Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar
Thriller, Drama (Malayalam)
Follows a woman constable who joins the police force through appointment after the death of her husband. (more…)
Drishyam: The Conclusion
Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime (Hindi)
Years after outsmarting the police, Vijay Salgaonkar's past resurfaces when a new evidence threatens to expose his secret. As the investigation reopens, he must outwit the system once again to save his family. (more…)
East of Eden
Drama (English)
In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations. (more…)
Pooja Meri Jaan
Thriller, Crime, Romance (Hindi)
After Pooja rejects Aniket’s romantic advances, his subsequent death by suicide leaves her facing accusations. As lawyer and friend Sana investigates the circumstances surrounding the incident, questions of obsession, consent, responsibility and the truth behind Pooja’s relationship with Aniket begin (more…)
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VisionQuest
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama (English)
With a bounty on his head, Vision must confront his nature and resist Ultron's influence to survive.
Cast:
Paul Bettany, James Spader, Ruaridh Mollica, Todd Stashwick, Lauren Morais, Orla Brady, Diane Morgan, Ben Crompton, Polly Frame, Henry Lewis
Director:
medo lshl
Sun, October 18 2026
Marvel Television's family trilogy revolving around the Maximoffs ends in an emotional and satisfying flourish.
To launch their streaming service, Disney+, in 2020, the series WandaVision came out the gate with a bang. Created by Jac Schaeffer, it set the standard for all other shows to follow. The limited series featured Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) dealing with the death of Vision after Infinity War. To overcome her grief, she creates a suburban haven in Westview until reality sets in. The second part of the trilogy, Agatha All Along (2024), introduced one more part of the puzzle with her son Billy Maximoff (Joe Locke). Now, with the final instalment, VisionQuest, created by Terry Matalas, reveals two more pieces as Vision (Paul Bettany) and Tommy Maximoff (Ruaridh Mollica) reunite. But what happens when Ultron (James Spader) interferes in the long-awaited father-son reunion?
Matchbox the Movie
Action, Comedy, Adventure (English)
When a group of former childhood friends reconnect, their reunion takes a wild turn as they stumble upon a dangerous international plot—and must save the world.
Cast:
John Cena, Jessica Biel, Arturo Castro, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, Danai Gurira, Golshifteh Farahani, Corey Stoll, Daniel Bernhardt, Randeep Hooda
Director:
Sam Hargrave
Writer:
David Coggeshall
Sun, October 18 2026
Inspired by the Mattel toys, John Cena plays an undercover agent who unwittingly involves his friends in an uninteresting adventure across the world.
Following in the footsteps of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Matchbox The Movie tries to replicate the formula. However, it falls flat in its execution. The only thing impressive about the spy thriller is its high-octane action stunts and sequence envisaged by Extraction director Sam Hargrave. John Cena is the spy in question as he reunites with old friends to go down memory road and instead takes them as hostages in a plot to save the world. The Matchbox IP never properly lands, and the narrative doesn’t even connect.
Sohla
Drama (Marathi)
In a small village where tradition defines destiny, young Pashya eagerly awaits his Sohla, the sacred coming-of-age ceremony. Dreaming of fame and idolizing Salman Khan, he sees it as his moment to shine. But when his father Ramdas's desperate attempt to ease the family's debts ends in tragedy, Pashya's world collapses. Stripped of innocence, he shoulders the weight of survival with his mother and sister. As grief and duty converge on the day of the ritual, Pashya learns that Sohla is not just a spectacle, but an inheritance of resilience, sacrifice, and true manhood.
Cast:
Pravin Dalimbkar, Varsha Sujeet, Alessandra Merediz, Devdatta Ghone, Vaishnavi Ghodke
Director:
Saaikat Bagbaan
Writer:
Saaikat Bagbaan, Aditya Gawd, Anupam Purohit
Sun, October 18 2026
Sohla, revolves around a school going kid Prasad aka Pashya (Devdatta Ghone). He stays in a small village in Maharashtra named Sudkoli with his father Ramdas (Pravin Dalimbkar), a farmer, mother Nirmala (Varsha Malwadkar) and elder sister Gauri (Vaishnavi Ghodke). Ramdas is having a tough time financially since his produce isn’t fetching him much money. Pashya is all set to turn 13 in two months. As per the tradition in the village, the 13th birthday of boys is celebrated through a ceremony called ‘Sohla’. It is a symbolic ritual indicating that the boy is now ready to take on the responsibility of the family. Pashya can’t wait for his sohla. As he is a die-hard Salman Khan fan, he wants to buy the expensive kurta endorsed by him for the event. Ramdas agrees to Pashya’s demand despite his financial condition. However, soon, a major incident occurs in Pashya’s life out of nowhere, which brings a major change in him.
