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Convicts

CONVICTS is a short musical fiction film which talks about in-efficacious human differences.

Whatever we humans fight about in our lives, based on our culture, caste, creed, race, ethnicity or religion, are all futile and these differences are only a figment of our imagination. In reality we are all the same, living and getting nourished from the same mother earth where we all have come from.

This idea is being shown in a satirical way between two convicts of different ethnicity indulging a mute cold war because of their contrasting food cultures inside a prison cell mess with an enlightening twist to it at the end.

  • Ritopriyo Saha
    Director
  • Ritopriyo Saha
    Writer
  • Krishnakali Sengupta
    Writer
  • Ritopriyo Saha
    Producer
  • Karthik Bhat
    Producer
  • Victor Mukherjee
    Key Cast
    "Non-Vegetarian Convict"
  • Haroon Kamaal
    Key Cast
    "Vegetarian Convict"
  • Prataya Saha
    Key Cast
    "Police Inspector"
  • Muthu Kumar
    Original Music
  • Pallavi Shroff
    Cinematography
  • Prataya Saha
    Cinematography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 24, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    120,000 INR
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali, Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Music Shorts Audience Awards

    United States
    Official Selection
  • Lift-Off Global Network First time Filmmaker Sessions

    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Ritopriyo Saha

Ritopriyo Saha is a writer, director, music composer and contemporary visual artist born in Kolkata, presently based in Bengaluru (India). Times of India has recently published an article about his progressive outlook on present day performance art forms.

Ritopriyo writes theatre & film scripts, short stories & poetry. He also composes original instrumental music on the piano. His devout interest in theatre & filmmaking has brought him to write & direct independent films with original stories, which have received nominations, awards and critical acclaim in film festivals around the world like Bali International Film Festival - BALINALE 2025 (Indonesia), Jaipur International Film Festival 2025 (India), Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2025 (India), Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival 2024 (India), Golden Lion International Film Festival 2024 (India), Pune Short Film Festival 2025 (India), Intimalente Film Festival 2019 (Italy), Music Shorts Audience Award 2019 (USA), Montgomery International Film Festival 2019 (USA), Reels of Fire Film Festival 2019 (India), Anekhaarthi Film Festival 2019 (India) and Lift-Off Film Festival 2019 (UK).

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