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Padma Shri Sudevi Dasi

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Sudevi Dasi's odyssey embodies the deepest beauty: selfless devotion transcending borders, where a Western heart embraces Eastern sanctity. Her 40-year vigil nurturing 1800+ abandoned cows in Vrindavan isn't mere service; it's a radiant harmony of human-animal kinship, spiritual grace blooming amid hardship, turning scars into sacred bonds. Padma Shri-crowned, she reveals beauty as quiet revolution—compassion's quiet fire, illuminating life's fragile wholeness. In sacred groves, her German soul found calling, weaving cross-cultural grace that heals hearts in eternal surrender to life's rhythm.

haider khan

rishina kandhari

biography

I'm a director and screenwriter from India, bridging worlds through stories of profound compassion. My cinematic spark was kindled in Vrindavan's sacred lanes, where tales of selfless souls—like Sudevi Dasi's bovine devotion—reveal humanity's quiet miracles. I shape shorts that honour unsung Heroes.

Credits
  • Directing : haider khan
  • Script : haider khan
  • Casting : NA
  • Photography : haider khan
  • Sound : Ishaan Shivdeo
  • Editing : haider khan
  • Music : Pranshu Jha
  • Decoration : Anil Chaudhary
  • Costumes : NA
  • Makeup & hairdressing : NA
  • Production : Anil Chaudhary
  • Directing assistant : NA
  • VFX : NA
  • Calibration : NA
  • Sound mixing : Ishaan Shivdeo

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