8 minutes that'll ruin your day—in the best way possible.
The cinema depicts the daily sexual harassment of a woman by speech, physical and gaze and the resulting emotional strain on her personal and professional life. In a patriarchal society, women themselves along with men participate in the attitude towards women, thus depicting the fact that even though she is a woman, she is carrying the seeds of patriarchy. As the psychological introspection of a model, actress, self-reliant, independent woman in her personal life will come up in this movie, so will her own experience about the subject matter of this cinema.
Direction
Ashrafi weaponizes the camera as complicit witness.
Acting
Munni's silent breakdown—no dialogue, all devastation.
Director
Laboni Ashrafi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Bangladesh's emerging feminist short film wave, often self-funded and festival-circulated due to mainstream industry gatekeeping.
The title references the 'Chakravyuha' military formation from Mahabharata—an inescapable trap with no exit, mirroring patriarchy's self-perpetuating structure.
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