What Happens in Hellaro?
The complete story of Hellaro, from the first scene to the last, in 216 words (about 1 minute). Spoilers throughout.
Spoilers ahead
In 1975, a young girl named Manjhri is married off to a small village in the middle of nowhere in the Rann of Kutch. There has been no rain in the village for many years. The villagers believe it is a curse of the goddess because of a widow rup who was an embroider and tried to earn money and escaped with another villager. As an apology the men present a Gujarati folkdance garba to impress the goddess, but the women are not allowed to play garba. Every morning the women of the village go to a distant lake to fetch water, this is the only time when they are not suppressed but free. One day they come across an unconscious drummer and help him. In return, he plays his dhol and the women play garba for the first time. Since then, every day they fetch water and play garba. After some time the women convince him to ask the mukhya of their village for shelter and play dhol for navrati. Every day he plays garba for the women at the day and for the men at night. One day the women are caught playing garba and are beaten as a punishment. On the same night the women play garba in the village and it rains.
