Uncertainty has varied interpretations and the makers of Tabeez stick to it every passing second as they script cinematic brilliance
Uncertainty is a very good thing – It is the beginning of an investigation; and the investigation should never end. This is how the makers of Tabeez describe the short film that has been made in a symbolic setting of a police interrogation.
Opening like any other interrogation a man is asking a young man where he was at 1pm. Set in a dark room with a lightbulb flickering with cameras panning between the light and a chair every second it makes a perfect opening for Tabeez – a short film made by ASCO students who aspire to hit the big times in filmmaking.
Living at Gomti Nagar but spotted at Malhaur this man goes to bank to take out cash but has no money.
No property, no family and no wellwishers to take care of, this man who is not named is presumably being probed about a robbery.
Confident of hitting the jackpot thanks to a amulet, this guy is living the high dreams each moment, until a scooter comes and hits him.
The climax comes in as he crisscrosses the streets of the city of Lucknow.
Coming in just after a self styled god man tries to palm off an amulet wanting to ensure the idea of divine substances percolates in the mind of a common man in the name of fleecing money.
The godman claims the amulet is brought from the Bhairavnath shrine in Himalayas. To make the amulet more powerful a hawan is required and the man is made to pay 5000 rupees.
Living under the illusion that divine intervention will work wonders the one being questioned hopes to die rich, unaware of the uncertain terms of life. While the man lives with the hope that by 12 he will be a rich lad, a line that takes the trophy is when the prober asks – Kaunse sone ki ande dene waali chidiya tere haath lagi hai.
Much to the dismay of the viewer, the short film leaves that one last question unanswered, as to whether the protagonist is able to achieve what he wanted through the amulet. Perhaps suspense and mystery is cleverly stitched together in the film to give the viewer an altogether different high.
Going through the film from first frame to last, the conversation going by the crash sequence appears to be one between the dead and Satan. I might be wrong.
It though clearly explains the hard truth of life that nothing is certain and one must not blindly bank on divine intervention.
Yash Shrivastava | Rishi Pal Singh | Sudhanshu Gautam Concept & Script : Tanushree Gupta Direction, Screenplay & Editing : Arpit Jain Cinematography : Vikas Jaiswal, Arpit Jain Production : Tanushree Gupta, Vikas Jaiswal
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