(Winner Best film Jury award Bodhisattva International Film Festival 2016, Chicago International Social Change Film Festival 2017, International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2016, John Abraham National Film Awards, Kerala 2016, Amsterdam Lift- Off Festival 2016, ImagineIndia International Film festival Madrid 2016.)

The film explores the untold story of the remarkable relationship that The Dalai Lama and the Tibetans share with India.

Tibetan spiritual leader and Noble peace prize recipient The Dalai Lama has made India his exiled home since escaping in 1959 after the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The seeking of asylum by him was not the beginning of the relationship between India and its Himalayan neighbor. It was the ‘disciple’ taking refuge with the ‘Guru’ after the ancient legacy of his guru, which he had so devotedly preserved for centuries, was under severe attack.

The film explores the unique and complex relationship The Dalai Lama and the Tibetans share with India that goes back to 8th century AD. It traces the journey of the Dalai Lama from the time he was discovered in Tibet to his 80th year residing in India. A rare glimpse of his remarkable evolution as a true Bodhisattva – the film reveals how India has shaped this remarkable man and how he has in turn shaped the discourse of human values and global ethics.

Besides a rare personal access to The Dalai Lama, deep insightful interviews and his candid interactions with people of all hues at various stages of his life; the film also carries remarkable insights from the likes of MJ Akbar, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Kapila Vatsyana, Tibetan prime minister (in exile) Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Arun Shourie and others on the complexities of this relationship. The film is shot across The Dharamshala Himalayas (the exiled home of The Dalai Lama), the ancient Buddhist ruins of Nalanda and Bodhgaya in Bihar and New Delhi, besides incorporating rare archival footage from 1930s-40s from inside Tibet and of The Dalai Lama.