User:Laterallogician/Paranoia (Short Film)

Paranoia is a three-and-half minute Animated Thriller Directed by Sandeepan Chanda. Set in Mumbai just after Serial Train Bombings

Plot
Protagonist travels late night in an almost empty Local Train. At next stop, a french-bearded passenger with briefcase boards the train. Primed by the numerous newspaper reports of bomb blasts in the city, the protagonist grows suspicious about the passenger and the contents of his briefcase. While Protagonist is trying to match passenger's face with terrorist sketches, he notices that passenger has sneaked out of train and left is briefcase behind. The Protagonist spots passenger glancing sinisterly at him just before the train moves. He shuffles around in his seat to get out, but the briefcase explodes before that.

Spoiler
Protagonist wakes up and realizes that it was his figment of imagination. The other passenger shuts his suitcases with some suspicious contents.

Development
This was the crew's graduation project. The scenes were shot in live action and then Rotoscoped.