Set in a small area of the city, Amar Colony - New Delhi. A place well frequented by Tibetans living in the vicinity, mostly call center employees and college-goers.
SEEDS follows a circle of young Tibetan friends in the eve of the controversial Olympic torch relay 2008 in New Delhi, over a span of one day. It focuses on six characters caught in their own midst. A rebel, who doesn't have much of an ambition and prefers following his friends. An escapist, whose only dream is to flee India and find a better life in America. A hesitant, beside his call center job that pays off his living, desperately looking for a change. A patriot with a strong traditional mindset cannot stand his younger sister being extrovert. Yet his sister, a dreamer, sees her life bigger then reality and shares it with her friend who on the other hand fears to have destroyed her life and doesn't see any future for herself.
The film unfolds the frustration of the Tibetan youth today living with the unconditional responsibility of freeing their own country yet caught in an attempt to catch up with the modern world today. Despite all the nuances they participate in the 17thApril 2008 manifestation against the Olympic game in China which turned into the most controversial in recent history and succeeded in the international criticism of China's rule over Tibet .
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