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.