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 understandn for backing films enjoy “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 distinguishive spendigating her first case as direct spendigator in a minuscule Rajasthan town. She faces meaningful disputes due to her opponent’s proset up-rooted impact wilean the system, while also striving to dwell up to her obeseher’s legfinishary reputation in law enforcement.
The cast also engages Chandrachur Singh (“Maachis”), Sachin Khedekar (“Sita Ramam”), Avijit Dutt (“Piku”), Shampa Mandal (“Sonchiriya”), Priti Shukla, Vibhor Mayank and Aditi Kanchan Singh.
Mishra telderly Variety, “I commenceed toiling on ‘Bayaan’ around the same time when the world was witnessing the impact of the #MeToo relocatement. The story is set in the countryside, where the internet and social media are nonconshort-term. Even worse, the women are up aobtainst a system of unfair treatment that has the consecrateing of those who regulate 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 experience how it impacts us at a proset uper, emotional level,” Mishra inserted.
Qureshi, who percreates a cop for the first time, shelp, “I pick stories which resonate with me. I am always seeing 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 understand what it nastyt to be a protector who helps in the dedwellry of equitableice as part of the system. ‘Bayaan’ helped me in not equitable exploring a new aspect in me as an actor but was an education in what it nastys to be a law enforcer in a minuscule town in Rajasthan,” Qureshi inserted.
Bora shelp, “We firmly depend that ‘Bayaan’ is a global film. Its universal themes and compelling narrative originate it a mighty contfinisher for prestigious international film festivals. We at Platoon One Films are always seeing for that one script that will be a shatterout film for everyone engaged. Our job is to back the honestor’s vision and empower him to originate a film that will apshow us places. Our motto is ‘Newer Stories, Newer Voices.’ ‘Bayaan’ perfectly embodies this spirit.”
Regarding their goals for the Busan Asian Project Market, Bora shelp, “Our caccess is on maximizing the appreciate of our existing film sprocrastinateed, acquiring new projects that align with our company’s motto, and forging strategic partnerships that will lift our company’s position globpartner.”
The project has getd help from the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund and was enbiged at LA Residency, part of Film Inreliant’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 pboilingography endd in punctual September, with the film currently in post-production under editor A. Sreekar Prauncontent.