictures.
02:48I thought I'd wear that sari and take my own pictures.
02:51But I couldn't.
02:54My mother left me in August.
02:57My dream of flying a plane was left incomplete.
03:00My dream of flying a plane was left incomplete.
03:03I feel very bad about it.
03:06I feel very bad about it.
03:09I felt very bad about it.
03:12My father is very old.
03:15He dresses as an old woman.
03:18He dresses as an old woman.
03:21We have a tradition of wearing sari for our mother's wedding.
03:24We have a tradition of wearing sari for our mother's wedding.
03:30It occurred to me that if they are wearing saris for the first time,
03:33they have to do something for them.
03:36It happened two days before departure.
03:39I was in my ears.
03:41She was wearing a sari and necklace
03:45and was making me spin in my ears.