(Clockwise from above) Radhika Apte; Abhishek Chaubey; Honey Trehan; Lalit Prem Sharma

MUMBAI MIRROR (October 24, 2019)

Radhika Apte has just finished shooting for her directorial debut Sleepwalkers produced by Honey Trehan and Abhishek Chaubey’s MacGuffin Pictures and Lalit Prem Sharma of Colosceum. Colosceum had earlier produced Neeraj Ghawan's Juice and Kanu Behl's Binnu Ka Sapna. Macguffin had earlier produced actor-turned-director Konkona Sen Sharma’s highly acclaimed A Death in the Gunj. Sleepwalkers, starring Gulshan Devaiah and Shahana Goswami is a 30-minute film.

“As a content producer, it was a great subject for us to take forward. Radhika has proven her talent time and again and we are extremely excited to support the uniqueness she has, as a storyteller,” says Honey Trehan.

Producer Lalit Prem Sharma says, “Sleepwalkers, as the title goes, will set us up to reflect on our everyday actions and the expectations we have in our relationship with Mother Nature. That's important to us in a film, it should not just entertain and tell a story but also leave you questioning and reflecting on your own action and deeds.”

Honey Trehan adds, “In a woke society, we bear the responsibility to talk about issues which are troubling all of us at large. Sleepwalkers questions the society as it is.”

Producer Abhishek Chaubey says, “Sleepwalkers is a deeply felt and stirring debut by Radhika Apte about something that concerns us all. While we pay lip service to climate change, we seldom accept our own culpability in it. Lalit, Honey and I are extremely proud to be a part of this film by Radhika and quite eager to see the audience experience Sleepwalkers and the other films in our anthology Lost and Found soon”.

Talking about her experience as a first-time director, Radhika says, "It all happened suddenly. I was trying to write a short and Lalit, Honey and Abhishek very kindly decided to produce it right away. I’m learning a lot in the process and open to the outcome.”