Pushtaini

Hemant is a happy-go-lucky chap whose ambition is to be a taxi driver. He stands in contrast with the two troubled souls in his taxi – which may be a simplistic way of conveying the uncomplicated demands of rural life. Hemant also brings to Pushtaini most of its humour. The tranquillity of the landscape hides Bhuppi’s traumatic past, which he has been unable to shake off. Exploitation of the weak, Rawat seems to say, is not confined to any particular time or place.