Ranabaali
Action, Drama, History (Telugu)
Set in 19th-century British India, a fierce leader rises from a drought-stricken land to fight colonial oppression and atrocities.
Cast:
Vijay Deverakonda, Arnold Vosloo, Rashmika Mandanna, Vinod Sagar, Easwari Rao
Director:
Rahul Sankrityan
Writer:
Rahul Sankrityan, Pramod Tammineni
Sat, October 17 2026
Director Rahul Sankrityan’s Telugu film uses Burra Katha and the 1876-78 famine to give the narrative a fresh look, but some portions struggle under the weight of history, devotion and myth
For a long time, there has been an overarching image of how Telugu cinema has portrayed the Rayalaseema region, with tales of faction wars and machismo where subtlety is a forgotten trait. Some of these films, blockbusters of the 1990s and 2000s, have become pop culture references. However, a fresh look at this region and its stories was needed. Director Rahul Sankrityan’s Ranabaali, headlined by Vijay Deverakonda and co-starring Rashmika Mandanna, is an attempt in that direction. In this film, too, the leading man is portrayed as a fierce, warrior-like figure. The difference lies in its history-inspired setting, with a mix of folklore. The result is an interesting concoction. Some portions genuinely pique interest in the history and folk tradition of Rayalaseema, while others struggle to rise above the done-to-death mainstream cinema framework.
Drishyam: The Conclusion
Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime (Hindi)
Years after outsmarting the police, Vijay Salgaonkar's past resurfaces when a new evidence threatens to expose his secret. As the investigation reopens, he must outwit the system once again to save his family.
Cast:
Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor, Jaideep Ahlawat, Prakash Raj, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, Kamlesh Sawant, Saurabh Shukla
Director:
Abhishek Pathak
Sat, October 17 2026
Ultimately, Drishyam: The Conclusion isa pragmatic victory.The franchise was clearly running out of steam and a lesser creative team would have milked it until it became a parody of itself. By choosing to wrap it up now, the makers have given Vijay Salgaonkar the crafty; dignifiedexit hisbrilliant mind deserved.
For over a decade, Vijay Salgaonkar hasn’t just been a movie character. He’s been a permanent resident of Indian pop culture. Mention the date October 2nd and our minds instantly race to Panjim, Guruji’s satsang, and a plate of pav bhaji. It is a testament to the franchise’s grip on our collective imagination that a simple alibi became an immortal meme. Naturally, Drishyam: The Conclusion arrives not just as another theatrical release, but as a high-stakes farewell tour for a family we’ve watched navigate hell.
Mon, October 5 2026
Sat, October 3 2026
The final Drishyam chapter returns to Vijay Salgaonkar’s world of lies, memory and moral ambiguity, writes Arnab Banerjee, as Abhishek Pathak explores whether a carefully constructed story can ultimately overpower the truth itself while testing memory and justice.
Ajay Devgn returns as Vijay Salgaonkar in Drishyam: The Conclusion, the third and final chapter of the Hindi-language Drishyam franchise, directed by Abhishek Pathak. Tabu, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta and Rajat Kapoor reprise their roles, while Jaideep Ahlawat and Prakash Raj join the ensemble as the story moves towards its promised denouement. The franchise has always revolved around a deceptively unsettling question: if a lie is constructed convincingly enough, can it eventually become indistinguishable from truth? The concluding chapter now has the unenviable task of giving that question a final dramatic meaning.
Whalefall
Thriller (English)
Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.
