Kalkokkho
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kalkokkho
| image = Kalkokkho.jpg
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| caption = Release poster
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| director = Sarmistha Maiti
Rajdeep Paul
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| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Tannistha Biswas
- Janardan Ghosh
- Sreelekha Mukherji
- Amit Saha
- Ahana Karmakar
}}
| cinematography = Rana Pratap Karforma
| editing =
| music = Avijit Kundu
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2021|10||Busan|2022|08|19}}
| runtime = 125 minutes{{Cite web |date=30 September 2021 |title=List of Features films Certified in 2021 |url=https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/CBFC_English/Attachments/Films_certified_2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415073930/https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/CBFC_English/Attachments/Films_certified_2021.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=25 August 2023 |website= Central Board of Film Certification|language=en
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| country = India
| language = Bengali
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Kalkokkho ({{translation|House of Time}}) is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language horror film directed by Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti. The film stars Tannistha Biswas, Janardan Ghosh, Sreelekha Mukherji, Amit Saha, Ahana Karmakar and Deep Sarker. It premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in 2021,{{Cite web |date=30 September 2021 |title=Bengali film Kalkokkho will premiere globally at the prestigious Busan International Film Festival |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/bengali-film-kalkokkho-will-premiere-globally-at-the-prestigious-busan-film-festival/ea7f52d703276 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024224858/https://www.ottplay.com/news/bengali-film-kalkokkho-will-premiere-globally-at-the-prestigious-busan-film-festival/ea7f52d703276 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=OTT Play}} and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali at India's 69th National Film Awards.{{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=69th National Film Awards: 'Kalkokkho' takes home the Best Bengali Film honour |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/69th-national-film-awards-kalkokkho-takes-home-the-best-bengali-film-honour/articleshow/103027340.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825181646/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/69th-national-film-awards-kalkokkho-takes-home-the-best-bengali-film-honour/articleshow/103027340.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=25 August 2023 |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=The Times of India}} The film was also screened at the 1st Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/3/30/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Mar-29-Manipur-State-Film-Development-Society-MSFDS-has-announce.amp.html|title='Eikhoigi Imphal Intl Film Fest' to kick off from Apr 2 |accessdate=13 February 2025|newspaper=The Sangai Express}}
Cast
- Tannistha Biswas
- Janardan Ghosh
- Sreelekha Mukherji
- Amit Saha
- Ahana Karmakar
- Deep Sarker
Production
The film began production in December 2020. It was shot within fourteen days at a house in Kolkata, with official confirmation from film director Sarmistha Maiti.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
Reception
Allan Hunter of Screen Daily wrote "The film may pay heed to its mystical, supernatural elements, but ultimately reveals its true intentions as a call to arms for compassion and the need to show understanding and enlightenment when humanity is tested to the limit".{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Allan |date=9 October 2021 |title='House Of Time': Busan Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/house-of-time-busan-review/5163860.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009012223/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/house-of-time-busan-review/5163860.article |archive-date=9 October 2021 |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Screen Daily}} Akash Misra of Sangbad Pratidin wrote, "The 'panic stricken' feel of the screenplay has come out beautifully due to the direction of Sharmistha-Rajdeep. After seeing the picture, we can control time, or is time our controller? It seems that people will get stuck in the cycle of fear, or will they find a way out. Now let's see how the audience receives this film".{{Cite web |last=Misra |first=Akash |date=20 August 2022 |title=করোনা আবহ এবং বাঙালি পরিবারের সংকটের কাহিনি, কেমন হল 'কালকক্ষ'? পড়ুন রিভিউ |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/film-review/kalkokkho-review-a-bengali-existential-horror-around-covid-19/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220124552/https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/film-review/kalkokkho-review-a-bengali-existential-horror-around-covid-19/ |archive-date=20 December 2022 |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Sangbad Pratidin |language=Bengali}}
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