Yugant written by Mahesh Elkunchwar is the culmination of his trilogy, the famous Wade Chirebandi (Old Stone Mansion) trilogy.

We were going through something so unprecedented as a species. We were faced with this collective anxiety and found ourselves at an existential precipice. It leads to questions of what life is all about.

The story:

Only three members (Parag, Nandini and their son Bal) remain of this once populous Deshpande family. The fourth (Abhay, their cousin) arrives visiting from distant cold shores of Sweden. It's almost a decade since we last met them in the second part 'The Pond' of the trilogy in their village Dharangaon in Maharashtra.

Apocalypse has arrived. The whole landscape is steeped in dust and a grueling sun beats it down. Torn walls, broken down houses, vultures, animal carcasses and water in meager quantities. A few members of the Deshpande family have died, a few have migrated, the once formidable stone mansion is now an old decaying shadow of itself, much like the larger village in which it is situated. Against this backdrop, the cousins reunite with Nandini (Parag, the older cousin's wife) as the stoic witness and their Uncle Chandu, a lost tattered soul, who has reluctantly returned home after years of aimless wandering and spiritual seeking. The ensuing conversation is a meditation on the momentariness of life and the bonds that inextricably tie us to our community and the perennial question about the world we leave behind for our children.

Director: Gerish Khemani

Performers:

Ajinkya Ovhal

Barkha Fatnani

Hrishabh Kanti

Jaymin Thakkar

Hindi Translation: Akhshay Gandhi

Set and Costume Design: Shruti Bangera

Sound Design: Shishir Kolte

Lights Design: Sukrit Mahajan

Poster Design and Creatives: Robin Patel