Khyanikaa: The Lost Idea

Khyanikaa: The Lost Idea[1] is a 2017 Odia language independent feature film written and directed by Amartya Bhattacharyya. The film won the state award for Best Editing at the 29th Odisha State Film awards[2] which was awarded to the filmmaker Amartya Bhattacharyya, who was also the editor of the film.

Khyanikaa: The Lost Idea
Directed byAmartya Bhattacharyya
Produced bySwastik choudhury
Written byAmartya Bhattacharyya
StarringAmrita Chowdhury
Susant Misra
Swastik Choudhury
Hrushikesh Bhoi
Choudhury Bikash Das
Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
Anu Choudhury
Bhaswati Basu
Music byKisaloy Roy
CinematographyAmartya Bhattacharyya
Edited byAmartya Bhattacharyya
Running time
89 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia

The treatment of the film is more like a satire with moments of humorous illustrations of serious reality and often merging into spaces of magic realism and surrealism. The film was the only Odia language film at the Indian Panorama at 48th International Film Festival of India 2017. The film also gathered a lot of critical acclamation at the international film festival circuit. The film is produced by Swastik Choudhury under the banner of Swastik Arthouse.

The film was premiered at Hidden Gems Film Festival in Canada followed by a number of other festivals including the Dhaka International Film Festival and Ethiopian International Film Festival. The film won the Honorable Jury Mention[3] award at 5th Noida International Film Festival 2018.

Film crew at IFFI (2017)

Cast
  • Amrita Chowdhury as Idea
  • Swastik Choudhury as British
  • Susant Misra as Lazy Man
  • Choudhury Bikash Das as Mad Man
  • Hrushikesh Bhoi as Fate
  • Dipanwit Dashmohapatra as Postman
  • Anu Choudhury as Commercial actress
  • Bhaswati Basu as Lazy Man's wife

Critical reception

The film earned a lot of critical acclaim from the film festival circuit.[4]

Film festival screenings
Year Festival Place
2017 48th International Film Festival of India (Indian Panorama)[5] Goa, India
16th Dhaka International Film Festival[6] Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cardiff International Film Festival[7] Cardiff, United Kingdom
Hidden Gems Film Festival[7] Calgary, Canada
15th Chennai International Film Festival[8] Karnataka, India
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival[9] Ontario, Canada
20th Annual Native American Film Festival of Southeast[10] USA
Echo Film Festival (BRICS)[11] Moscow, Russia
12th Ethiopian International Film Festival[12] Ehiopia
2018 5th Noida International Film Festival Noida, India
Nitte International Film Festival Mangaluru, India
Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival[13] Szeged, Hungary
FFSI National Film Festival Kolkata, India
Pondicherry International Film Festival Pondicherry, India
Bioscope Global Film Festival Amritsar, India
Dasara Film Festival Mysuru, India
Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos Mexico City, Mexico
Nepal Cultural International Film Festival Kathmandu, Nepal
Pearl International Film Festival Kampala, Uganda
Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival Guwahati, India
La Paz International Film Festival La Paz, Bolivia
9th Asian Film Festival Pune, India
13th International Film Festival of Thrissur Thrissur, India
International Innovation Film Festival 2018 Bern, Switzerland
2019 Covellite International Film Festival[14] Butte, USA
Phenicien International Film Festival[15] Lyon, France

References
  1. Bhattacharyya, Amartya, The Lost Idea, Amartya Bhattacharyya, Amrita Chowdhury, Pallavi Priyadarshini, retrieved 22 February 2018
  2. "Odisha Film Awards 2017: Ravi Shankar Patnaik to get Jayadev pursakar, Tarang sweeps Tele awards". odishatv.in. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. "::: Noida International Film Festival :::". miniboxoffice.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. "Films you shouldn't miss this IFFI: Khyanikaa is one of my favourites from the Indian Panorama. A totally trippy film". https://thenavhindtimes.in/. Retrieved 15 May 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "Indian Panorama selection of Feature and Non Feature films for 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 announced". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. "Screening Schedule 2018 | DHAKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". dhakafilmfestival.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. "Global platform for state film-makers". The Telegraph. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  8. KR, Manigandan. "Arvind Swamy inaugurates 15th Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF); expresses concern over the 'violent responses' to art". Cinestaan. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  9. "Ontario festival to screen Odia film". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  10. "20th Annual Native American Film Festival of Southeast at USC". facebook.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. "Amartya Bhattacharyya's 'Lost Idea' gets more screen space". Odisha Sun Times. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  12. "Home - Ethiopian International Film Festival | EIFF". ethioiff.net. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  13. "Khyanikaa set to hit screen in Hungary". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  14. "Narrative Features". Covellite International Film Fest. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  15. Buzz, Bhubaneswar (19 March 2019). "25 International film festivals | Landmark for Odia film KHYANIKAA - THE LOST IDEA". Bhubaneswar Buzz. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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