I had the privilege of watching Footprints on Water at the Atlanta Indian Film Festival, and I would say that the experience was surreal. It left me in awe of a brilliant technique of storytelling that is unbelievably poignant and engrossing.
The film undoubtedly belongs to Adil Hussain who does an outstanding job. The dialogues he delivers and the feelings he emotes are done with a finesse that is at its pinnacle. He is ably supported by actors Nimisha Sajayan, Danny Sura and Antonio Akeel who excel by doing justice to their parts.
Footprints on Water is Nathalia Syam's debut feature film, and the story delves into a wide range of feelings. Cruelty, duplicity, anger, frustration, and even kindness are among the varied themes explored. All of these mesh together in a film with a serious, sensitive strain that is its soul. Nathalia truly succeeds in handling such a complex subject with great maturity and fine artistry. This is a director who definitely shows promise to knit meaningful content into powerful cinema.
