They say inspiration can be found anywhere, anytime. 17-year old filmmaker Mauraya Sharma found his in the “restrictions” that the Covid-19 induced lockdown imposed last year. “The pandemic, as tragic as it was, has been an opportunity for me to explore and push my ability like never before,” says he.His latest production Seeped, a short film that was completed in a little more than eight months’ time, plays around on the themes of “sexuality, pain, filtration and unplanned co-relations”. It’s the story of Kaivalya, a paper-making artist, and her struggle coming to terms with her past.Sharma says, “Seeped is not about what moments of contemplation can do to us, rather what merely causes it; the uncanny co-relations. It entrenches you into your past, trickling down into stories of your life with no judgment.”Sharma says he has always found it hard to follow a structured pattern, or a routine. He prefers what nature has to offer, no matter how textured. And so, he wasn’t surprised when the idea for Seeped came to him while he himself was indulged in making paper. He remembers comparing the process to instances of his own life, and finding “the same entangled pattern on paper (…) as within myself”, he says.
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