Formerly a well-known writer, Balmiki, 58, now lives in obscurity. A publishing house gives him forty thousand rupees to write about his wife, who was murdered. Regardless, Balmiki does not provide a single page of manuscript. To recover the writing, the publishing house engages Sounak, a young debt recovery agent.
National Award winning director Atanu Ghosh's films have been widely shown in most prominent film festivals across the world. His films reflect an urge for exploring unique complexities of human behaviour pitted against the backdrop of rapidly changing society and are known for perceptual precision and economy of expression. He is the recipient of the National Film Award by Government of India, Aravindan Puraskaram, multiple Filmfare Awards, BFJA Award, FIPRESCI Award, Best Director and Best Writer, Film Critics Guild of India and many other honours. Many of his films are on leading OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, MUBI, etc. 
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and
short films made from, of, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres.
