Team Sesh Pata recently got together at St. Xavier’s College during Xavotsav to launch the poster of their April film. Produced by Friends Communication, Sesh Pata revolves around a formerly well-known writer, Balmiki, 58, who now lives in obscurity, stripped of dignity and respect. A year ago, a publishing house gave him an advance to write about his wife, who was murdered 30 years ago. Despite repeated requests, Balmiki has not provided a single page of the manuscript. To recover the writing, the publishing house engages Sounak, a young debt recovery agent. Balmiki tells Sounak he cannot write on his own due to ill health. Now, Sounak engages Medha, a middle-aged woman, to write down what Balmiki dictates. But assisting Balmiki with his writing is not an easy task. Moody, evasive and impulsive, he quickly drives Medha into chaos. A unique journey awaits Balmiki, Medha, and Sounak as they pursue opposing and conflicting objectives. Directed by Atanu Ghosh, the film stars Prosenjit, Gargee Roychowdhury, Vikram Chatterjee and Rayati Bhattacharya.

Prosenjit

Vikram, Prosenjit and Gargee

“In some way or another, we are always in debt. And debt isn’t just about money. It can literally be anything. Shesh Pata explores the complexities of debt and its repayment. The lives of three characters shown in the poster get curiously intertwined over the last page of a manuscript. Using the motif of a broken pen nib and painting collage, the poster explores the contrasts and contradictions of a creative person and the strange turn of events around his life,” says Atanu Ghosh.

“In Shesh Pata, the script is so deeply intricate and intensely unpredictable that you get the scope for giving your best. As an ageing author who has suffered miserably in life, the character alternates radically between abject frustration and impotent rage to tender vulnerability and profound humanism. It was indeed an exhilarating challenge to steer such a nuanced character with multiple layers of hues and shades through believable expressions of complexity, emotion and sensitivity,” says Prosenjit Chatterjee.

The poster of the film

“Pay off your debt, and you are a free man. That’s a common saying. But debt or loan is not restricted to money only. It can be anything under the sun. Debt, its repayment and the sense of freedom arising thereof are the three pillars of the film. The film explores the mental and emotional costs of debt and how it affects both the giver and the receiver. Besides, I was interested in exploring the mental and emotional state of a distressed writer who can only regain his lost dignity and honour by repaying an unusual debt,” says Ghosh.