A girl named 'The End' fights to begin again. Cancer with a side of society's side-eye.
It's the story of a girl who has Cancer. Name of the girl is Samapti. Here we try to show the viewpoint of the society of cancer affected patient.
Acting
Smita Bhowmick carries the weight of a name she never chose.
Writing
Naming your protagonist 'Samapti' is devastatingly on-the-nose.
Director
Suvendu das
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bengali cinema has a long tradition of 'disease dramas'—this adds the rarely explored layer of how rural communities ostracize patients rather than support them.
Soumitra Chatterjee filmed this late in his career; his presence as the grandfather who sees past the stigma carries meta-weight given his legendary status in Bengali film.
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