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Berlin-Bound ‘Shadowbox’ Explores Mental Health and Family Bonds in Working-Class India, Clip Unveiled: ‘It’s a Journey of Love’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Berlinale Indian film 'Shadowbox' explores PTSD, marriage and working-class life through story of ex-soldier's wife juggling multiple jobs.
A retired soldier’s descent into crisis and its rippling effect through a working-class Bengali family forms the emotional core of “ Shadowbox ” (“Baksho Bondi”), set to world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival ‘s Perspectives strand. The film stars acclaimed actor Tillotama Shome (“Sir,” “Death in the Gunj”) as Maya, a woman working multiple jobs – from house cleaning to chicken farming to laundry pressing – while caring for her PTSD-affected husband Sundar (Chandan Bisht) and their teenage son Debu (newcomer Sayan Karmakar). The executive producer lineup includes actor Jim Sarbh (“Rocket Boys”), filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane (“Black Warrant”), and producer-director Nikkhil Advani (“Freedom at Midnight”) through the Sumitra Gupta Foundation for the Arts.
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