Sandip Ray has taken time off from the Feluda films for a ‘psychological drama’

Sandip Ray doesn’t want to mislead his viewers. Those who expect his next film, Hitlist, to be an edge-of-the-seat thriller are most likely to feel a bit “disappointed”. “Hitlist can be best described as a psychological drama. Yes, it does have the elements of a thriller, but my film concentrates on human relationships,” says Ray.

When he mentions the phrase “psychological drama”, one is reminded of his 2005 film Nishijapon which dealt with the suppressed tension between an ageing patriarch and his sons, stranded in a house in the middle of nowhere. “ Nishijapon was a psychological drama too, but it was a film with a different mood. Hitlist is more contemporary and very urban,” says Ray.

Films like Nishijapon and Hitlist seem to be breaks from the Feluda movies for Sandip Ray, who will move on to the next Feluda venture early next year. “I love making Feluda films. There is no denying that fact. But that’s not the only kind of films I want to make. Fleuda films are primarily meant for children, and when you are making a children’s film you have to do be cautious about certain things,” says Ray.

Hitlist gives the director the oppurtunity to work with female cast members, that very fact, he claims, adds different dimension to filmmaking”. “Feluda stories were devoid of female characters. I missed having women in my films, they make the frames more complex. It will give some texture to the plot,” claims Ray.

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