80-year-old who lives alone in a Uttarakhand ghost village is an unlikely film heroine | India News – Times of India
PITHORAGARH: Hira Devi, 80, is an unlikely film heroine from one of Uttarakhand's ghost villages, Gadtir, which has several empty houses because of migration. The octogenarian, who is illiterate and has lived in the mountain village most of her life, recently got a chance to star in 'Pyre', a film inspired by a story similar to her own, which will have its world premiere on Tuesday (Nov 19) at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival in Estonia. When she was invited to attend the festival, Devi had one concern - leaving behind her constant companion, her buffalo, since the-re is no one in the village to care for it.Produced by filmmaker Vinod Kapri, 'Pyre' tells a poignant love story of an elderly couple in their 80s. It is the only Indian entry selected in the 'Official C...