Jaydeep got the basic idea for his short film from a 2012 news report about a man, who killed his family and then committed suicide, as they were in debt.
"'Nayantara's Necklace' is drawn out of my observation of middle-class life and experience that we are all going through. Post the early 1990s' the world around us has completely changed. The whole need for instant gratification, and the desire to get something we don't have at the moment, is a trap," Jaydeep told PTI.
The 20 minutes 39 seconds short film, starring Konkana Sensharma and Tillotama Shome, revolves around the friendship of two women and their individual yearnings to achieve a "good" life .
The dilemma the characters go through, the pretentiousness that Nayantara (Konkana) shows and aspirations that Alka (Tillotama) has, forms the basis of the film through which Jaydeep wanted to focus on the real women.
"In films they are arm candies. Very rarely there is an 'English Vinglish' or a 'Queen'. So, I wanted to focus on normal middle-class women. I found them very fascinating and decided to talk about them.
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