India's Circularity: Not a Trend, But Tradition from Margins

Name: India's Circularity: Not a Trend, But Tradition from Margins
Director: Purva Tavri
Genre: Art / Artists, Climate / Environment, Human Rights, Woman Director
Released: 2026
Duration: 64 min 13 sec

Artisans are working on decorating pottery products in Baswa Village, Rajasthan, India

Chitragya Studio - Shekhar Ghosh and Ankush Harmukh, Copyright: Purva Tavri

Synopsis

Across India’s overlooked margins, India’s Circularity – Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins reveals how reuse, repair, and regeneration are not innovations - but inherited ways of life rooted in culture, necessity, and care. Featuring voices across sectors - artists, makers, NGO leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials, planners, engineers, institutions, and homemakers - the film journeys through terracotta clusters in Rajasthan, bamboo-timber homes in Sikkim, palm-leaf artisans in Kerala, and community commons in Chhattisgarh. One story is deeply personal: the director’s mother, whose regenerative practices shaped the director’s own circular worldview long before her professional work in sustainability. With poetic narration, immersive visuals, and grounded research, the film reframes circularity as a lived tradition, not a future policy aspiration.

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Year: 2026
Type of project: Features
Running time: 64 min 13 sec
Format: Shooting Format: Sony slog3 & Aspect Ratio:16:9
Director: Purva Tavri 1st Feature
Producer: Purva Tavri
Editor: Chitragya Studio - Shekhar Ghosh, Ankush Harmukh
Screenwriter: Purva Tavri
Director of Photography: Chitragya Studio - Shekhar Ghosh, Ankush Harmukh
Composer: Theme song lyricist and composer: Ankush Harmukh, Singer: Purva Tavri
Principal cast: Sangay Palden, Karma Tenrab, Kailash Pradhan, Upendra Gurung, Meena Tavri, Toolika Gupta, Priyank Gupta, Dhruvswamini Bais, Mangesh Afre, Purna Man Tamang, Phurba Tamang, Auther Xavier, Barsha Gurung, Deshbandhu Prajapati, Anuja Singh, Doniv Rai, Devakumar Narayanan
US Motion Pictures Copyright: Purva Tavri 2026

Genre

Art / Artists Climate / Environment Human Rights Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dr Purva Tavri

Flat 28, 3 Rick Roberts Way
London
E15 2FR

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