Underplayed Gems

Puratawn (2025)

Puratawn poster
Original title
পুরাতন
Directed by
Suman Ghosh
Genre
family drama
Country
India
Rated
U/A 13+
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A matriarch in a Bengali family begins to lose her memory. Her daughter tries to care for her while confronting the changes in their relationship.

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What happens

Puratawn (transl. The Ancient), also marketed as Puratawn: The Ancient is a 2025 Indian Bengali‐language psychological drama film written and directed by Suman Ghosh. Produced by Rituparna Sengupta under her banner of Bhavna Aaj O Kal, the film stars Sharmila Tagore as a matriarch experiencing memory decline, alongside Rituparna as her daughter, Indraneil Sengupta, and Brishti Ray in supporting roles. The film was announced in February 2023, marking Tagore's comeback in Bengali cinema after 14 years, in Ghosh's second collaboration with Sengupta. Principal photography commenced in November 2023 and wrapped by in January 2024, with filming taking places in Kolkata, Hooghly and Konnagar. Music of the film is composed by Alokananda Dasgupta. Ravi Kiran Ayyagari handled its cinematography, while Aditya Vikram Sengupta edited the film. Puratawn was theatrically released on 11 April 2025, coinciding with Pohela Boishakh. It opened highly to positive reviews and critics were appraisal of Tagore and Sengupta's performance, cinematography and direction. It grossed ₹1.52 crore at the box office, emerging to be the fifth highest grossing Bengali film of 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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