Mitti: Back to Roots

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Mitti-back to roots
Directed by	Anshul Sinha
Written by	Anshul Sinha
Produced by	crowd-fund (Campaign Head - Dinesh Chandrasekhar)
Starring	Anumeha Rai
Music by	P.V.R. Raja
Release date	26 January 2018;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mitti: Back to roots is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language crowd-funded feature film written and directed by Anshul Sinha starring Anumeha Rai. The music was composed by P.V.R. Raja.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film follows Ekta Singh, an agricultural scientist, who tries to investigate about farmer suicides and the agrarian crisis including 27 major issues of farmers and provide practical solutions.^[3]

Cast

Adapted from the film's end credits:^[4]

Anumeha Rai as Ekta Singh
Subhash Gupta as the senior scientist
Sandeep Yadav as Madhav
Harischandra Rayala as Ishwar Kaka
Abhinay Shukla as Shambu
Pushpent Pant as Pandey
Ratnashekar as Ekta's father
Padmavathy as Ekta's mother
Soni as Teen Ekta
Satyavaani as Kaki / Janaki
Sakshi Malhotra as Laxmi
Suhani Sharma as Vyjyanti
Rohit Chauhan as Rishi

Production

To prepare for the film, Anshul Sinha visited 250 villages including the organic Enabavi village and researched their hardships for eight months.^[5]^[6] Sinha's research involved the agrian crisis of four states: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Punjab.^[7]

Release

Prior to the film's direct release on YouTube, the film was screened at educational, urban centres and rural areas in an attempt to bring light to the dire situation of Indian farmers.^[5]