Content from Kaleidoscope

Bengali Short film directed by Riddhi sen

Shashi, an urbane doctor, returns to his native village, a place seemingly mired in a backward way of life, for a short visit. As he becomes closely involved with the villagers, Shashi’s short stay threatens to become permanent.

It focuses on the tradition of a musical family and how foreign intrusion creates disturbance in it. “A musician not only goes through music but his or her surroundings and environment molds him or her growth as well. With the growth, his or her music begins to take a shape and changes too," A musical spectacle featuring mega stars and melodious voices contributed by leading singers of Indian Film Industry.

In a fading North Calcutta Rajbari, Titli clings to routine after her husband Shaon vanishes. As Durga Puja nears, Megh arrives, an unexpected guest who brings warmth and a painful revel of thought. Amid rituals and memories, unspoken grief surfaces, stirring buried emotions, silent longing, and the ache of unfinished stories.

Narsimha, an old ventriloquist and 'horbola' lives in a decrepit locality of Kolkata. Once a favourite among children, he barely manages to survive now and is reduced to a shabby madman. Abandoned by his family, he has a solitary friend in a local 'kabadi-wala', who, all of a sudden, brings him an old, majestic chair- a 'kedara'.