

A doctor's love story collides with tribal secrets and a son he never knew existed.
Dr. Akash visits a tribal village in search of Jhinook, his lost love. Soon, he encounters Apu, his and Jhinook's illegitimate son, who helps Akash unite with her.
Acting
Rituparna Sengupta delivers queen-level melodrama commitment.
Production
Tribal village setting feels lived-in, not exoticized backdrop.
Director
Parthasarathi Joarddar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Parthasarathi Joarddar largely stayed in Bengali regional cinema; this remains one of his more widely discussed works due to its soap-opera premise played straight.
The 'lost love with secret child' trope dominated 2000s Bengali cinema as urban audiences romanticized rural 'purity' against city corruption — Phera leans hard into this nostalgia.