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.
The Rest Is Personal... follows the story of a person's inner journey to find themselves and their understanding of love. It explores the complexities of relationships and the importance of self-acceptance. Through ups and downs, the protagonist searches for meaning and purpose in life, ultimately discovering that love and happiness come from within.
This film is partially inspired by the first volume of renowned Bengali author Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's seminal novel 'Srikanto'. On an idyllic retreat sponsored by an influential friend, Srikanto, the drifter-protagonist, comes across the beautiful Rajlokhi, his friend's mistress.
Ilias, an aspiring detective, takes up a murder case to impress the victim's sister and win her heart. Will Illias be able to solve the case?
The film is about a frustrated corporate man (Ritwick Chakraborty), buried in work even on a Sunday morning. He is rattled by frantic calls from his office, continued nags from his wife to do the weekend tasks, chaotic loudspeaker announcements from the lane besides, agitated pressure-cooker whistle as if it’s going to burst anytime – and amid all this catastrophe his phone hangs! This is when the iconic Bhooter Raja, appears in his hung-mobile through an app & gives him a boon, a boon where he will be in slumber for a day – nothing in the world can affect him while he taking rest (rather Lyaad) for 24 hours. The musical starts from here and captures a day where he is enjoying his Lyaad moments, completely unaffected by the chaos around.
How long do we need machines? How long do machines need us? There comes a point when we realise that machines are virtually capable of operating without our active co-operations. All we need to do is afford them. But at what cost?
Based on the short story Ichchhe by Dr. Swati Guha
What is a name? Is it merely a word? A name of a person denotes his/her external identity. It is related to each and every social action and reaction of a person with other persons. The film deals with the plight of the protagonist whose name has changed overnight. The problem aggravates when the changed name connotes religious and cultural differences when Shymal (a Hindu name) or Salim (a Muslim name), the protagonist becomes Salim or Shyamal. The film brings into focus the crisis in his life and the pain of being ostracized and alienated by everyone that matters to him. In such a situation of loneliness, Shyamal identifies with his next-door neighbor who has also been alienated and is fighting his lonely existence.
A documentary revolving around the spaces nominated by the Director as his places of origin - Tehatta in Nadia district of Bengal and its capital city, Kolkata. As the film explores the affect of generational distances and modernist progression within a conservative upper caste middle class Bengali family structure and a developing village space in Bengal, it does so not through the disenchanted eyes of a contemporary historian but that of a homesick Bengali artist carrying the legacy of nostalgic ethos.
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