The
Long Journey
Home

SYNOPSIS

The Long Journey Home is an emotionally resonant, historically grounded drama that marks a cinematic first: a feature film that delves into the journey, loss, and legacy of the Indian indenture system, told through the intertwined lives of two women separated by centuries — Meera in the 1850s and Raani in present-day Mauritius.

Shot across breathtaking locations in Mauritius and India (Patna, Bodh Gaya, Phalgu River, and rural Bihar), the film bridges the ancestral departure and emotional return of the Indian diaspora. This is a work that doesn’t just tell a story — it reclaims history.

A Forgotten Chapter, Now Told

The Long Journey Home is the first-ever feature film to center on the historical indentured labour system initiated by the British in 1834, which uprooted over 2 million Indians & shaped the demographic and cultural reality of more than 19 countries — yet remains largely unexplored in world cinema.

A Story of Women Across Time

This film honours generations of women who endured silence, sacrifice, and survival. Meera, the widow of an indentured labourer in the 1850s, and Raani, a modern-day sugarcane farmer in Mauritius, mirror each other across time. Raani clings to her sugarcane plantation as a moral legacy of her ancestors, fighting society — and even her own son — to protect it. Their stories show how the struggles of women have evolved, yet endured, from colonial displacement to modern marginalisation.