The Story

Jokhini, is a short fantasy horror film, revolving around the tale of a pregnant woman in her thirties and her encounter with a female demon- like creature, popularly known as Jokhini in Assamese legends and folklore.

Malaya, a twenty nine years old woman, who is married to the love of her life Maharnav, is pregnant with their first child. She is often left to dwell in her veil of solitude throughout her pregnancy journey and is often met with disturbing thoughts and hallucinations

The story takes a dark turn when the age-old animosity between two legends, the Jokhini and the demon comes into light and the uncanny repercussions that follows.

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The Director

Chinmoy Barma is an Indian filmmaker, art blogger, mechanical engineer, writer, the creator of the Assamese folk horror short film 'Ghorapak', which has been lauded and acclaimed hugely for its style and storytelling. He has recently finished his 7th short film 'Tezor Tukura' where he used Assamese puppetry to tell the story. 'Jokhini' is his 8th short film.Chinmoy Barma artwork can be visited on: www.rhapsodicsoulsblog.wordpress.com

Previous Works

Ghorapak, short-film based on the Assamese folklore legend "Ghorapak", by the director was very well received by the audiences. Teaser link: Ghorapak teaser I Short Film I 2020

The film has received official international selections to festivals like FLICKFAIR, Los Angeles, California; The Lift-Off Sessions, UK, First-Time Filmmaker Sessions by Pinewood studios,spudFILM: CLEANSE , UK; Guwahati International Film Festival, etc. The film is available to watch online on: https://www.moviesaints.com/movie/love-and-beyond

His latest opus in making is "Tezor Tukura" (translated as "A Piece of Blood") which is a unique symbiosis of occultism and symbolism which is executed through another unique process of "String Puppetry". Teaser: Tezor Tukura Teaser

Artworks

The Cast

Jyotishree RU Baishya

Bedabrat Borah

Dikshita Rajbongsh

The Crew

Janki Sharma
Script | Dialogues

Upam Das
Cinematographer/VFX

Nazneen Ullah
Vocal BGM (Teaser)

Dixita Hazarika
Script(English) | Subtitles

Bidyut Bikash Baruah
BGM

Ikrim Haque
Director of Photography

Why this film?

Jokhini is an attempt to amalgamate the traditional folklore of the Assamese Jokhini, with another legend of one the North-Eastern state, Meghalaya and introduce a mystically alluring tale that would pave the way onto breaking the shackles of patriarchy and preserve our cultural diversity and protect the cultures of the indigenous people and marginalised social groups and especially women.

We intend to take the film to audiences beyond cultural dimensions to share our vision and storytelling and to make audiences understand how fantasy folklores are not just about the horror and anxiety, adrenaline rush and the chills down the spine, it is beyond that..

Journey so far

The journey of Jokhini has started with Ghorapak, where the director started to experience myths and legends of Assamese folklore and this film is a continuation to thrive on greater mysticism and the imaginary.

🚩 Completed pre-production stage.

🚩Production in process.

Why fund us?

We want to bring the stories of the folklore and folk tales of northeast India to your screen. The new generation, the whole of India should know about our culture and how rich it is. We are showing two different folklore from Assam and Meghalaya knitted by a thrilling story in JOKHINI. The film will be shot in two locations and the use of VFX & music will be crucial. The budget we are asking for is very tight and on-point. The message the film delivers will be worth the hard work.

Why crowdfund us?

This film is so close to our hearts and when we started working on it, we had decided to keep it real and raw and tell the stories that should be told.We want this film to be for the people just like Ghorapak was. So we have decided to go for crowdfunding and build a community around the film in that process.

We will be sharing regular updates with the backers through the production, post-production and festival run.

How is the money going to be used?

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