The winter is in full bloom in Kolkata and Unity Pictures after presenting back to back short films have now come up with a mini horror series titled 4 Shades of Leap for the audience. The mini-series consists of four episodes of five minutes duration each. The episode will be streamed on the official YouTube channel of Unity Pictures at 8 pm on Sunday.

The stories are based on real incidents. The first episode is Best Evil Christmas, the second is The Doom Destination, the third one is Muri Ghonto and the fourth is Lokkhi.

All the actors who have acted in the series are new comers. The cinematography is by Tuhin Dasgupta and the series has been directed by Indranil Banerjee. The stories have been written by Tuhin Dasgupta and Indranil Banerjee. Indranil has also composed the music, edited the series and also is in charge of the distribution.

Best Evil Christmas is about Mery who is sad as Lina is going to her home for the Christmas holidays. Lina asks Mery to come with her to her home. Mery does not listen to it. Lina also decides to stay back with her. Both the friends decide to make this the best Christmas ever. They go to sleep in the afternoon after having fun. Evil makes its appearance in Mery’s room. What happens next?

The Doom Destination is about Raj and Pulok who leaves from office at 11.30 pm. The streets are empty due to the cold. Raj jokes and says that Kolkata is looking like Darjeeling. A car goes by and Pulok rushes to stop it and asks for a lift to Ballygunje. a man sitting in the front seat of the car asks the driver to drive slowly and also wear the seat belt. Raj and Pulok jokes with the man about his caution!! What happens next is something that both of them were not even prepared for.

Muri Ghonto is about Mamon who on her way to the market is informed by her father that the Muri Ghonto that she cooked the other day was delicious. She becomes happy and leaves for the market. She is unable to find good fish at reasonable price. However after much bargaining with a fish seller, she buys the fish and comes back home. However when she goes back home and enters the kitchen, she shouts. Why did she shout?

Lokkhi revolves around Puchu who is enjoying herself on the sling. A salwar kameez clad woman is standing beside her and smiling at Puchu. Puchu’s mother comes and takes her away as she needs to get ready for her school. Puchu’s mother blames the maid for her excuses. She gives the keys to her and takes Puchu to school. However the maid enters the home and shouts. Why did she shout? What did she see?

Best Evil Christmas’s trailer was released today and has been receiving positive feedback from the audience. The episode can be watched at 8 pm tomorrow on the YouTube channel of Unity Pictures.

Priyanka Dutta