Mere Dil Mere Musaafir (My Heart, My Traveler) is a visual expression of the unknown through the eyes of different cultures and languages. Brazilian director and editor, Peruvian cinematographer, Polish performer, Pakistani producer and voice-over artist, and Chamorro producer. All of it shot and engulfed in NYC, the diaspora city, the city that brought hope and new life for migrants from all over the globe.
We shot Mere Dil Mere Musaafir in the middle of quarantine in NYC with a crew as big as 3 people: the director, the cinematographer, and the performer. The empty city, the quarantine, the multi-nationality quality, and the process of shooting on film gave us the core for this project: the unknown.
I was fascinated and inspired by the beauty of the unknown throughout the creative and craft processes. Trusting the images and the words over their literal meaning is what Mere Dil Mere Mysaafir is all about and bringing unknown and uncertainty into filmmaking is part of the whole crews’ coping and healing process. Isn’t it what art is all about?
