'Kajol Mashi' portrays plight of domestic helps during lockdown
The film, a part of lockdown short stories, streamedon YouTube from May 14, also addresses the issue of migrantlabourers who are faced with unprecedented crisis during thelockdown, she said.
The plight of domestic helps with many people askingthem not to come during the coronavirus pandemic for the fearof getting infected has been portrayed by Roy in her film.
"Though many of us have banged the door on their facesduring the pandemic, their true worth remains unrealisedduring normal times," the director said.
Another film 'Dure Thaka Kachher Manush', an Indo-Bangla collaboration, directed by Shahriar Palak oncoronavirus failing to separate two best friends stuck inseparate cities is being streamed from May 12.
Bikram Chatterjee of Tollygunje film industry essaysthe role of an epidemiologist, Rafiath Rashid Mithila of Dhakaportrays the character of a journalist in the film.
The director said, after developing the short story ofAbhra Chakraborty, "We shared the scripts with the two actorswho shot the sequences in their respective locations withtheir own mobile phones on separate dates under my onlinedirection. The final product came out after the actors sentthe footage and the editing was done."
The film also highlighted that though the two citieshave a physical disconnect during the lockdown, a mentalconnect and common language binds them.
The funds raised by making the short will be donatedto the cine workers in Dhaka and Kolkata, many of whom havebeen rendered jobless in the wake of the pandemic.
In a new web series, actors Parambrata Chattopadhyayand Ankush Hazra have teamed up in 'Case Jaundice' havingepisodes such as Humans Vs. Corona (Manush Bonam CoronaVirus), Police Vs. Mask (Police Bonam Mukhosh Pora Jonogon),Work Vs Home (Office bonam Poribar) being streamed from May15.
"Case Jaundice is a satire of 10 episodes. Two lawyerspresent an argument in a courtroom, one of them representinghuman beings and the other coroma virus. Five episodes arebeing streamed from May 15 while the rest five will bestreamed from May 22," Director Subhankar Chattopadhay said.