Saand ki Aankh literally translates to “bull’s eye”, and this comes naturally to Chandro and Prakashi Tomar. Having discovered their flair for shooting and hitting the bull’s eye well past their prime, these dupatta-clad grandmothers earned themselves the sobriquet of “shooter daadis”!

Debutant director Tushar Hiranandani’s film Saand ki Aankh draws inspiration from their lives.

The film begins in the year 1999. It’s in the Johri village of Bagpat that we first meet the spirited women.

In hushed tones and shared moments of joy they somehow manage to create a safe zone in the minefield of archaic rules that the resident patriarch shoves down their throats.

The women must cover their heads with ghunghat (veil). So much so that the women are identified actually by the colour of their dupattas. They can’t leave the house without a male companion. The only thing that awaits them is marriage and pati ki seva (taking care of the husband). 

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