Veteran actor Paresh Rawal says his upcoming movie, The Storyteller, is a special project for him as it is based on a story by master filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
Helmed by actor-director Ananth Mahadevan, the film is currently being screened at the 27th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).
The Storyteller follows a wealthy businessman who hires a storyteller to help get over his insomnia. However, their relationship unfolds into another story with a twist.
The film is based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro and centres around the enigmatic character Tarini Khuro, created by the legendary author.
A very matter-of-fact film — or as Variety magazine calls it, a “richly-layered discussion starter” — it takes no sides. It follows Naina, played by Konkona Sen Sharma, a criminology professor in Delhi who survives a brutal rape and assault, while putting forward various points of view and also questioning the validity of the carceral state and the death sentence.
