Dadi's Monsoon Jar

Dream Storyboards · Pahari miniature painting (Kangra)
Dadi's Monsoon Jar

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Every summer Dadi sets her jars out on the terrace — not pickles, seasons. She tells Kabir not to open them. He opens the monsoon, and the whole town gets rain in May, until Dadi sings the cloud back home.
style
Pahari miniature painting (Kangra)
frames
14 key frames + 4 in-betweens
narration
1:14
Storyboard
  1. Every summer, Dadi sets her jars out in the sun on the terrace. Kabir watches.

    01 Every summer, Dadi sets her jars out in the sun on the terrace. Kabir watches.

  2. Not pickles — seasons. Summer and mangoes, the monsoon, winter fog and fire, spring.

    02 Not pickles — seasons. Summer and mangoes, the monsoon, winter fog and fire, spring.

  3. Going downstairs, Dadi turns back: don't open them.

    03 Going downstairs, Dadi turns back: don't open them.

  4. Kabir looks at the rain jar. Just looks.

    04 Kabir looks at the rain jar. Just looks.

  5. He kneels at the rain jar and unties its lid. Just to peek.

    05 He kneels at the rain jar and unties its lid. Just to peek.

  6. The monsoon climbs out of the jar.

    06 The monsoon climbs out of the jar.

  7. He grabs the jar and tries to catch it back.

    07 He grabs the jar and tries to catch it back.

  8. All over town, in the middle of May, it is the monsoon.

    08 All over town, in the middle of May, it is the monsoon.

  9. Dadi comes back. Kabir waits to be scolded.

    09 Dadi comes back. Kabir waits to be scolded.

  10. She doesn't scold him. She sings — the song that calls clouds home.

    10 She doesn't scold him. She sings — the song that calls clouds home.

  11. The cloud comes down, small and sleepy, to the jar.

    11 The cloud comes down, small and sleepy, to the jar.

  12. Back into the jar it goes, and Dadi ties the lid on. A frog watches.

    12 Back into the jar it goes, and Dadi ties the lid on. A frog watches.

  13. Evening. Dadi opens the summer jar, and the mangoes are very sweet.

    13 Evening. Dadi opens the summer jar, and the mangoes are very sweet.

  14. Only one thing is different now.

    14 Only one thing is different now.