''Purba Paschim Dakshin'' is a

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film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

directed by Rajorshi Dey and produced by Suchandra Vaaniya. This film is based on ''Ebong Inquisition'', compilation of three

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of Avik Sarkar. The film was released on 22 November 2019, under the banner of Just Studio. It is the last film acted by

Mrinal Mukherjee Mrinal Mukherjee ( – 7 May 2019) was an Indian actor, theatre personality, and music director. He is the father of actor and singer Jojo. He is remembered for his negative and supporting roles in Bengali cinema. Career In 1955, Mukherjee ...

and debut film of Manabi Bandyopadhyay, India's first transgender college Principal.

Plot

The plot gradually unfolds through an eventful rail journey. Stuti, a widow, suffers from a terminal disease which can be treated by a particular doctor. During her journey, a co passenger narrates her three stories that are interconnected. The stories somehow relate with the worship of Goddess Kali and the practise of

Tantra Tantra (; ) is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the India, Indian subcontinent beginning in the middle of the 1st millennium CE, first within Shaivism and later in Buddhism. The term ''tantra'', in the Greater India, Indian tr ...

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at the time of renowned Bengali scholar and pioneer of ''Tantra''

Krishnananda Agamavagisha Krishnananda Agambagish (a.k.a. Mahamahopadhyaya Krishnananda Bhattacharya) was a noted Kulin Bengali Brahmin of Nabadwip, Nadia district origin and a renowned Pandita (Scholar) and Sadhaka of Tantra tradition who lived around 1575 CE or 1575 Sak ...

Cast

Paran Bandopadhyay Paran BanerjeeSpelling according tTimes of IndiaanTelegraph, Calcutta We'll follow this spelling. (alternate spelling Paran BandyopadhyaySpelling according t or Paran BanerjeeAlternative of surname ''Bandopadhyay'', see Banerjee) is an Indian B ...

Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Kamaleswar Mukherjee, M.B.B.S. is an Indian film director, actor, and physician known for his work in Bengali-language films.Bengali highest grossing Films directed by him include '' Chander Pahar'' (2013), '' Amazon Obhijaan'' (2017) '' Coc ...

as Narrator *

Arpita Chatterjee Arpita Chatterjee (née Pal; born 1 October 1979) is an Indian actress, who mostly appears in the Odia and Bengali film industry in India. She first captured limelight in 1997 when she won ‘''Sananda Tilottama'',’ the most prestigious be ...

as Stuti * Rajesh Sharma as Panditji *

Aryann Bhowmik Aryann Bhowmik (born 1992) is a Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali film actor is best known for his work in the 2011 Bengali language, Bengali film ''Chalo Paltai''. His acting has made a mark in the Telugu cinema, Tollywood arena. Apart from film ...

as Tenia *

Rudraprasad Sengupta Rudraprasad Sengupta (born 31 January 1935) is a Bengali Indian actor, director and cultural critic. Biography Sengupta was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal, the son of Anant Sengupta and Usha Prabha Sengupta. He studied at the Scotti ...

as Bhabesh Kaku *

Gaurav Chakrabarty Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali-language film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical television series '' Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to ...

as Atin * Bidipta Chakraborty * Manabi Bandyopadhyay * Suchandraa Vaaniya as Titli *

as Dwijottam Mishra * Damini Basu as Pushpa Di * Kaushik Kar as Firingia * Satrajit Sarkar as Khodabox * Priyanath Mukhopadhyay as Ahmed Khan * Eshika De as Damori * Padmanabha Dasgupta

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* {{IMDb title, 10244544 Paranormal films Indian supernatural thriller films Films based on Indian novels 2019 films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2010s Indian films

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