A divorced mother impulsively snatching her own kid for a birthday party spirals into a real abduction nightmare in Chheledhora, and it starts filming imminently.
Swastika Mukherjee on playing Brishti
Swastika Mukherjee on playing Brishti
- Swastika Mukherjee called Brishti impulsive, wounded, and deeply flawed.
- Her fierce maternal instinct is what anchors the whole character.
- Vulnerability and forced self-confrontation drew Mukherjee to the role.
- She described Chheledhora as a tender story about motherhood and forgiveness.
- Brishti's fake custody grab turns into an actual kidnapping scenario.
- Self-absorbed parents get pushed to face their own failures hard.
- Emotional family drama collides with thriller beats and dark humor.
- It positions itself as a rare Bengali-language road movie.
- Shieladitya Moulik is directing, with shoots planned across Itanagar and Ziro.
- Fourteen cast and crew members hail from Arunachal Pradesh itself.
- Italian cinematographer Vincenzo Condorelli is handling the visual side.
- An international-festival run is already part of the rollout strategy.
- Moulik said broken parents discovering hidden selflessness sits at the core.
- Children unknowingly becoming moral compasses for adults fascinates him.
- Healing and second chances drive the narrative beneath the twists.
- Handyyman and Sita22 Films produced this Indo-American collaboration.
