When lockdown 2.0 was announced, Hardik Patel volunteered to help an NGO film their efforts to feed the needy. The first day, when the 34-year-old filmmaker travelled to Vasai from his home in Andheri by car, it felt like driving into a dystopian movie set. "One of the busiest cities wore an eerie silence. It was a bit unnerving," says Patel, who runs Rolling Can Productions.

The film, shot from April 22 to May 3, was for a non-profit platform, FromU2them, and took him to slums in Dharavi, Colaba, Vasai-Virar as well as the central industrial kitchen in Wada, 140 kilometres from Mumbai. With a voiceover lent by Naseeruddin Shah, the two-minute film is a collaborative effort between Rolling Can Productions and Running Cow Films. The frames move from a bustling city to the now-familiar empty streets. The camera follows volunteers in their PPE suits during their distribution drives for the needy.