Cast:
Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, Emily Rudd, Kamy D. Bruder, Mark Meloro Jr., Sam Franich, Nicholas Gould
Director:
Brian Duffield
Fri, October 16 2026
Austin Abrams, a fine actor, does what he can to convey fear in many forms, and Josh Brolin’s rippling-muscled, tattooed frame fits right into this world
In this film, the way to a father’s heart lies literally through a whale’s stomach. Literally. As if Austin Abrams wasn’t put through enough hell in the recent Resident Evil, he returns for Whalefall, adapted from a book, where he spends 90% of the time being tossed around in the belly of a beast which is a sperm whale. It’s an ambitious project for sure, and director Brian Duffield is seriously committed to it, not giving us a break from all that could lie in that giant mammal’s insides, from digestive acids to the remains of things swallowed up by it, to a lot of other floating and hanging stuff that it’s best left to one’s imagination. What it boils down to is Abrams’s Jay being squeezed multiple times between sinewy, slithering, throbbing walls and – you guessed it right – surviving.
Pooja Meri Jaan
Thriller, Crime, Romance (Hindi)
After Pooja rejects Aniket’s romantic advances, his subsequent death by suicide leaves her facing accusations. As lawyer and friend Sana investigates the circumstances surrounding the incident, questions of obsession, consent, responsibility and the truth behind Pooja’s relationship with Aniket begin to emerge.
Cast:
Mrunal Thakur, Huma Qureshi, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Vijay Raaz, Sunita Rajwar, Rajesh Jais, Suparna Marwah, Chaitanya Vyas, Nikhil Angrish, Madhu Sachdeva
Director:
Navjot Gulati
Writer:
Navjot Gulati, Kanishka Singh Deo, Niren Bhatt
Thu, October 15 2026
டெல்லியில் குடும்பத்துடன் வசித்துவரும் பூஜாவை (மிருணாள் தாகூர்), அனிகெட் (விக்ரம் சிங் சௌஹான்) ஒருதலைப்பட்சமாகத் துரத்தித் துரத்திக் காதலிக்கிறார். திடீரென அனிகெட் தற்கொலை செய்துகொள்ள அதற்கு பூஜாவே காரணம் எனக் குற்றம் சாட்டப்படுகிறது. இந்த வழக்கில் பூஜாவுக்கு ஆதரவாகக் களமிறங்குகிறார் வக்கீலான சனா மெஹ்ஃபூஸ் (ஹூமா குரேஷி). அனிகெட்டின் மரணத்துக்கு யார் காரணம் என்பதே இந்த ஜி5 இந்தி சினிமா. மொத்தப் படத்தையும் கிட்டத்தட்ட ‘ஒன்வுமன் ஆர்மி’யாகத் தாங்குகிறார் மிருணாள் தாகூர். பூஜாவின் அச்சம், கோபம், வேதனை, தன்னைக் காப்பாற்றிக்கொள்ள வேண்டிய போராட்டம் என நீதிமன்றக் காட்சிகளில் ஒவ்வோர் உணர்வையும் மிக இயல்பாகக் கடத்துகிறார். வழக்கறிஞர்களாக ஹூமா குரேஷி, விஜய் ராஸ் ஆகியோரின் வாதக் காட்சிகள் படத்தை அடுத்தகட்டத்துக்கு நகர்த்துகின்றன. பெண்களைப் பற்றிய சமூகத்தின் பார்வை, பாலினப் பாகுபாடு எனப் பல கேள்விகளை முன்வைக்கிறது படம். ஆனால், முக்கியமான அனிகெட்டின் பாத்திரத்தை இன்னும் ஆழமாகக் கட்டமைத்திருக்கலாம். இருந்தும் முக்கியமான கோர்ட் ரூம் டிராமா இது!
Sat, October 3 2026
Pooja and Aniket perform a play in front of a live audience. Right after it ends, Aniket proposes marriage, only to hear that Pooja is already in a relationship with another man, Vikram. Aniket is hellbent on earning a yes from her and keeps calling her. The next morning, Pooja receives the news that Aniket is no more. How far was Pooja responsible for Aniket’s death?
Fri, October 2 2026
The over-designed social drama struggles to stay mature about the premise of an ‘imperfect’ woman who is put on trial for the suicide of her boyfriend
Pooja Meri Jaan opens with a dramatic Romeo and Juliet rendition on a Delhi stage. The Shakespearean tragedy ends with both deaths, there is applause, and the lead actors proceed to hijack the spotlight: ‘Romeo’ Aniket (Vikram Singh Chauhan) proposes to ‘Juliet’ Pooja (Mrunal Thakur) in front of a packed theatre. Seconds later, she rejects him backstage. He is devastated, her words hurt, he rides home in the rain like a broken Vishesh Films hero — and kills himself. Pooja is soon booked for abetment of suicide, and the rest of the film revolves around her trial in the court of public opinion.
