Ashchorjyo Prodeep
The story of a modern day Aladdin, set against the backdrop of contemporary consumer society
Anik Dutta
Casts & Crew
Saswata Chatterjee
Rajatabha Dutta
Sreelekha Mitra
Mumtaz Sorcar
Also Directed by Anik Dutta
A group of ghosts are rendered homeless as all the old haunted buildings in Kolkata have been converted into multi-storied buildings, malls and multiplexes. Some of them, from varied social-economic background, take shelter in an abandoned, dilapidated single-screen theatre, planning to make themselves relevant and fit for the future as contemporary ghosts.
Borunbabu is an irritable, old man whose wife is bedridden and the only people he talks to are his childhood friend and his grandson. Isolated from the rest of his family, he lives a lonely life but one day something happens that changes it all. All of sudden, Borunbabur finds himself at the center of all attention.
In Communist Anik Duttaʼs tribute to Satyajit Rayʼs Pather Panchali, the protagonist, Aparajito Ray, sets out to make a film called Pather Podaboli and in the process faces several hurdles.
Asimava Bose, an Arthur C Clark award winning sci fi writer, disappears under mysterious circumstances. All his allies have ulterior motives of harming him. Asimavo has his own share of secrets that reveal his dark past. The only clue to this mystery is a copy of Meghnad Badh Kavya which he gets as an unamed gift on his birthday The question remains- Whodunnit? Howdunnit? and most importantly Whydunnit?
A rib-tickling comedy about a group of spirits who, in their various idiosyncrasies, try and save their only haunt, their resting place, when some unscrupulous builders try and break it down to build a modern monstrosity.
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