Moloy Mukherjee

Nirbaak is a hyperlink narrative comprising four love stories connected by a single woman. Every love story comprises one entity which is silent and thus Nirbaak (Speechless)

A reclusive yet short-tempered man, takes a stand against the inhumane treatment of the outcast Indian stray dogs. His journey leads him to confront a massive dog trafficking racket, advocating for the rights and protection of these voiceless creatures.

Abstract film about a man and a woman (maybe) in love.

Debut directorial effort from Moloy Mukherjee, co-writer of Ashish Avikunthak’s 2007 feature Nirakar Chhaya (Shadows Formlesss). Mukherjee’s film is an urban Kolkata film and placed at the center of it’s intriguing narrative play is a young man interacting with people from, and finding his way through, various class and social locations. There is a focus on conversations around cultural politics and sexual politics in the city. The intriguing style with its many rough edges, possibly emerging from the ‘Cinema of Prayoga’ conversations, allows for something of the located experiences it seeks to record to come through.

Shakespearean theatricality meets the subtlety of Kathakali subverted in the dramatic space of street theatre to give birth to a performative ‘caliban’ – Khelkali – a hybrid act of articulating the post colonial irony of contemporary India.