AHMEDABAD: Two sisters, Sheena and Sonum Sumaria, born in London to a Gujarati-Jain family, have made a movie on the communal divide that has plagued Gujarat in the aftermath of the communal riots of 2002. The two sisters, both graduates of Cambridge University, had come to the state in
2012 on a visit to their grandfather's place of birth in western Gujarat. But once here, they realized that they had entered a divided society polarized along communal lines over the ruling BJP and its leader.
"We were born in London to a Gujarati-Jain family. Our grandparents were born in Gujarat while our parents were born in Kenya. We come from a multi-cultural environment and are passionate about justice. As we delved into Gujarat's recent history, we could sense the lingering effects of the 2002 riots. We knew that this state was once very inclusive. This is how our effort to make a film
Interestingly, the film called, 'Even the Crows', was crowd-funded. "Around 56 people from across the world backed our project. We collected over Rs 8 lakh for the movie's production," said Sonum, who studied Spanish and Russian at Cambridge University and film at Escuela de Cine y Television, Cuba.
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