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| Nirmalya Mazumdar wins VIVADA Award 2008 for his script "Confessions" |
The VIVADA Award for the Best Short Fiction Film Script 2008-09 was given to Nirmalya Majumder for his script “Confessions”. 30 entries had come in from all parts of India. A jury comprising Anil Zankar, Abhijt Dasgupta and Samik Bandopadhyay adjudged Nirmalya’s script to be the best. The award was presented to Nirmalya on April 1, 2009, by M.V. Nath, Chairman of VIVADA Inland Waterways, at Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata.
A graduate of Ashutosh College, Kolkata, Nirmalya has been talent extraordinaire. He has worked in over 20 commercial plays with various theatre groups in Kolkata, with actors like Dhruv Mookerjee, Prithviraj Chowdhury, Bobby Chakrabarty and others. He has directed 13 Short films. ‘Yesterday…Today…Tomorrow…’ is the first film from Bengal to make it to the NDTV Indie Film Club, apart from being officially selected at the Kolkata Short Film Festival. The Hand of Fate, too was officially selected at the Kolkata Short Film Festival. He has also directed two films featuring one of Kolkata’s leading television stars Sudip Mukherjee. Another film, ‘Adhuri Khwaishein’ was officially selected and screened at the Shamiana Film Festival, Pune and Mumbai, The Digit-All Movement Festival, Pune and also selected as one of the finalists at Zee Studio’s ‘Get Shorty on Campus’.
He has worked as an Assistant Director with Tathagata Bhattacharya for a Bengali Telefilm – “Trigger”, A. D. with Sutapa Biswas in a series of Documentaries for Cancer Foundation of India and also as an A. D. with Sutapa Biswas on ‘The Art of Living’ which won the award for the best film in the personal category at The International Cancer Film Festial, Geneva Conference 2008.
Nirmalya is the founder of NEO (Nirmalya Entertainment Organisation), a media group which started in 2004. It has been publishing monthly newsletters, staging commercial and non-commercial theatres, producing films and has been engaged in other media activities. In the past four years, it has hosted events in association with Oxford Bookstore, Seagull Arts and Media Resource Center, Theatrecian, Red FM, Nestle India Ltd. Having been featured as a Young Achiever by The Telegraph, Hindustan Times and The Indian Express, Nirmalya currently works as a Copywriter & Producer with Superhits 93.5 Red FM, Kolkata.
“Confessions” traces the deterioration of a marriage. Over the course of 1 year, during which the husband believes a chance exists to rekindle their love, Pratik recalls the problems that have caused changes in the way that he and his wife relate to each other. Since the death of the baby, Mohini makes it a point to leave for work before Pratik wakes up. At work, Mohini edits textbooks.
Pratik likes cooking. It is the only thing that still made him feel productive, and he knew that if he didn't cook, Mohini would probably eat a bowl of cereal for dinner. Tonight, after a very long time they would eat together. For months they have been eating alone in separate rooms. Over dinner, Mohini initiates a discussion in the form of game – Confessions, where they have to say something that they haven't told each other. After the initial hiccup their confessions start. It is after their comfort level is re-attained that Mohini comes up with the confession, for which she had started the game, that of leaving their home. Pratik is shocked and shattered. He breaks down. He then, tells her the one thing he kept from her when he still loved her. When he arrived at the hospital he saw their baby. It was boy. He describes the way he looked, his hair and weight. The look on her face shows her sorrow, shows the suppressed anger is finally giving way to a hope of their re-union. |
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