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 directed 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 producers Kunal Kumar and Anshuman Singh.
Bora is known for backing films like “Newton” (India’s 2018 Oscar entry) and “Picasso” (Prime Video India’s first Marathi-language direct-to-digital acquisition). The film centers on a female detective investigating her first case as lead investigator in a small Rajasthan town. She faces significant challenges due to her opponent’s deep-rooted influence within the system, while also striving to live up to her father’s legendary reputation in law enforcement.
The cast also includes Chandrachur Singh (“Maachis”), Sachin Khedekar (“Sita Ramam”), Avijit Dutt (“Piku”), Shampa Mandal (“Sonchiriya”), Priti Shukla, Vibhor Mayank and Aditi Kanchan Singh. Mishra told Variety , “I started working on ‘Bayaan’ around the same time when the world was witnessing the impact of the #MeToo movement. The story is set in the countryside, where the internet and social media are nonexistent.
Even worse, the women are up against a system of abuse that has the blessing of tho.
