Maacher Jhol

Dev is a well known chef. He works in Paris. He has been away from home for thirteen years. A piece of news brings him back to Kolkata. His mother has fallen ill. He comes to the house. The years between them have opened a gap. Mother and son begin to talk again. Dev wants to cook a dish for her. What he picks is maacher jhol. It is a fish curry familiar in Bengali cooking. Finding the right ingredients is not easy. He goes through the city looking for fish. The cooking becomes a way in. The man comes back to his own roots. Ritwick Chakraborty and Mamata Shankar appear in the one hundred eight minute film, a French and Indian production Pratim D. Gupta finished in 2017.