A young couple meet a mysterious man who, in the course of conversation, covers Japanese cuisine, Bengali literature, and his own checkered past.
Acting
Prosenjit Chatterjee's dangerously charming raconteur performance.
Direction
Mukherjee's controlled claustrophobia in intimate spaces.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Bengali literary culture.
Director
Kamaleswar Mukherjee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Khawto' derives from a Bengali word meaning 'wound' or 'scar,' reflecting how the film treats storytelling itself as an act of violence.
Director Kamaleswar Mukherjee adapted this from his own novel, making it a meta-commentary on authors who cannibalize their lives and others' for fiction.
