Panaji, Nov 22 (UNI) Filmmaker Prachee Bajania has said the film ‘The Spell of Purple’ celebrates courage of women and also speaks about fatigue that sets in after having to constantly struggle with patriarchy.

‘Thousands of women are labelled witches with ulterior motives to grab property or to trouble them and this movie tells the story of fight of these women against forces of patriarchy in a small field in tribal Gujarat,’ she said, while interacting with media at the ongoing 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) being held here.

Prachee said the idea of the film flashed to her when she was travelling through the forests of Ambi Dumala.

Search for a source of ten seconds of folk song that she heard in the forests of Ambi Dumala ended with the movie.

The independent filmmaker said purple colour was associated with magic and mysticism and she wanted to use the colour to talk about the theme of the subject as well as to show that women were still blooming despite odds against them.

‘Many of the attempts to label women as witches are with the intention of grabbing their property or sexually harassing them,’ she said.

“The movie celebrates the courage but also speaks about weariness faced by them due to constant harassment”, it gives the message that freedom lies in loving,’ she said.

The original title of the movie in Gujarati is Khilshe Toh Khara (They will bloom) signifying that women will bloom despite all the odds and evil forces against them in the society.

Prachee said Gujarati films, which were mostly being screened only in rural centers earlier, had started getting released in urban centers after 2012-13 and were slowly getting popular there too.

The film, produced by FTII, captures the bone-deep weariness that often lies behind some women’s daily courage.

‘The Spell of Purple’ being showcased in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI.(UNI)