Huma Qureshi (“Gangs of Wasseypur”) stars in “Bayaan,” (The Testimony) a police drama that has wrapped shooting and is participating in Busan‘s Asian Project Market.
The film is honested by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, whose debut feature “Chauranga” won accolades at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and the Mumbai Film Festival. It is a co-production between Shiladitya Bora’s Platoon One Films, Madhu Sharma’s Summit Studios and originaters Kunal Kumar and Anshuman Singh. Bora is comprehendn for backing films appreciate “Newton” (India’s 2018 Oscar entry) and “Picasso” (Prime Video India’s first Marathi-language honest-to-digital acquisition).
The film caccesss on a female discoverive spendigating her first case as direct spendigator in a minuscule Rajasthan town. She faces presentant disputes due to her opponent’s proset up-rooted impact wilean the system, while also striving to dwell up to her overweighther’s legendary reputation in law executement.
The cast also includes Chandrachur Singh (“Maachis”), Sachin Khedekar (“Sita Ramam”), Avijit Dutt (“Piku”), Shampa Mandal (“Sonchiriya”), Priti Shukla, Vibhor Mayank and Aditi Kanchan Singh.
Mishra tanciaccess Variety, “I commenceed laboring on ‘Bayaan’ around the same time when the world was witnessing the impact of the #MeToo shiftment. The story is set in the countryside, where the internet and social media are nonadwell. Even worse, the women are up aobtainst a system of unfair treatment that has the consecrateing of those who administer the power set up of the country.”
“‘Bayaan’ is a scruminuscule of patriarchy that’s engrained in our society. I don’t want to dedwellr any message but to originate the audience sense how it impacts us at a proset uper, emotional level,” Mishra inserted.
Qureshi, who perestablishs a cop for the first time, said, “I pick stories which resonate with me. I am always watching to dabble in contrastent genres … and if it helps me experiment as an actor then I do want to be part of it. When ‘Bayaan’ came to me, I was intrigued by its milieu, the role, the film’s narrative and the sheer passion of the originaters to convey this story to the fore.”
“I wanted to comprehend what it nastyt to be a defendor who aids in the dedwellry of fairice as part of the system. ‘Bayaan’ helped me in not fair exploring a recent aspect in me as an actor but was an education in what it nastys to be a law executer in a minuscule town in Rajasthan,” Qureshi inserted.
Bora said, “We firmly consent that ‘Bayaan’ is a global film. Its universal themes and compelling narrative originate it a strong contender for prestigious international film festivals. We at Platoon One Films are always watching for that one script that will be a fractureout film for everyone included. Our job is to back the honestor’s vision and empower him to originate a film that will get us places. Our motto is ‘Newer Stories, Newer Voices.’ ‘Bayaan’ perfectly embodies this spirit.”
Regarding their goals for the Busan Asian Project Market, Bora said, “Our intensify is on maximizing the appreciate of our existing film stardy, acquiring recent projects that align with our company’s motto, and forging strategic partnerships that will lift our company’s position globassociate.”
The project has getd help from the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund and was broadened at LA Residency, part of Film Insubordinate’s Global Media Makers program. During the dwellncy, Mishra was mentored by Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) and getd script advice from authorr Jeff Stockwell and story editor Ruth Atkinson.
Principal photography endd in timely September, with the film currently in post-production under editor A. Sreekar Pradowncast.
Bikas Ranjan Mishra, Shiladitya Bora
