Description

Echoes and Sketches" follows Shahnawaz, a seventeen-year-old qawali singer and painter from Lahore, as he journeys to Gilgit in search of silence, inspiration, and a place to belong. With a sketchbook in one hand and a harmonium in the other, he captures the soul of Pakistan—its people, its music, its aching beauty. His verses ripple through valleys, stirring hearts and opening doors he never imagined. After a breakthrough performance at a cultural festival, Shahnawaz earns enough to support his mother and glimpse a future beyond borders. Venice shimmers in his dreams, not as escape, but as arrival. This is the story of a boy learning to trust his voice, and of art becoming a prayer for something more.