Known for Acting
Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a motion-impaired, middle-aged man, “slower than a sloth”, who is swept into a touring circus following the death of his caregiving mother. Nadhar is something of a relic, a slow man stranded in a frantic, productive society. For those around him, his slowness can at best serve as a derisory spectacle. An expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.
No one dares to stand against the monopoly of Saheb, now a terrible game is about to start in that arena! Saheb, Bibi or Joker – Who will have the last laugh?
Six characters are somehow tied to Sreenath's story. Malabika, a reader in the last phase of her life, has kept these characters in her memory. The life and death of these characters are dependent solely on Malabika.
Jongole Mitin Mashi is based on a story of anti-poaching of elephants and depicts the fight of Mitin against the enemies of the forest. Sequel to the 2019 detective thriller Mitin Mashi.
Rudra Mondal and his wife Mishti are unable to have a child.
Shiva, an audio installation artist visits the largest coal mines of Eastern India – plagued by depleting natural resources and a burning fire in his belly. However, he succumbs to the highly complex socio-political system and moves to a tribal village in the forest. There, he questions his urban view and fundamental notion of self. Water, as an element, forms the labyrinth of his quest for truth.
Abhijit is diagnosed with a malignant sore in liver. Sohag finds it difficult to bear with the costs of medical expenditure and household things. With the help of her friend Rajiv, She gets an opportunity to avail a job in Purulia. Sohag makes an effort to better her life by communicating with the innovative artworks of the rural artists. Rajiv allots a huge amount of responsibility of the organization on Sohag. Sohag confronts various layers of corruption in the work field. She realizes the suppressed discomfort of the workers there. Rajiv doesn’t take any initiative to rectify the situation. In the meantime, Abhijit’s physical condition deteriorates and he mumbles about her unsuccessful business of producing perfumes. The simultaneous crises related to the conjugal failure, Abhijit’s illness, Rajiv’s consistent admiration weave the narrative of the story. Sohag resigns from her job.
A petty criminal, who loves a whore and wants to run away with her savings, meets a laid-off factory worker who is desperate to stop his wife from working as a housemaid.
A middle aged man with no future plans finds a bag full of money and begins to dream about the luxurious life he never had.
In ‘Abhagir Swargo’ the mother Abhaghi is a lower caste woman, whose only dream was that after her death she should be cremated with full rituals like the high-caste Hindus. She dies in penury and his son went further into the debt trap to fulfill his mother’s last wish.
A jobless unambitious and lonely Suvo and a lonely teacher Mistu live in the same locality. In Suvo`s imagination, they meet and talk every day. But when she gets married to Somnath, he is hurt. Believing their meetings were true, he still waits for her in his dream and reality. In reality, she hangs herself.
