Waiting for Kalki (Nimay Goswami) India, UK |

Waiting for Kalki
Nimay Goswami
India, UK. 2022. 14 min

Waiting for Kalki is a story about a day in the life of Vishnu, a daily wage leather tannery worker, stuck in the monotonous loop of poverty. He is waiting to welcome a mysterious guest to his home, who is believed to have the ability to transform human lives.

NIMAY GOSWAMI

Nimay Goswami is a Filmmaker from India. He made several independent films after his undergrad in Journalism and found solace in Writing and Directing. Telling stories through this beautiful medium gave him the means to explore his inner journey and experiences as an artist and he moved to London to develop on them. He loves music and has experience in Film Editing and sound. He is a recent graduate at London film School with an MA in Filmmaking. Observing people around him, inspires him to explore the depths and extent of their behaviour and sensibilities in various contemporary situations. This became the subject of his craft as a filmmaker and helped him develop his own style over the years.
Through experimentations and innovations, he has tried to evolve an idiom which plays with the philosophical and mythological elements. This is reflected through the life of a normal human being in the contemporary society.

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Coming from a religious background, the spirituality and philosophy of Hindu mythology always intrigued me. I wondered how it would be to view this from a realistic perspective – through the eyes of a common man stuck in the monotonous loop of poverty, and struggling in the modern world.

When everything else fails, the only hope that remains for him is to rely on the supernatural. The film Waiting For Kalki challenges the mythological idea of the supernatural as a saviour, or last resort in one’s life. It also explores the feeling of stillness that comes with the waiting, through the use of static shots and wide frames.