The Official Poster for the Calcutta Files Unveiled

News Desk, News Nation 360: Sapphire Production unveiled the first-look poster of The Calcutta Files, an upcoming socio-political crime thriller directed by Souvik Dey and produced by Tapasi Das, which delves into institutional corruption and civic resistance in contemporary Kolkata. Centred on the harrowing aftermath of the mysterious murder of Dr Aarohi Sen, a young medical practitioner who stood up to systemic malpractices in the public healthcare network, the narrative follows Crime Branch officer Aditya Burman and his colleague Chayan Banerjee as they unveil a

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sinister nexus of political patronage, running parallel to the relentless quest for justice by the victim's grieving mother; the film, which boasts a formidable ensemble including Payel Das, Rajatava Dutta, Chandan Sen, Laboni Sarkar, Gourab Roy Chowdhury, Swagata Mukherjee, Sudip Mukherjee, Anindya Pulak and Judhajit Sarkar, was written by Dey and his collaborators Arnab Bhoumik and Abhisekh Bhattacharyya, and underscored by the music of Dev Sen and Pratik Kundu, is an emotional tribute to public defiance and truth, as per the director, who sought to use the cinematic medium to hold a mirror to institutional impunity and reaffirm collective faith in justice.

Pic: Krishnendu Kundu