Kaun lageya ritt?

In the Himalaya region of the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh lives the semi-nomadic tribe of the Gaddi. The shepherds wander with their herds through the mountains, changing their location according to the seasons and the pastures. Due the continual disappearance of grassland, their search for Pastland leads them each year further away from the plains, through dangerous snow covered passes, up into the mountains. For the Gaddi a pass is a kind of religious and romantic metaphor. Only if the gods are well-disposed to the shepherd can he cross the pass unharmed. In this structure the film mirrors the wandering of the shepherd- movement and rest, home and dangerous foreign parts, separation and reunion. Songs and Stories narrated by Gaddi express their longings.