The opening scene transfers you to Maheshwar, a beautiful, historic, riverside town in Madhya Pradesh. In the 18th century, Ahilyabai Holkar, who ruled the princely state of Indore, promoted the tradition of hand weaving here. Well over two centuries later, the town remains famous for its Maheshwari sarees. Produced by Storyloom Films — a company formed by Nidhi Kamath and Keya Vaswani, graduates of the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design, Jaipur — the documentary Weaves Of Maheshwar, tells the story of the weavers, who managed to keep their craft alive.

A young worker learns the craft from a senior weaver in a still from the documentary