Bisra (voiced by Saikat Gangully) is held in a mental institution, but feels the need to get out, as patients are disappearing from the place, and for some reason his friend (and fellow patient) Kumar John (Sanjay Mistra) always seems to be able to tell who from his cards. So Bisra makes a plan for him and Kumar John to get out, but they don't get very far as they soon run into Ridhima (Priyanka Bose), who claims to be Kumar John's daughter and often visits the asylum as a social worker. Bisra immediately figures there's something not quite right about her - and his greatest fear soon becomes reality when she lures them back into the asylum. But all hope is not lost, as Ridhima actually turns out to be a journalist who's actually investigating the story of the disappearances in the asylum. Acting as a social worker, she always had good access to everything, but now the head of the asylum Dr. Idris Shah (Barun Chanda) and his head nurse Kalima (Sonamony Jayant Gadekar) have grown suspicious, she needs someone on the inside - like Bisra and Kumar John. The only thing - the two of them might be here for a reason, and Bisra at least is not quite right in his head, as flashbacks soon prove. And even if these flashbacks, culled from Bisra's distorted mind, are quite sketchy, it's sure that his sister (Tannishtha Chatterjee) had him admitted in the first place. So with that in mind, it's little wonder that things get out of hands pretty soon - but that said, that's not to say that Dr. Shah hasn't his own ulterior agenda he needs his patients and especially Bisra for ...

Told entirely in first person mode (but not "found footage" style but seen through the actual eyes - and mind - of Bisra), this turns out to be quite an intriguing horror thriller that manages to convey that it doesn't tell the objective truth but only the main character's very warped interpretation of the truth (and it catches itself in intentional contradictions frequently) - thus leaving the whole thing open for interpretations of the wildest sort (expecially since it becomes apparent quite soon that Bisra's not quite right in the head). Now add to that a rather elegant directorial effort that doesn't put too much emphasis on its first person point of view, and a capable cast, and you've got yourself a fine film - the only thing is, it's rather on the long side and hammers a few points home too bluntly along the way ...

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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