MoonWalkers (film)

MoonWalkers is a micro budget Bengali feature film produced & directed by Anurag, starring Sahnik, an actor in the Bengali television industry. The film project is an innovative, out of the box thinking and of Anurag Singh & largely initiated by Ajay Sharma who supported this effort providing consultancy at each step. The budget is approximately 1.5 Lac., and credit of main cast who did not charge their professional fee. The story, screenplay and the lyrics has also been written by the producer Anurag. The duration of the film is 65 minutes.

Cast

Sagnik, Nabonita, Mridul & Others

Synopsys

After 10 years Arobindo somehow could manage to catch hold of Gibs, takes him on gunpoint intending to take revenge. Scared Gibs asks for some free time to go to the toilet, Arobindo obliges. As Gibs went away Arobindo could not avoid thinking about his past, that fateful day which eventually turned out to be most unfaithful. The story goes into flashback.

Arobindo is moving fast for his interview with MoonWalkers Courier Company, he bang against a young girl in a hurry. She gets upset and they have short quarrel. Nevertheless Arobindo appears for the interview and he gets the much-needed job of a delivery boy. This job is very important for his, as the children of a destitute home run by him will suffer, as Arobindo’s financial state is very poor. He is asked to delivery a guitar with incomplete address. There are four such addresses in Kolkata, he must visit all of them and find the true recipient of the guitar.

As he leaves MoonWalkers office with the guitar case he is noted and followed by a goon, mistaking him as an international killer who carries his high-end gun in his guitar case. However the goon’s boss instructs him to follow him and they will meet up to catch him together as attempting to catch him single-handed might be fatal.

Arobindo visits first house out of scheduled four, here he came across a smuggler pretending him as a ‘Saint’, waiting for his drug assignment, which is slated to be delivered in a guitar case. Arobindo realizing that he has arrived at a wrong place quickly escapes and the so-called ‘Saint’ follows him. As he exists his building in great hurry he bangs against the same young girl. This time Arobindo asks her name to which she replied ‘Sukanya’, again a short quarrel and Arobindo proceeds. The goon is still carefully following him.

Story comes to present Arobindo asks Gibs about his children whom Gibs had taken away 10 years back. Gibs ask for some time to find out from his secretary about the children, as his secretary knew about them. Arobindo again thinks about that day, story goes in to flash back.

As he is running up the stairs to visit the second house on schedule, he bangs against Sukanya again. This time he discovers that she is very depressed and might commit suicide. On realizing this Arobindo takes her purse and bottles of compose, which had fallen during his collusion minutes ago, and asks her to wait for him till he finishes the visit.

This time as he entered the flat he is mistaken as a guitarist who is supposed to arrive for a show in the evening. Now without a word the Musician and his assistant, who are jubilant on his arrival, start dancing and do not listen to Arobindo. Arobindo very quickly escapes and they follow him. He quickly rushes the stairs and escapes taking along with him Sukanya. They reach a café, relax there for a while and get into conversation sharing their grievances. During the conversation it is reveled that Sukanya believes in ‘Bhago’ that is Luck but Arobindo is a firm believer of ‘Karma’ that is Work. Soon Arobindo broke into a melodious song supporting his believe, Sukanya joined him supporting her believe. In the end of the song they get attracted to each other and suddenly taken hostage by Gibs and his assistant.

Gibs, an underworld don mistakes Arobindo as an international killer to be called in from States to kill him. Arobindo tries his level best but Gibs is not ready to understand, a fight breaks out and Arobindo hits him and escapes, but Sukanya cannot. Arobindo returned armed with a stick, fought with them and takes away Sukanya with him.

They reach a safe place and leaving behind Sukanya Arobindo goes for his third visit. He is greeted by a young girl, she thinks that Arobindo is her would be bride who has been fixed by her father to teach her music and in turn know each other well. Arobindo escapes and is very upset.

Story returns to the present, Gibs tell Arobindo that all his children are in good state and studying in a boarding school. Arobindo warns him, if his claim is futile he will kill Gibs. As Arobindo is about to leave he suddenly remembers something…story goes in to plash back.

Arobindo is with Sukanya very upset. Gibs and his assistant attack them, before they could think of any thing Musician came and hugged Arobindo, pushing him of Gibs Arobindo some how escape with Sukanya and run away. But suddenly they see the young girl charging towards them. They manage to doge her and ran down the stairs. There stood the smuggler ‘Saint’ asking for the guitar case. Suddenly the young girl came in with a revolver stating that she had killed Gibs and can kill anyone to save Arobindo. Arobindo some how escapes.

By now Arobindo is fed up he returms home with Sukanya as she has no other shelter. Arobindo is partly happy to get Sukanya and sad for not completing the job. Suddenly his servant “Kaka’ notice that the address on the guitar is Arobindo’s and sent by his grand father. Arobindo opens the guitarcase to get lots of Dimonds. But his happiness is short lived as Gibs who followed him came across the diamonds. Gibs tried to kill Arobindo and take away every thing, diamonds, children and Sukanya.

Now the climax began Arobindo asks about Suaknya. Gibs declare that Sukanya is his wife and mother of a daughter. She married Gibs on the condition that he will arrange good education and living for Arobindo’s children. Arobindo is shocked and shattered, totally confused between ‘Bhago’ and ‘Karma’.