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Fish Curry (The)

Country: India, Language: Hindi, 12 mins

Original Title

Maacher Jhol
  • Director: Abhishek Verma
  • Writer: Jayesh Bhosale; Abhishek Verma
  • Producer: Piyush Tewari; Abhishek Verma

CGiii Comment

The animation is strong, the narrative could have been stronger!


Trailer... 

The(ir) Blurb...

A young man, Lalit, 28, decides to come out to his parents about his own sexuality and his love engagement with his boyfriend cum flatmate, Ashutosh. He plans to cook exotic Bengal style fish curry, maacher jhol. The dish is his father's favourite. To maintain precision about the process and ingredients, he refers to the radio cook show.

Cast & Characters

Amar Chaudhary as Tasleem & Sitaram;
Suraj Ghosh as Mr. Shushanto Ghosh;
Deepa Kumar as Mrs. Indrani Ghosh;
Rajesh Pawar as Rajesh Pawar;
Ajay Singhal as Manjeet Khasera