The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Sound
The film IS the sound design — diegetic brilliance that eats its own tail.
Acting
Ritwick Chakraborty's hands do more acting than most faces.
Direction
Ganguly turns a technical craft into psychological horror without jumpscares.
Director
Kaushik Ganguly
Ritwick Chakraborty
Tarak Dutta
Raima Sen
Ratna, Tarak's Wife
Churni Ganguly
Psychatrist Dr. Swati Mukherjee
Srijit Mukherji
Sound Engineer Dibyendu Chatterjee
Victor Banerjee
Professor Dr. Sen
Kaushik Ganguly
Doctor with a squint
Rajat Ganguly
Manager
Arun Guhatharkurta
Tarak's father
Bidyut Das
Rajdeep Ghosh
Chandrasish Ray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ritwick Chakraborty trained with actual NFAI foley artists for months; those hands-on-rice sounds are authentic.
The film mirrors the unsung 'technician class' of Bombay cinema — the Satyajit Ray generation never got credit either.
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