East of Eden
Drama (English)
In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.
Cast:
Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Joseph Zada, Joe Anders, Tracy Letts, Ciarán Hinds, Hoon Lee, Martha Plimpton
Thu, October 15 2026
இருண்ட, சிக்கலான கேத்தி கதாபாத்திரத்தில் ஃபுளோரன்ஸ் பியூ (Florence Pugh) தனது அசாத்தியமான நடிப்பால் திரையை ஆக்கிரமிக்கிறார். கிறிஸ்டோபர் அபோட், மைக் ஃபெய்ஸ்ட் தங்களது எதார்த்தமான நடிப்பால் பெரும் தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்துகிறார்கள். காலகட்டத்தை அப்படியே கண்முன் நிறுத்தும் பிரமாண்டமான கலை இயக்கமும், நேர்த்தியான திரைக்கதையும், மனதைத் தொடும் பின்னணி இசையும் தொடரின் ஆகப்பெரும் பலம். நாவலின் ஆழமான தத்துவங்களைத் திரைக்குக் கொண்டுவரும் முயற்சியில், திரைக்கதையின் வேகம் பல இடங்களில் தடுமாறுவது பார்வையாளர்களுக்குச் சற்று சோர்வைத் தரலாம். இருப்பினும், மனித உணர்வுகளின் இருண்ட பக்கங்களை மிக நேர்த்தியாகப் பதிவுசெய்திருக்கும் ஒரு தரமான கிளாசிக் டிராமா!
Thu, October 1 2026
The latest retelling of John Steinbeck's classic novel by Zoe Kazan is an ambitious, sprawling saga that attempts to do justice to the author's work.
In 1955, Elia Kazan directed the James Dean starrer, East of Eden, which followed the last part of John Steinbeck’s semi-autobiographical 1952 novel. Dean played Cal Trask, who fights for his father’s love alongside his perfect brother Aron. A new Netflix limited series on the material, written and showrun by Elia’s granddaughter, Zoe Kazan, goes deep into the novel, exploring the Biblical themes, characters and the promise of America at the turn of the century. Backed by a strong cast, East of Eden follows the doomed marriage of Adam (Christopher Abbott) and Cathy (Florence Pugh) that spills over its sins to the next generation. Finely acted, the ambitious and largely faithful period drama really gets into the characterisation from the novel, while also immersing viewers into its self-righteous world.
Thu, October 1 2026
East of Eden broke my heart more often through its supposedly good father than its murderous mother. That’s where this uneven adaptation finds its strongest drama. Zoe Kazan’s departure from John Steinbeck’s treatment of Cathy is welcome, but the series spends too much time explaining cruelty that Florence Pugh makes compelling enough. It’s more affecting when it follows the damage parents pass to their children. Those family conflicts give its ideas about choice a force the explanations often lack. Let’s dive in.
#Love
Drama (Tamil)
The pragmatic creator of a dating app and her adventurous competitor test their theories about love in a 60-day challenge to find their ideal partner.
Cast:
Arjun Das, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Arjun Chidambaram, Gayatri Hariharan, Surya Rajeevan, Arjun Manohar, Abishek Joseph George, Harini Sundararajan, R. Badree
Director:
Balaji Mohan
Writer:
Nirmal Williams, Sharada Subramanian, Shweta chakravarthy
Thu, October 15 2026
AI மூலம் கேள்விகள் கேட்டு, ஜோடிகளின் ‘பொருத்தத்தை’ (Compatibility) மையமாகக் கொண்டு இயங்கும் ஃபவுண்ட் (Found) என்ற டேட்டிங் செயலியின் சி.இ.ஓ தாரா (ஐஸ்வர்யா லெஷ்மி). மறுபுறம், உள்ளுணர்வுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் தந்து, ஜோடிகளின் ஈர்ப்பை (Chemistry) அடிப்படையாகக்கொண்டு இயங்கும் `ஃபைண்ட் மை பே’ (Find My Bae) என்ற செயலியின் முதலீட்டாளர் மேத்யூ (அர்ஜுன் தாஸ்). இரு வேறு சிந்தனைகளைக்கொண்ட இவர்கள் நேருக்கு நேர் சந்தித்துக்கொள்கிறார்கள். அதைத் தொடர்ந்து, நவீன காதலில் எது சிறந்தது என்பதை நிரூபிக்க 60 நாள்கள் நடக்கும் ஒரு சவாலும், அதில் மலரும் காதலுமே பாலாஜி மோகன் இயக்கியிருக்கும் இந்த நெட்ஃபிளிக்ஸ் தமிழ்த் தொடரின் சுவாரஸ்யமான கதைக்களம்.
