Ameya More’s documentary Going Solo is about two Indian women who participate in a gruelling long-distance endurance cycling event in the United Kingdom. Neither woman is young – one is a grandmother. Their bodies often don’t listen to them and there’s a gap between aspiration and ability.
Yet, Gareema Shankar and Renu Singhi pedal away, aiming to cover 1,540 kms in five days on the London-Edinburgh-London route. Going Solo is inspirational, but it’s a bit more than that. The film is about women yearning to be free, to be taken seriously, to achieve goals that they have set entirely for themselves.
The documentary was screened on Tuesday at the ongoing Mumbai International Film Festival. The screening witnessed a full house and fulsome admiration for Shankar and Singhi, who were present along with More and the crew.
Singh said that she got interested in cycling while picking out bikes for her grandchildren. Shankar encouraged the crowd to “live for the day” and “keep doing adventure as much as you can”.
The audience possibly felt close to the women because Going Solo goes beyond cycling, providing a peek into their selves. Even as the film follows its subjects through strenuous workouts, More and cinematographer Vandita Jain pick up on the tensions and self-doubt that simmer beneath the surface,...
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