Write a short summary of what happens in the film

India, the world’s largest democracy was slowly turning into a hotbed of hate crimes. Over the last few years the beautiful co-existence of this country’s multiple castes and cultures was being torn apart by the evil of mob lynching. Fuelled by fake news spread through a mobile phone in every hand, hundreds were losing their lives. ‘The Lynching’ was a reminder that the true fabric of this country has always been weaved by harmony. The film was created by taking inspiration from hundreds of actual cloth textures and patterns that were as varied as the diverse cultures of India, and then animating over 4110 photo-realistic frames to show how the power of peace can win over hatred and stitch back the torn fabric of a nation.

Please tell us about the cultural insight that inspired the work

India, the world’s largest democracy has today become the hotbed of mob lynching. Over a hundred deaths due to mob lynching in the last few years have been fuelled by social media, in the name of eating habits, casteism, religion and fake news. While hate crimes keep rising across the country, the people in power keep denying it. So the need of the hour was to send a strong message of peace. To end this greatest evil of the recent times, we choose the occasion of Pujas, India’s biggest religious festival where millions pray to Goddess Durga to slay all evil. And to spread this message, we chose Social Media, the hunting ground for such hate crimes in India.