How Synergos Told the Story of Cachar Cancer Hospital

Developed a feature documentary built around a single, unflinching question: what does it mean to heal in a place where poverty arrives before the disease?

Structured the narrative across multiple chapters, from the hospital's origins in 1992, when farmers traded rice for IV drips, and rickshaw pullers pooled coins to build what governments would not, to its present-day innovations, including a hybrid ICU monitored remotely by critical care specialists in Bangalore.

Wove together doctor interviews, patient stories, ASHA worker journeys, and archival material to build a portrait of an institution that treats cancer not just as a medical condition but as a human rights issue.

Captured the full ecosystem of care: the Janata Meal that feeds patients for as little as ten rupees, the blood bank built after a son collapsed having donated three units for his father in a single day, the community health workers walking miles past monsoon floods, and centuries of myth to reach women hiding lumps beneath their saris.

Crafted a voiceover in a poetic, literary register that asks hard questions without easy answers, holding the tension between hope and reckoning throughout.

Travelled on location to Assam to shoot inside the hospital, at community outreach camps, and in the villages where the ASHA workers do their most important and invisible work.