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Cycle

20min  |  Hindi, Bengali, Bundelkhandi, Telugu, Odia  |  Fiction, Narrative

A wronged young tribal woman, in the absence of systemic justice, turns rebel, but struggles to be able to fulfil all the expectations that the path to retribution demands. 'Cycle' is a multilingual short film shot on a phone camera as found footage, and filmed in three uninterrupted long takes. The film features a large and ethnically varied cast, most of who were facing a camera for the first time ever.
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Synopsis

A wronged young tribal woman, in the absence of systemic justice, turns rebel, but struggles to be able to fulfil all the expectations that the path to retribution demands. 'Cycle' is a multilingual short film shot on a phone camera as found footage, and filmed in three uninterrupted long takes. The film features a large and ethnically varied cast, most of who were facing a camera for the first time ever.

Filmmaker Bio

Devashish Makhija

Devashish Makhija

Writer, Director, Editor, Producer

Devashish Makhija has written and directed the full length feature films 'Ajji' (aka Granny) and 'Bhonsle' - both Busan BIFF and Rotterdam IFFR favourites and the multiple award winning short films 'Taandav', 'Cycle', 'Cheepatakadumpa', 'El'ayichi', 'Agli Baar' (aka And then they came for me), 'Rahim Murge pe mat ro' (aka Don't cry for Rahim LeCock), 'Absent', and 'Happy'.

He began his journey as a researcher & assistant on the iconic Black Friday directed by Anurag Kashyap. His short and feature films have competed and won awards at the international film festivals of Rotterdam, Gothenberg, Beaune, Black Nights, Busan, Glasgow, Tampere, MOMA, APSA, Barcelona, Singapore, amongst many others.

Makhija is also a man of many talents. He has had his own solo art show 'Occupying Silence'. And he is a prolific writer with a vast range- having written the bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali' and 'Why Paploo was perplexed', a Harper-Collins collection of short stories 'Forgetting', and the multiple award winning novel 'Oonga'. His anthology of poems 'Bewilderness' is out next year.

Credits

director: Devashish Makhija

writer: Devashish Makhija

producer: Devashish Makhija, Abhinav Singh, Pria Mundra, Sumeet Kamath, Sreeram Ramanathan

cast: Bhumika Dube, Mukesh Pachode, Jacky Bhavsar

Introducing: Bhumisuta Das, Vijay Patidar

Secondary Cast: Muskan Maina, Anjali Goyal, Anju Chandravanshi, Sanjana Sanjana, Yaminee Gedam, Aashirvad Jha, Shubham Vishwakarma, Yashovardhan Sharma, Satish Malasiya, Kartik Soni, Anand Yadav, Ashraf Ali, Hardik Dhakite, Harshit Sharma, Shivli Rajput, Jitendra Parmar, Kashaf Khan, Nikhil Karosiya, Ranjit Thakur, Rehmaan Shaikh, Shiv Raghuwanshi, Uddesh Yadav, Ronak Singh, Vivekanand Daakhore

Co-Producer: Bhumika Dube, Shamim Khan, Shikha Jain, Saurabh Garg

Cinematography: Vivekanand Daakhore, Bhumika Dube, Jacky Bhavsar

Sound Design: Dibakar Saha

Editor: Devashish Makhija, Ronak Singh

Production Design & SFX: Shamim Khan

Costume & Make-Up: Anita Chakravadhanula, Saras Kumar Namdeo, Bhumika Dube, Kapil Chaudhary

Make-Up Advisor: Ajaz Zahir Khan

Casting Director: Bhumika Dube

Executive Producer: Shweta Vora

Line Producer: MakhijaFilm

Associate Producer: Sampat Singh Rathore

Festival Distributor: Rishi Chandna, Kunal Mitra

Associate Director: Kunal Mitra

1st Asst. Director: Ronak Singh

Asst. Directors: Kapil Chaudhary, Anunay Sinha, Anita Chakravadhanula, Saras Kumar Namdeo, Shounak Majumdar, Aman Vishera

Sound Recordist & Premix: Dibakar Saha

Film Mix Engineer: Anindit Roy

Location Sound Assistant. & Dhol: Sayantan Ghosh

Foley Artist: Arghya Chakraborty

Sound Post Production Studio: Aural Workstation

Art Associate: Anunay Sinha

Art Assistant: Chhaya Arman Pandit

Acting Workshops: Bhumika Dube, Saras Kumar Namdeo

Casting Assistants: Aashirvad Jha, Uddesh Yadav, Nishchay Dube

Chief Financial Accountant: Shalini Hirani

Post Associate: Ronak Singh

Post Production Studio: Coolab

Post Producer: Sreeram Ramanathan

Post Production Supervisor: Ashish Heblekar

Colorist: Dilshad Nanji

Mastering Editor: Anuja Thakar

VFX: Milan Rathod, Ashish Heblekar

Data Managment & Workflow: Telecartel

Workflow Consultants: Sumeet Kamath, Sreeram Ramanathan

Data Wrangler: Mangesh Patil

Production Controller: Aashirvad Jha, Uddesh Yadav

Production Team: Nishchay Dube, Rehmaan Shaikh, Khalid Khan, Anand Yadav, Vishal Singh Yadav, Lucky Raghuwanshi, Sachin Jatt, Shivam Srivastava, Surya Rajput, Priyanshu Maina, Bhoora Ali, Sansaad Ali, Hassan Ali, Baed Ali, Guddu Maina, Rahiz Ali, Salim Ali, Shohaib Ali, Shashank Malviya

Edit & Post (Trailer): Aman Vishera, Ronak Singh, Kunal Mitra, Devashish Makhija

Sound Design (Trailer): Dibakar Saha

Camera (Trailer): Aman Vishera, Vivekanand Dakhore

Stills: Vivekanand Dakhore, Aman Vishera

Poster Design: Ronak Singh, Kunal Mitra, Devashish Makhija

Website: Ronak Singh

Behind the Scenes: Aman Vishera, Kunal Mitra

Subtitles: Devashish Makhija

Bengali Dialogue Translation: Bhumisuta Das

Press and Publicity: Shilpi Singh