“I first visited Wayanad in Kerala, in 2006, after reading articles on the agricultural crisis there,” says filmmaker Sunanda Bhat, who went on to involve herself in an intense period of research that revealed stories of exploitation and struggle, the revelations that found their way to her documentary, titled Have You Seen the Arana? The film that tells the story of Wayanad through the lives of three ‘ordinary’ people, who engage in different ways with the land, will be screened in the city, today.

Director Sunanda Bhat (extreme left) during the film shoot