ABOUT CYCLE

Cycle, is a 2011 Bangladeshi Drishtantoist film directed by Moheen Reeyad (Bengla: মহীন রীয়াদ) (1990), is the first film in where a Drishtantoist story, elements from Rafaell Russell, written by Moheen Reeyad, has been presented mimetically. Throughout the story, visualized with non-professional actors, try to highlight clearly the daily state of fighting life of an ordinary Bangladeshi married woman. Here the woman expresses her strong inclination to be free from some unexpected difficulties like darkwardness, backwardness and religious domination etc. Actually most of all women of Bangladesh are being presented as goods still now, are being dressed only for their husband by hook or by crook.

P L O T

A kite, symbol of freedom, is flying in the sky; two children are busy in riding bicycle on a roof attentively. An ordinary newly married woman is looking at them moving her eyes through from window as she observes them day by day; sometimes she enjoys their happiness and quarrel.

The women is seeing the children from window to roof is in think, and maybe is imagining her early childhood passed over with or without riding bicycle, it is the symbolization of visual hallucination. Her past was colorful, not like colorless present; that has been showed through black and white screen. At noon she tries to read a book unwillingly because there is nothing to do in a lonely-room. Suddenly she hears sounds of bell; and quickly goes to the window but she looks at a kite laid on the roof with two cracks. It is the causes of auditory hallucination. Limited-freedom is being symbolized here.

After that, her husband will come home from work. That’s why; she becomes busy in making him up intently. Suddenly sadness surrounds her mind, compels him to throw all things from dressing table. She could not understand why she has been dressed up till now. Again she came near at window and looks at a child who is played with bicycle then too. Her playmate-brother is absent. A question arises in her mind where he is. And she tries communicating to her firstly with hesitation. After coming home, her husband saw that his wife was exhibiting the little girls cycling with absent mind at outside of the window. Without delay her husband closed the window and took her aside.

B A C K G R O U N D

Cycle is the first film based on Drishtantoism, a visual movement begun by Moheen Reeyad, which attempted to give a new degree of drishtantoism in film. Following the precepts of the movement, Moheen wants to shoot only on location in Chittagong, and selects non-professional actors, for example, Mithila, the leading actor, is a university student. The matter has given importance to drishtantoist order to the society.

I N F L U E N C E

Holding Drishtantoism (an Indian philosophy), Cycle is created following Italian neorealist film movement.

T R A N S L A T E D T I T L E

The original English title literally translates into Bengali as “Chakro”.

S O U N D T R A C K

The translated English title Red Blue Lamps original literally translates from Bengali title “Laal Neel Deepabali”, is the first Drishtantoist song based on lyrics; an audiovisual movement begun by lyricist Moheen.

Reference
• "Drishtantoism in Film" (2011) by Moheen Reeyad.