Editor’s Note: Privilege, with promise

How does a person of privilege get moved so much by the story of a poor chaiwala’s son and his cinematic escapades, that he decides to make a movie on it? India’s entry to the Oscar’s 2023, the Gujarati-language film Chhello Show, aka The Last Film Show, tells the story of a boy in Saurashtra who helps his father sell tea by the railway tracks, but discovers that his true passion lies at the movies

How does a person of privilege get moved so much by the story of a poor chaiwala’s son and his cinematic escapades, that he decides to make a movie on it?

For Dheer Momaya and Dar Gai, it was love at first sight—with each other and with the movies