One Last Question

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One Last Question
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Directed byPrathamesh Krisang
Written byAmit Bembalkar
Prathamesh Krisang
Siddhesh Purkar
Produced byPrathamesh Krisang
Starring Adil Hussain
Jitumoni Deka
Rahul Dev Nath
Dhruv Kalra
Kritika Pande
Dibyakumar Rabha
Saurabh Rabha
Prashant Sharma
CinematographyPrathamesh Krisang
Edited byOnkar Pradhan
Music by Anurag Saikia
Production
company
Krisang Pictures
Running time
31 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

One Last Question is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language short film directed by Prathamesh Krisang. It is inspired from a true story in 1998 from a blog titled, "Agia to Oxford" by Manjit Nath. The film takes the viewer back to the Indian state of Assam in 1998. It is basically a memoir of a person who had been on the verge of abandoning education and taking up arms against the state, but who was then counseled by his father, which set him on the right and, hence, a better direction. The pivotal character of Tultul’s father in the film has been played by actor, Adil Hussain.

Contents

The 31 minute film revolves around a 15-year-old boy named Tultul and his three friends. They are inspired to join an extremist group which has been fighting to gain independence for Assam from the Republic of India. The story is about hope and how teenagers go astray in awe for extremist leaders and their elusive promises. It also portrays how parents can guide their children by informing them of a better way to bring about changes. [1] [2]

The film was premiered on in multiple national and international film festivals. Numerous scenes have been shot at locations around Assam. It took one and a half year for the filmmaker to get the film ready, and this includes getting it crowd funded in the middle of the production . It depicts the state of affairs in insurgency-ridden state of Assam from the Republic of India and how youth is getting attracted by militant outfits. The story evolves as the four friends turn from innocence to violence and are self-imposed to decide their own future.

Plot

The film revolves around a 15-year-old boy named Tultul and his three friends, who are inspired to join a militant outfit after having been incited with patriotic sentiments by a rebel leader. The trio of Tultul’s friends try to absorb Tultul into their hatched plan of sneaking out of their homes to join the rebel forces, lest they are hindered by their parents. Tultul finds it difficult to make up his mind. Tultul's father happens to discover the revolutionary poems composed by him and realizes the need of a guiding light for Tultul. He guides Tultul out of the dilemma of joining rebellion by informing him that books, and not guns, are the real agents of change. Tultul abides by the advice of his father, gets educated from one of the top universities of the world and moves ahead to be a real harbinger of change, while his friends perish into the inferno of militancy. [3]

The plot is based on the true life-story of a young man from Assam, named Manjit Nath, who had been on the verge of turning into a militant. While touching the underlying issues of armed rebellions, teen militants and importance of education as an agent of change, the attempts to drive home the point that – there is a better way than militancy in which one can help one's community prosper. [4]

Cast

Production

The film has been shot on minimal setup consisting of Canon 5D Mk III, mostly 24–70 mm 2.8 Lens and occasionally a 75-300 for a few shot. Financial assistance to the film production was also given by the people of the locality where the film was being shot, hence the tagline, "a film by a lot of people." [5] The film production is yet to be completed and is looking forward to crowd funding for financial assistance. [6] [7] [8]

Theme

Years of armed struggle, violent military operations, absence of economic development, and hunger for power of cunning extremist leaders color the minds of the young teenagers, drawing them into the nefarious web of teen militancy. [9]

Awards

References

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  6. Prathamesh KriSang (13 May 2014). "Filmmaking : A Bleeding Edge Marathon". TheRodinhoods. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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  8. "Film on extremism in Assam seeks support for post-production | DearCinema.com". Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  9. "Choose pen over guns! Please!! | EduRev News". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.