Matt Ro Bacche

Role : Costume & Art

About the poem

Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote ‘Philistini Bachhe Ke Liye Lori’, A lullaby for a Palestinian child - in response to Israeli gunships bombing civilians and refugee camps in the 1980s.

It traces the journey of a child who has lost her loved ones to war, a narrative all too relevant today around the world.

In essence, this poem reveals the great depths of loss and grief. And hope.

Colour Palette

The entire music video has warm & sepia tones in.

For styling of the characters, the focus is on neutral tones like shades of white, brown, beige & grey.

For art & props: the colours include textures of wood, shades of brown, grey & white. Accent colours like reds, greens & subtle hints of gold are also used.

Story treatments

Tara's bindi

Tara has just come back from work and is sitting at her dressing table looking very solemn. She is reminiscing her past and missing her husband. She eventually proceeds to take out an old envelope from a drawer and looks at it pondering if she should open it or not.

Styling notes for tara

Neutral coloured saree

Vintage hairpin

Very simple, daily wear jewellery

Art notes

Dressing table set-up

Vintage photograph

Old letter

Ali's Butterfly

We are introduced to 2 siblings - Ali & Muskaan, as children, playfully arguing about an origami butterfly after which muskaan is taken away and we see a 23year old Ali remembering her with the same butterfly in his hand.

Styling notes for young ali

Cotton kurta pajama set

White or any neutral coloured

Styling notes for young muskaan

Simple cotton Indian wear

Neutral coloured dupatta

No jewellery

Styling notes for Adult ali

Neutral coloured cotton kurta

Bengali style kurta

Neutral coloured linen pants

Art notes

Balcony set-up

Typewriter

Desk set-up

Origami butterfly

Stylised origami butterfly

Butterfly mesh set-up

Dadu's Masala

Mishra ji is sitting & going through an old album when he comes across an old photograph of him & his mother from his childhood. Looking at the image in which he has a handkerchief pinned on his shoulder, he gets nostalgic and decides to look for something in his old trunks. He eventually finds an old recipe book of his mother along with the same old handkerchief. He eventually decides to relive his childhood by remaking his mother’s dal.