Agartala, Mar 22, 2023, TRIPURA TIMES Desk

Agartala, Mar 22: The Killer, a short film directed by Aditya Modak, an independent filmmaker and author from Tripura, has been selected for Northeast Film Festival- 2023.

Made in Tripura, the short film starred Soumya Chakraborty with Victoria Debbarma and Aditya Modak in supporting roles.

The Killer among the 50 best movies from the Northeast will be screened in the Northeast Film Festival- 2023 to be held at NFDC Campus in Mumbai on March 25 and 26 next.

According to Aditya, he is a horror film enthusiast and currently pursuing a Master's degree in Film Studies at Jadavpur University. His works try to explore the unforeseeable oddities of the human psyche and the absurdity of human existence. 

He did his schooling from Holy Cross School, Agartala and Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Agartala, and Bachelor's in English at Bir Bikram Memorial College (MBB University). Apart from writing and filmmaking, he also plays the violin.

‘The Killer’ was entirely directed, shot, edited and produced by him.

About the film:

A hired killer awaits his victim when a flurry of random thoughts storms into his mind. He tries to compromise with these intrusive deliberations by trying to focus on the task at hand. The thoughts, however, prove to be too overwhelming, leaving him with no choice but to confront them. 

“The Killer” is a collage of disjointed ideas, memories and dreams. The film is not only an intimate exploration of a troubled individual’s psychological condition, but also an experiential study of time. It provides a critique of cinema by experimenting with its form.

Meanwhile, another short film from Tripura "Graveyard of Dreams" has also been selected for Northeast Film Festival- 2023.