‘I Reborn’: A silent short film exploring the cycle of life

His ‘Tritiya Adhyay’ starring Abir Chatterjee and Paoli Dam is already making headlines ahead of its theatrical release. Manoj Michigan has another exciting New Year gift for cine buffs! The passionate filmmaker is all geared up for his short film ‘I Reborn’, the official trailer of which will be released on January 1. The word 'Reborn' in the title is 'metaphorical'.It’s a 20-minute silent shortie exploring the cycle of life with a touching story of a young Dom.
“This film opens a window to the unexplored world of a Dom undertaker who lives with his aged almost paralyzed father in the backwaters of the Bay of Bengal. The helpless father sees his son continues to cremate the departed relatives of the locals nearby. However, one fine morning life steps into their somewhat cocooned world in the form of a baby and it brings in a completely alien perspective to their outlooks. The cycle of life and death takes a new shape as a woman, who had once aroused his inner craving for the young Dom’s family, arrives as an abandoned corpse at the doorstep. ‘I Reborn’ is like a awakening, the rising, death and the re-awakening of the universal cycle we all travel on,” the critically acclaimed director gave a sneak peek into the storyline while speaking about the short film.
While Debopriyo Mukherjee plays the young son Haridas Chattopadhyay essays the father’s role in ‘I Reborn’ which has been shot in Tajpur.
Interestingly, before this new experimental short film Michigan had explored the idea of reincarnation in his film ‘89’ as well which starred Saswata Chatterjee in the lead.