By Nayanika Samanta

Kolkata, Nov 23 (UNI) Jilipibalar Bondhura, a meditative documentary that captures the fragile relationship between a child and the fast-eroding natural world around her, stands out as a testament to Kolkata’s lost ecology.

The film, which received a Special Mention at the recent Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), tenderly chronicles the world of toddler Simran – affectionately monikered Jilipibala – and her enchanted interactions with the thriving ecosystem surrounding a towering peepal tree in South Kolkata.

Through Simran’s eyes, the film observes the vibrant birds, insects, blossoms and small creatures that populate this urban ecosystem, a world that slowly begins to shrink as the tree and its neighbouring green cover come under threat from relentless c

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