Hamlet in a kurta, but make it Kolkata and way more unhinged.
Hemanta, a student of filmmaking in New York, returns to Kolkata before his mother is going to marry his uncle after his father's suicide. He receives a series of untraceable texts in riddles arising suspicion on the true nature of his father's death. He starts to lose his conscious self and plans on taking revenge upon the killers.
Acting
Parambrata's unraveling — textbook slow-burn breakdown.
Direction
Anjan Dutt's theatrical instincts finally suit the material.
Writing
Riddle texts as modern ghost — surprisingly not cringe.
Director
Anjan Dutt
Parambrata Chatterjee
Hemanta Sen
Jisshu Sengupta
Hirak
Saswata Chatterjee
Kalyan Sen
Payel Sarkar
Olipriya
Gargee RoyChowdhury
Gayatri Sen
Subhra Sourav Das
Yuri Bose
Pijush Ganguly
Pulak
Sagnik Chatterjee
Rajesh "Raju" Sinha
Vivaan Ghosh
Gupi
Shantilal Mukherjee
Anadi
Biplab Bandyopadhyay
Golam
Arindol Bagchi
Ashru
Debdut Ghosh
Kunal
Dilip Samajpati
Announcer at film success party
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anjan Dutt's entire career is Shakespeare adaptations in Bengali modern dress; this is his least annoying one.
The 'riddles' deliberately evoke the ghost's speeches — but smartphone anonymity makes Hamlet's doubt feel contemporary and more pathetic.
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