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Spoiler-free premise
A pregnant woman arrives in Kolkata searching for a husband whom no one seems to remember.
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Pregnant Vidya Bagchi arrives in Kolkata during Durga Puja searching for her missing husband Arnab, who appears to have worked at the National Data Center. Police officer Rana helps her follow records that repeatedly suggest Arnab never existed.
Why it belongs
Sujoy Ghosh makes Kolkata's crowds, transit, bureaucracy, and festival rhythms active partners in a tightly controlled search led by Vidya Balan.
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Trams, metro stations, guesthouses, offices, phone records, and Durga Puja crowds give the investigation dense geography. Vidya Balan's composed determination and Bob Biswas's ordinary appearance keep threat and agency off familiar thriller patterns.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Date Night
Descriptive guidance derived from rating, genre, runtime, mood, and GCML scores.
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
Reference metadata only · not part of the 40/40/20 score
Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness8.1
Engagement9.4
Ease9.2
Hindi · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Tense & Absorbing
