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Bishal Dutta. Writer: It Lives Inside. Bishal Dutta is an award-winning Director. He has directed nineteen short films, which have been honored at more than a dozen film festivals around the world, including screenings in Italy, Canada and France.
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- Bishal Dutta
- Writer, Director, Producer
It Lives Inside is a 2023 supernatural horror film written and directed by Bishal Dutta and starring Megan Suri. The film debuted at the 2023 South by Southwest film festival, and was released by Neon on September 22, 2023.
Sep 22, 2023 · It Lives Inside: Directed by Bishal Dutta. With Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel. An Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.
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- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Bishal Dutta
- 2023-09-22
Bishal Dutta is an award-winning Director. He has directed nineteen short films, which have been honored at more than a dozen film festivals around the world, including screenings in Italy, Canada and France.
- 2 min
- Rajen Budiyan
- Let's start by discussing the demon in the room, the pishach. It's a shapeshifting and flesh-eating demon that originated from Hindu mythology. As Sam learns in It Lives Inside, a pishach can become invisible and even manipulate the mind to drive you to the brink of insanity.
- Next, Bishal spoke about his childhood in Assam, where he heard stories of the baak. As he explained, "[A baak] is a shapeshifter that lives in swamps and will draw you in while you are traveling at night."
- According to the legends, a churel is an extremely hideous witch who can shapeshift. She lures men into the woods to absorb their life force to make herself beautiful.
- If you've seen or read Harry Potter, you might notice the connection between Voldemort's snake, Nagini, and this next creature, the naagin. It's a half-human, half-snake creature that can shapeshift into different species.
Jul 25, 2023 · It Lives Inside director Bishal Dutta reveals the true story that inspired the film and why he chose the Pishach as his demon.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Decider spoke with 'It Lives Inside' director Bishal Dutta about the recent success of indie horror movies, growing up with "ghost stories," and his 'Final Destination' inspired kill scene.
