Amrita and Imroz.

“I had the privilege of knowing Amritaji,as I lived in her house for many years and in the process saw the wonderful bond that she and Imroz shared,” recalls Harjit,a writer. Harjit sent a short story to Pritam for her magazine and received a handwritten reply from her,appreciating his work and saying she would publish the story. “Those two lines changed my life,” says Harjit,who is in the process of editing the 90-minute film that will release in May. The effort,reflects Harjit,was to make the film “less wordy and more visual” with focus on Pritam’s writings and poetry along with Imroz’s poetry and paintings. “We visited all places which Imroz and Amrita did when their relationship was growing,” he says.

About his relationship with Pritam,Imroz says, “When I first met her I realised that she was the kind of woman with whom I could spend the rest of my life. And that’s precisely what we did”.

There’s no character of Pritam in the documentary. Instead,images,poetry and visuals represent the moods and sequences. The director refers to Pakistani poet Sara Shagufta’s letters to Amrita,which form part of the film. Poet and author Nirupama Dutt,who has translated Pritam’s poem Main tenu phir milangi… into English,which is a part of this film,sums up aptly,“Imroz was the ink that flowed out of Amrita’s pen and as he is the survivor of the relationship,we see them through his eyes”.