Pratyush had shot for only three days back in April and then due to the surge in COVID cases and subsequent lockdown, it all got stalled. A courtroom drama, ‘Nirbhaya’ is intended to start a dialogue on the need to take another look at the laws required to support rape survivors who are minors.
Speaking about his film and why he decided to work on this burning issue, Anshuman said: “After doing commercial films, this is my foray into realistic cinema where I am following in the footsteps of my uncle — director Anubhav Sinha. We started on April 23 and shot in a village for two days. Then we went to shoot in Rishra for a day before having to stop when Gaurav Chakrabarty’s mother-in-law succumbed to Covid and his father-in-law tested positive. Subsequently, Gaurav, too, tested positive. We couldn’t resume shooting after he recovered because work was stalled then.”
“People are following all health protocols and maintaining social distance,” assured the filmmaker who has yet another complete project ‘Baazi’ waiting to be released. The action thriller sees Jeet and Mimi Chakraborty pairing up for the first time.
On the first day of the shoot, Pratyush shot for 13 hours with his entire unit comprising Priyanka Sarkar, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Sreelekha Mitra, Shantilal Mukherjee and Hiya Dey at the Bharat Laxmi studio.
Anshuman's last film 'SOS Kolkata' starring Yash Dasgupta, Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan in the lead received a decent response from the audience. The action thriller deals with fight against terrorism and is set against a Kolkata down under terrorist attack.
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