On 29 December, the final Friday of 2017, a minimalist father-son drama starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Prosenjit Chatterjee opened in multiplexes in Kolkata and other cities of India. It was a week since the release of the big-budget espionage thriller Tiger Zinda Hai and West Bengal’s most expensive film ever, Amazon Obhijaan, based on a popular Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay adventure novel.
Amid all the noise generated by the big two, the understated Bengali-language Mayurakshi, a poignant, intense tale of a middle-aged techie who has to rush back to Kolkata. . .