Satakshi Nandy

‘Pinjar’ is an evocative meditation on captivity—of bodies, of spirits, of choices—unfolding through the entangled lives of five individuals and a wild bird.

A trans man who discovers he is pregnant on the eve of his gender-affirming surgery.

Based on the true story behind the making of the iconic classic Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. Plot details TBA.

Maithili, once a promising journalist, finds herself disgraced and ostracized after caving to the relentless pressures of sensational journalism. Banished from her newspaper and shunned by her community, her fortunes shift dramatically when Adhiraj, a charismatic politician, offers her the helm of his newspaper with complete editorial freedom. Tasked with investigating the existence of a legendary Hindu temple, Maithili uncovers a groundbreaking revelation that ignites a powder keg of tension between Hindu and Muslim communities.

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.

On a lunar eclipse midnight, in a desolate temple, six young newlywed couples and a priestess meet after a mass wedding. They sit in a circle and talk. This their last conversation - an exchange about life, death, beginning, end and every thing in between.

A new bride steps into her new life after getting married to a handsome boy. What will she experience in her new life? A curse or a conspiracy?