The Slow Man and His Raft (2026)
Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a motion-impaired, middle-aged man, “slower than a sloth”, who is swept into a touring circus following the death of his caregiving mother. Nadhar is something of a relic, a slow man stranded in a frantic, productive society. For those around him, his slowness can at best serve as a derisory spectacle. An expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.
Director: Pradipta Bhattacharyya
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Amit Saha as Nadhar |
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Ritwick Chakraborty as Haradhan |
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Priyanka Sarkar as Shyama |
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Aparajita Ghosh Das as Haradhan’s wife |
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Satakshi Nandy as Rupa |
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Sayan Ghosh as Rahman |
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Soham Maitra as |
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Kaushik Roy as |
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Chanchal Kundu as |
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Basudeb Haldar as |
| Directing | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | Director |
| Writing | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | Writer |
| Editing | Pradipta Bhattacharyya | Editor |
| Sound | Satyaki Banerjee | Music |
