Riding Solo to the Top of the World

(94 min; dvd; 2006; English)

Director: Gaurav Jani 

Golden Conch for Best Documentary Film and National Critics Award, Mumbai International Film Festival; National Award for Best Documentary Film; Jury Award, CMS Vatavaran Nature and Wildlife Film Festival

This one-man film captures the ever-changing life of the nomadic Chang pas in Ladakh, the Hemis festival held every 12 years and the Tashi Choling monastery where they pray to the Rain God. A journey that begins as an adventure and ends with the man seeking the person within