The narrative in Parikramaa travels through multiple spaces and times, through parallel experiences of its twin protagonists that criss-cross each other, though they come from worlds apart.
Alessandro is an Italian writer filmmaker making a film on the Narmada Parikramaa. an age old pilgrimage along the holy river Narmada. During his cinematic journey Alessandro meets a village boy Lala, who has fled home to secure dignity and land for his displaced peasant family.
Lala is almost at the same age as his son Francesco, who lost his mother in the recent past.
The narrative unfolds the story of two boys,one without his mother,the other without his motherland. Alessandro’s narrative takes a new turn as the river Narmada flows by…