Sat, October 3 2026
Tara, an ambitious startup founder, and Matthew, a disinterested investor backing a rival product, set each other a 60-day challenge. Their ideologies clash as they date through each other’s platforms. When a genuine romance emerges, they are caught between their feelings and their corporate careers.
Fri, October 2 2026
An uninspired, insipid Netflix drama where storytelling and romance — indeed, love itself — struggle to survive
Love is a risk we endure. In a sense, then, love stories become thrillers where the stakes are not of life, but of the self—will the self survive love? For love turns stone-faced, gruff voiced men into pouty mush pots and softens the hardened boundaries of women—you almost don’t recognise people in love. Love ruptures the self, and something new emerges out of it. The best love stories, then, tease out this tension, this emergence, and revel in it, goad it further, while the worst think of this tension, this emergence, as reluctant plot pushers.
Baththa
Thriller, Drama (Tamil)
In 1986 Madras, a timid eight-year-old boy accidentally traps a feared gangster inside a deserted school toilet. As the gangster is forced to confront hunger, loneliness and his own vulnerability, an unlikely bond begins to grow between the two, changing their lives forever.
Cast:
Vijay Sethupathi, Lijomol Jose, Santhy Balachandran, Vishnu Govindan, Arjun Chidambaram, Hari Krishnan, Ajay Ghosh
Director:
Balaji Tharaneetharan
Writer:
Balaji Tharaneetharan
Wed, October 14 2026
What if you eventually become what you feared most? The bullied becomes the bully. The abused becomes the abuser. The hunted becomes the hunter. In Balaji Tharaneetharan’s Tamil drama Baththa, a feared gangster (Vijay Sethupathi in the titular role) is locked inside a school restroom and shouts from inside, “I’ll kill you when I come out.” Terrified by his words, the one who accidentally locked him in, third-grader Sabari (Master Sai Prithviraj), refuses to open the door. He flees the scene, leaving the village to look for him while the school remains shut for summer vacation. Sabari is far from a delinquent. There’s a beach scene early on with his factory-worker father (Hari Krishnan) and his homemaker mother (Santhy Balachandran). He wants a toy that costs three rupees. In 1986, that isn’t nothing for them, but they buy it for him anyway. When the teacher takes it away during exams, the boy sneaks back into the empty school. He finds the pile of confiscated things and takes only his own. The moment is small and exact.
Sat, October 3 2026
Director Balaji Tharaneetharan's Baththa, starring Vijay Sethupathi, Lijomol Jose and Sai Prithvi Raj, is a moving comedy drama that's wholesome and beautiful. With minor shortcomings, the film brings laughter and emotion effortlessly.
A dreaded don sees life in a certain way — he wants everyone to be afraid of him and think twice before approaching him. He almost achieves it, too. But when he strips himself of his carefully built persona, who is he? Is he someone he can be proud of? And what happens when a child unintentionally gives him a reality check? Director Balaji Tharaneetharan’s Baththa takes this concept and turns it into a wholesome drama that is equally fun and emotional.
Fri, October 2 2026
Baththa, played by Vijay Sethupathi, is a frightening gangster. He is driven by ego, and no threat scares him. At home, he casually slaps his wife, throws a plate full of food, yells at his daughter. And he seems to be getting away with everything. So, you really wonder who’s gonna put him in his place. Balaji Tharaneetharan’s film hints that an assassination attempt is on the cards. But as it turns out, Baththa’s most dangerous adversary is not a gangster, not some man who defeats him in size and strength. Instead, it’s the opposite. His reckoning comes in the form of a little, meek boy. Baththa is full of such gorgeous ideas. The tender beauty of a child’s innocence serving as a mirror to such a gangster feels almost like a ‘pure cinema’ idea. For an entire half, Baththa is stuck in a school toilet, isolated and unable to get out. The premise seems almost like it might potentially get a bit too indulgent, a bit too static, maybe test your patience a bit. But Balaji’s Baththa is magnificently kinetic.
Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar
Thriller, Drama (Malayalam)
Follows a woman constable who joins the police force through appointment after the death of her husband.
Cast:
Parvathy Thiruvothu, Vijayaraghavan, Unnimaya Prasad, Mathew Thomas, Sidharth Bharathan, Azees Nedumangad, Vinay Forrt, R. Parthiban, Balaji Sarma, Vrindha Menon
Director:
Shahad Nilambur
Writer:
Vijesh Thottingal, P. S. Subramanian
Mon, October 12 2026
Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar is a frustratingly illogical police procedural that ruins an engaging premise by burying it under an avalanche of unearned twists. We discuss the film’s baffling disregard for realism, which repeatedly sacrifices basic police procedures just to serve its protagonist. We also talk about how the script bends backwards to transform Parvathy’s rookie character into an infallible mastermind, leading to absurd narrative leaps. Additionally, we point out how underdeveloped the entire cast feels, including the dull characterisation of Vijayaraghavan’s lead investigator.
Tue, September 15 2026
Shahad, who debuted with the forgettable coming-of-age drama ‘Prakashan Parakkatte’ (2022), ups his game here by several notches, aided by a taut screenplay
It may be one of cinema’s greatest tricks that it can twist one’s line of thinking about a person or an incident just with the perspective it chooses to present, the framing, editing choices, or the background score used. Reading a basic news report on the incident of crime at the centre of Shahad’s Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar might make one assume a particular stand on the culprits, knowing the long history of this kind of crime in the country and the stories that can be made up to save them. However, the film frames the incident, the events leading up to it, its aftermath and the people involved in such a way that not once do we wish for the culprits to be caught and punished. Of course, we have Jeethu Joseph’s Drishyam (2013), in which we all collectively stood with those who committed the crime. The film also has quite a few parallels with Drishyam, but this one has very different concerns and approach to the crime.
Mon, September 14 2026
A quartet of cops orchestrate a cover-up in Shahad Nilambur’s occasionally thrilling ‘Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar’
The first few scenes of Shahad Nilambur’s Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar remind one of Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, in how undramatically we find out about the death of Aleena Abraham’s (Parvathy Thiruvothu) husband on duty. Aleena, with a child and the hopes of her husband’s family pinned on her, takes the police job on offer. There are no theatrics, no sad ballads or wave of sympathy for her, her baby or her situation. Theatrics is for later, but manufacturing sympathy almost never enters the picture, for Aleena is cut from a different cloth. The film then speedruns—a montage covers her training, a split-second encounter with her husband’s former colleague, her posting to a station in Kottayam and getting comfortable with the new workplace and her sufficiently leisurely colleagues, all of them in the lowest rungs of the police hierarchy. We realize that time has passed and the baby is now a toddler.
About an Intimate Matter
Drama (Bengali)
Swarna is a dedicated high school science teacher who relocates to a conservative suburban town with her same-sex partner, Driti. They attempt to build a quiet life together, blending into the community while keeping their relationship private. However, their world is completely upended when one of Swarna's high school students discovers personal, intimate photos of her on social media. The discovery quickly leaks, placing Swarna under intense public and institutional scrutiny.
Cast:
Sreya Bhattacharya, Shimli Basu, Sanjita Das
Director:
Sandeep Kumar Paul
Mon, October 12 2026
Busan Film Festival 2026 | In Sandeep Kumar Paul’s sobering debut, a female school teacher faces relentless moral policing as she negotiates her true freedom.
There’s something incredibly acute and sensitive in how Sandeep Kumar Paul’s debut, About An Intimate Matter, cuts through to scan a woman’s sense of self-worth amidst stifling social constraint. It knows the ever-morphing yardsticks foisted upon marginal bodies that are just thrust through one ring of damning perception after another. Financial autonomy preens itself as rescue but social gaping keeps jutting in. The heroine of Paul’s film, Swarna (Sreya Bhattacharya), is a self-possessed schoolteacher in a suburb in Bengal. She lives with her partner, Driti (Shimli Basu). Within the opening stretch, you get an inkling of her mettle, her quiet resolve. Amidst deliberations of her colleagues to petition for better working conditions, she dares to stand out.