A day in the life of Selina Uttankar. Home and beach
Director: Shaina Anand; Cinematographer: Shaina Anand
Duration: 00:23:12; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 23.998; Saturation: 0.045; Lightness: 0.399; Volume: 0.042; Cuts per Minute: 18.698; Words per Minute: 7.152
Summary: Footage from the day spent with Selina Uttankar, a native of Manori Village, Mumbai documenting her movement patterns in the city. Traditional Koli occupation. Selina gets home at noon. Washes up and tends to her newborn. Cooks lunch, nurses infant and then gets ready to head to the beach to buy the new catch of the day. At home and at the fish market on the beach, Manori. Koli way of life. Traditional occupations. Machimar. Mumbai.
Closeup of wall clock.
clock
Manori Village
closeup
Manori Village, Mumbai
fish
job
livelihood
mobility
motherhood
movement
occupation
portraiture
sea
trade
transport
travel
women
Shilu in kitchen preparing an omelette and talking about her children. Shots of pots and steel vessels. Closeup of her cooking, food.
- When will Lilu come back?
- She should be coming soon.
- And what time will you leave again?
- 1:30
- She looks like she is naughty. And the younger one - she seems peaceful. Does she cry much?
- Not a lot.
- Your older one, she is cute. She 'll be very pretty when she grows up.
(Marathi)
children
cooking
daughters
fisherwoman
food
kitchen
omelette
pots
steel
vessels
Sleeping baby. A girl child kisses her face and wakes her up. Grandmother can be seen in the background. Home interior.
kiss
sleeping
- You woke her up. She was sleeping so well.
(Marathi)
baby
child
family
girl
grandmother
Grandmother plays with the baby while another girl child plays in the background.
play
Family. Shilu holds her baby while her other girl child kisses the baby as the father looks on.
father
fisherwoman
kisses
mother
Grandmother holds baby while another girl child plays around.
grandmother
plays
Shilu combs her long hair and ties it into a bun. She is getting ready to go to the market to buy fish.
comb
fish
getting ready
hair
fisherwoman
market
village
Father and daighter look on as their wife and mother i.e. Shilu leaves for the market. She walks though the narrow gullies of the village and makes her way to the beach.
daughter
father
gullies
mother
village
wife
Early afternoon Shilu walks along the beach to get the catch of the day. Beach is lined with baskets and fisherwomen cleaning fish. Fishermen carry baskets of fish from the sea. Sounds of the sea and waves in the background.
baskets
beach
boats
carry
fishermen
fisherwomen
sea
waves
fish
Sh: I am feeling shy.
SA: No no...
SA: You should tell them you are a star. Do some drama.
SH: My friends are looking at me.
SA: You can explain to them why we are shooting.
(Marathi)
Fisherman piles prawns into a weighing scale. Others weigh fish while the fisherman writes a receipt.
fisherman
prawns
price
receipt
weigh
weighing scale
-Wow look how fresh.
-Yes, fresh.
- Is this fish from this morning?
- Yes.
- Is this scale yours?
- Yes it is.
- Do you charge a commission (to use the scale)?
- We weigh it and pay accordingly.
- How much is it?
- Rs. 100/kilo
(Marathi)
Various shots. Fishing boats bob up and down in the water as fishermen and womenand pass by carrying fish. A group of children also pass while others swim in the brown water.
boats
carrying
children
fishermen
fisherwomen
fishing
swim
A man weighs prawns. A fisherwoman pours the prawns into her basket and walks away along the beach.
fisherwoman
jesus
nelson
prawns
weighs
- What's your name?
- Tell her your name!
- Nelson.
- And his boat's name is Jesus.
basket
beach
Wide shot of the sea and boats. A child wades through waves and walks towards the beach carrying a basket of fish on her head as other children tumble around in the waves.
boats
carrying
child
children
fish
girl
sea
waves
Having fun!
Shilu pays another woman for her prawns. They argue in Marathi over the price and bargain and fight. They snatch at the basket of prawns until finally the sale is finalized.
argue
bargain
fight
marathi
pays
price
sale
fisherwoman
prawns
Closeup of Shilu sorting and cleaning prawns helped by two smiling girl children. She introduces her sister-in-law who laughs and turns away from the camera.
children
cleans
closeup
girl
laughs
sister-in-law
sorting
- This is my sister-in-law.
- Hello! Look! Look here! Don't feel shy.
- I saw. I saw
(Marathi)
Various shots of fishermen hanging and drying fishing nets.
fisher
fishing
hanging
nets
drying
Animals. cows and pigs lounge on the beach amongst fisherfolk and drying fish.
animals
cows
fish
fisherfolk
pig
beach
Shilu leaves the beach, walks through the village towards her home. She stops at a shrine and offers prayers before arriving at her house.
christianity
fisherwoman
home
house
prayers
religion
shrine
village
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