Private Project

Obhyesh

Somewhere in North Kolkata, OBHYESH is an unfurling of a 28 years old boy’s life, through his struggle to fall asleep during a whole night. The boy seems to be terribly tired and tries hard to get some sleep but various thoughts perpetually come and go keeping him awake where rest is dreamlike and comes to him eventually at dawn.

  • Bikram Sikhar Roy
    Director
  • Bikram Sikhar Roy
    Writer
  • Soumendra Bhattacharya
    Key Cast
    "The Boy"
    Ludo, Byomkesh O Agnibaan, Dupur Thakurpo (TV Series), Bhoot Chaturdashi
  • Teesta Roy Barman
    Key Cast
    "Girlfriend"
    Sex, Lies and Karl Marx, A trapped Swan Maiden and her way back home, Dheu
  • Brotin Banerjee
    Cinematographer
  • Subhajit Ghoshal
    Editor
  • Sukanta Majumdar
    Sound Designer and Mixer
    Ghost of the Golden Groves, Na manush premer kothamala, Parcel
  • Debdeep Banik
    Music Director
  • Tamalika Golder
    Music Director
  • Abhishek Dey
    Colourist
  • Ritam Debnath
    VFX Artist
  • Shovan Majumder
    Production Designer
  • Anirban Pal
    Still Photographer
  • Bikram Sikhar Roy
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Psychological drama, Socio-Political
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes 39 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Bikram Sikhar Roy

Bikram Sikhar Roy was born in a town called Krishnanagar in West Bengal, India. At a young age, his interests bloomed towards fine arts and performing arts. He used to paint at a very childhood age.

Bikram studied literature at West Bengal State university along with Film Studies and Journalism & Mass Communication before going after his passion. He spent quite a bit of time being an assistant director for television. Bikram has also spent almost 6 years as an actor to work with numerous theatre groups and has acted in some TV soaps as well.

His student short has been awarded by Ooty Film Festival as the Best Film award and has been screened by various international festivals. Bikram has also studied Filmmaking from NFTS, United Kingdom, and is still learning and improving his skills. 'Obhyesh' is his debut short.

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Director Statement

OBHYESH means habit in Bengali. People try to negotiate with their everyday problems and lead their lives to the very end coping up with them. OBHYESH is set in the time of recession of West Bengal where youths are facing a tremendous problem of unemployment and the continuous trail of corruption in recruitment. The protagonist goes through nightmares during the whole night and tries to get rid of his psychological and emotional sufferings against the odds and eventually, he makes the harmony with a distant dream of peace and calmness.

OBHYESH is an amalgamation of my imagination, the society I live in and the silent echoes of my nightmares. The boy is completely forced to stay awake as the everyday bitter-sweet memories, rejections come and crowd in his head. He goes under immense pressure to sustain his livelihood, affecting the equation of relations with his father and the close ones.

The character seems to be in a strange solitude wrapped up by an invisible cage of a fake and mechanical society. The night is slow, so is the pace of the narrative. The protagonist is unable to drag the hands of the clock faster and viewers feel the captivity of an entire restless night. I wanted the spectators to feel the time, space, restlessness and boredom.