Sohla Sets Foot on the Festival Circuit at PIFF, Ajanta–Ellora, and Third Eye
Some films arrive with noise, others with silence. Sohla – Celebration Under the Grey Sky arrives as a quiet undertow and slowly, it stays. The debut marathi feature by filmmaker Saaikat Bagbaan, produced by Carryon Fiilms has been officially selected for the Marathi Cinema Today section at the 24th Pune International Film Festival (15–22 January 2026) and the India Focus section at the Ajanta–Ellora International Film Festival also competing at the Marathi contemporary segment at 22nd Third eye Asian international film festival. At it’s heart, Sohla is not just a film about a ritual.
It is about a boy who is forced to grow up before he is ready. Set in a small rural village where every life follows the rhythm of fields and festivals, the film follows Pashya, a young boy eagerly awaiting his Sohla, the coming-of-age ceremony meant to mark pride, masculinity, and celebration. But fate intervenes. A personal tragedy shatters the fragile excitement of the ritual, and what was meant to be a day of joy becomes a turning point of loss, responsibility, and inherited silence.
