Baksho Bondi – Shadowbox

Maya works three jobs to keep her family together, only to face her greatest challenge when her husband goes missing.

Maya (Tillotama Shome) lives with her husband, Sundar, and their teenage son, Debu, in a dusty suburb of Kolkata. She works multiple jobs: cleaning houses, working on a chicken farm and ironing laundry.
Sundar, a retired soldier suffering from PTSD, is ridiculed by the neighbourhood. Debu, often left to care for his father, is torn between embarrassment and affection. Maya once rebelled against her own family to marry Sundar, an outsider, so now finds little sympathy when times are hard. All attempts to help Sundar get a job, fail as well. Late one night Sundar has disappeared. Soon he becomes a suspect in a murder investigation and a search ensues. When Sundar returns to Maya in secret a few days later, terrified and hungry, their relationship is put to the greatest test.

• Written and directed by: Tanushree Das, Saumyananda Sahi • India, France, USA, Spain 2025, • 93 min • Bengali, Hindi with English subtitles • Cast: Tillotama Shome, Chandan Bisht, Sayan Karmakar, Suman Saha