Diner Seshe

Created for and shown to CESC workers (2019) (20 mins)
Writer: Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay
Director: Swarnava Bera, Soumyashree Ghosh
Cast: Amitava Ghosh, Chhandak Chowdhury, Dipankar Halder, Olivia Chatterjee Biswas, Ashima Chakrabortym

Synopsis
It is the last day in his duty for Bikash in Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant. Bikash is a lonely 60 year old man with an irritable nature. He bitterly scolds his daughter in the morning before leaving for his factory, for being careless about using electrical appliances at home. When he reaches office on his last day of duty, he continues his usual irritable behavior. He is the subject of jokes from his colleges, who are much younger, because of his odd nature. His junior Arun, who will replace him in duty, wants to know from another colleague, why everyone in their factory makes fun of Bikash and why is Bikash always irritated and lonely. He takes Bikash for a one-to-one discussion on safety and discovers a dark secret in the life of Bikash, which has made him always careful about safely and irritated when no one around him is not following safety measures. Arun digs into this dark secret in Bikash’s life which is liked to an accident of a colleague, Ranjan, due to negligence of Bikash. This was a life-changing event for Bikash. How the accident has completely changed Bikash elevates Arun’s respect for Bikash. In his last speech during his farewell Bikash says he does not need any gifts from his colleges. He only wishes everyone follows the safety measures so no other accident happens in the factory. There is a safety tree in the factory; for each day without an accident, a green leaf is added to the tree. For a day with an accident, a blue leaf is added to the tree. For a day with a fatal accident, a red leaf is added to the tree. Bikash says he wishes to see the safety tree with all green leaves every month. That is the only gift he wants from his colleagues.