Ship of Theseus
I recently watched the film by Anand Gandhi. the movie was awarded the Best Feature Film at the National Film Awards. The starting frames allude to the eponymous thought experiment that whether a ship which was restored by replacing each and every one of its wooden parts remained the same ship . The movie is composed of three smaller stories. The first story is of a blind photographer who tries to visualize things through her camera. She listens to sounds and uses a camera aid to click snaps. She gets the photos etched, analyzes it with finger-touch and takes feedback from her friend/lover to confirm if the photos reflect the scene she perceived. When asked why she took up photography, she says first to document and archive, and secondly to explore, understand and see. But it's more than that for it gives her a purpose in life. She comes across as an unfazed indomitable spirit who refuses to keep any accidental good clicks for it represents something which she hadn't per