Varanasi - Beyond Life

Varanasi - Beyond Life
Varanasi, The spiritual capital of India - a place where people come from all over the country to breathe their last and immerse the ashes in the holy Ganges for the beginning of a new life. A visit to Varanasi has always been on my bucket list, and being able to film there was like an icing on the cake. Honestly, words fail to describe what I have seen while on this epic trip with Photowalk Dubai. No wonder Varanasi is called the "City of Life". Simply love this place. And this is my attempt to give you a sense of what it was like to experience the amazing "Varanasi" and the mysterious vicious cycle of life and death... "Varanasi - Beyond Life" - A personal project shot, edited and directed by me. Have put my heart and soul into it. Enjoy. Like. Share!!!

A film by Aeyaz (facebook.com/aeyaz)
Direction, Cinematography, Edit & Grade: Aeyaz (ayas@aeyaz.com)
Sound Design: Rahul Prabhakaran (facebook.com/rahul.prabhakaran.7)
Music: Ryan Taubert (Anamog We wish it was never light)
Narration: Alan Watts (Recording from the 1970s)

Transcript: There really isn’t anything radically wrong with being sick or with dying. We can’t say that it’s a good thing for everything to go on living. In a very simple demonstration that if we enable everybody to go on living, we overcrowd ourselves. So therefore, one person who dies in a way is honorable because he’s making room for others… It’s a far more amusing arrangement for nature to continue the process of life through different individuals then it is always with the same individual because as each new individual approaches life is renewed. And one remembers how fascinating the most ordinary everyday things are to a child because they see them all as marvellous. It is not, therefore, natural for us to wish to prolong life indefinitely. But we live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us in every conceivable way that to die is a terrible thing. Alan Watts All credits to Brandon Li, Sebastian Linda, and Leonardo Dalessandri being the wonderful source of inspirations for all filmmakers around the world.

Completely shot on Sony A7s. Lens: Mainly ZEISS Batis 2/25 and Sony 70-200. Plus few shots with Canon 24-105 and Samyang 35mm T1.5