Of saree and memory

Arthouse director Pooja Kaul brings her sharp eye for urban Indian life and keen interest in the elusiveness of memory to one of India's quintessential symbols in Sundar Sari, which was screened in the capital recently. In this interview, she spoke about her creative process and her perception of the sari. Excerpts from an interview

A woman caresses the man from her past. It is almost time travel where the man is young and she bends over him as though she is caressing her own memory. At a more physical level, it could also be seen as a mea culpa, an act of finally seeing or understanding someone she walked away from or did not fully see in her youth, says filmmaker