Woman & 3 Daughters Flee Lockdown On Foot

Brut India

The world's biggest lockdown forced Priya and her three daughters to start walking from Delhi to Kanpur. National Award-winning filmmaker Vinod Kapri covered a part of their journey. He told Brut why he feels regret looking back.

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00:00The child is crying.

00:10The child is crying.

00:20Where are you going?

00:22Where are you going?

00:24Where is your house?

00:26Kanpur

00:28Where is your house?

00:30Kanpur

00:32Kanpur?

00:34Yes

00:36And where are you from?

00:38Are you coming from Delhi?

00:40Yes, I am from Delhi

00:42Where are you from?

00:44I am from DC

00:46I am coming from DC

00:48I am coming from my sister's house

00:50Did you work there?

00:52What?

00:54I am coming from my sister's house

00:56I was married

00:58You were married?

01:00Yes

01:02Do you stay at your sister's house?

01:04The rain has stopped

01:06Do you stay at your sister's house for a few days?

01:08We will go

01:10It's been a long time

01:12The kids are getting worried

01:14Yes

01:16The kids are getting worried

01:26We will apply oil and massage

01:28Massage her

01:30What happened to her leg?

01:32She fell down

01:34She fell down

01:36She was playing in the rain

01:38She fell down

01:40She fell down

01:42She fell down

01:46I was just angry

01:48I was just angry

01:50that why this Priya

01:52has taken this decision

01:54has taken this decision

01:56to take her three daughters

01:58without any transport

02:00without any vehicle

02:02I asked her also

02:04Why did you do this?

02:06Why did you make her do this?

02:08Do you have any idea?

02:10I asked her also

02:12Do you have any idea?

02:14Tumne aisa kyun kiya? Tumne kyun un bachchon ko pedal lekar ke tum jaari ho, chote chote

02:18bachche hain? But you know, she was like, mujhe ghar paunchna bahu zaruri hai, my mother

02:26is waiting there. So, I was quite angry with Priya.

02:35It is my job to make a film, but at the same time, I'm a human also. So, when we reached

02:41at this Gawana Toll Plaza, there were at least 700 to 800 people waiting for the bus, and

02:49they could not board the bus because Priya had three small kids, small girls. So, I intervened

02:58and I spoke to roadways officials and I told them, this is a family and I think you should

03:04help these people. And they really helped, which you can see in the film.

03:19I would like to talk about the incident, which is a kind of biggest, biggest, biggest regret

03:27of my life, in a way that I still feel, I'm still very disturbed about it. You know, when

03:36they reached Aligarh, and it was around 2, 2.30 in the morning, and you know, next morning,

03:44it was decided between us that they told me that they want to take some two, three hours

03:49rest, and around 6am, they will leave for Kanpur. So, you know, I told them that, you

03:57know, you just wait for me, I'll come at around 5.30 and six before six, I'll be there. And

04:04you just wait for me and then I'll go with you or maybe I'll help you. And then I left

04:12to do some other stuff to do some other stories or to meet other people. And the time was

04:18decided, it was 6am, we decided that 6pm, 6am we'll meet, 6 in the morning. But when

04:25I reached at quarter to six, they were not there. So, I asked people, I asked the police

04:34personnel, but they were not there. And they have people, police had no idea about Priya

04:40and her daughters. So, you know, it was kind of biggest regret of my life.

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