To the world Oslo is the capital of Norway, a picture postcard place, with its bright green forests that shine like emeralds in a necklace, and ethereal azure lakes. For Pune’s Pooja Bhale, Oslo is her husky, who is founding force behind the movie Oslo – A Tail of Promise, which has dropped on YouTube and Apple TV.

Bhale’s non-fiction feature film explores the intimate bond between a woman and her late copper-coloured Siberian husky, Oslo. At its heart, this is an exploration of themes such as love, surrender, animal companionship, urban loneliness and our connection to the natural world.  Bhale, who lives in Pune on a farm, with 11 dogs, 20 cats, and a few goats, does not preach but practises the three-pronged message it aims to spread. Bhale said, “This is to create awareness about the importance of adopting rather than shopping for animals, ‘adopt rather than shop’, sharing the planet, and viewing nature and creatures as entities that are capable of feeling. I lost Oslo in May this year. Still, I know he is watching me with kindness and care in his blue eyes, those very eyes that gave him his name because they reminded me of the Northern Lights.”