Guwahati, Jan. 16 -- Filmmaker Himjyoti Talukdar's latest short film, Ilish (2024) premiered at the recently concluded 9th Tezpur Film Festival, organised from December 26 to 29, 2024 at the Bali Ram Lahkar Sabhaghar, Axomiya Club, Tezpur. An adaption of a short story by Riju Hazarika, the short film has the filmmaker doing what he best does - telling stories that are identifiably and experientially ours. The film, with a runtime of 15 minutes, though modest in its scope, represents the struggle to balance aspirations and limitations in middle-class life.

Much like his celebrated Calendar (2018), filmmaker Himjyoti Talukdar, yet again brings up the subtle contradictions embedded in middle class lives where simple moments of joy and conte...